Accessible, Inclusive, Just Systems Co-Led with Young People Informed by Data
"We envision a New York City, where all young people have sufficient food, stable housing, and reliable affordable transportation, where they have access to appropriate study spaces, computers, internet, academic support and mental health supports, where they have information and pathways that lead to and prepare them for higher education, employment and active civic engagement."
We support policies and system changes which immediately help young people access:
enough food
stable housing
affordable transportation
digital and technological resources
mental health support
Additionally during COVID, we support young people's ability's to access:
emergency COVID funding
flexible grading, attendance, and camera policies
access quiet study spaces
academic support
Our vision is to build a system where young people have access to a fully-supported equitable system of multiple pathways to education, employment and civic engagement:
a strong system of K-16 counseling and advising
equitable college admissions processes
affordable education
a reformed system of remediation
seamless transfer
pathways to employment