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Youth Leadership

Making Space for Brooklyn’s Youth: Celebrating National Grid’s Youth Spaces Competition
June 6, 2023
Elizabeth Park
Donor Engagement Manager (She/Her/Hers)

We are honored to help shape National Grid’s inaugural Youth Spaces Competition and celebrate the winners at a reception that was held last week at the Weeksville Heritage Center. 

How Invest in Youth Grantee YVote is Developing the Next Gen Voters
December 21, 2022
Sabine Frid-Bernards
Program Officer (She/Her/Hers)

Our grantee partners at YVote have a wide range of new and exciting initiatives on the horizon, including working with community boards to learn how to engage young people and encourage them to run for office. 

Healing From Violence: A Look Back from 2019
May 25, 2022
Jameela Syed
Communications Manager (She/Her/Hers)

In times of crisis we find strength in our neighbors—in local violence interrupters—who are leading the movement to grow public safety and communal healing.

$2.5M For Youth, Decided By Youth: An Investment in Brooklyn’s Future
December 15, 2021

We are proud to announce $2.5M in grants to 55 organizations through our Invest in Youth initiative in 2021, determined for the first time in partnership with our new council of youth advisors. 

Next Generation Grantmakers: Brooklyn Youth Fellows Support Projects for Youth, by Youth
June 11, 2018
Michelina Ferrara
Coordinator, Brooklyn Youth Fellowship

While celebrating the theme of justice and healing, the Brooklyn Youth Fellows presented the 2018 recipients of The Youth Voice Awards in a ceremony held at the Foundation on Friday, June 8th.

Bridging Boroughs, NYC Fund Grants $5 Million to Girls and Young Women of Color
May 16, 2018
Maria Ylvisaker
Communications Coordinator

We are proud to share a recently released report on the first two years of the NYC Fund for Girls and Young Women of Color, a funders collaborative aimed at supporting young women of color and transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) youth.

Youth Speak Truth, Plant Seeds of Resistance at Youth Unite! Conference
March 30, 2018
Michelina Ferrara
Coordinator, Brooklyn Youth Fellowship

Last weekend, 70 youth came together for the second annual Youth Unite! Conference at the YWCA in Brooklyn. With workshops, an open mic, a community dinner, and more, it was a powerful event that left participants feeling unified in their shared goals.

 
Brooklyn Youth Fellows Rally in DC, Request Projects for 'Youth Voice Awards' Grant Program
February 22, 2018
Michelina Ferrara
Coordinator, Brooklyn Youth Fellowship

This week we’ve seen a spotlight on youth activism around the country that has inspired both hope and action. Here in Brooklyn, youth activists are showing their commitment to justice by rallying for immigrant rights legislation and organizing to invest in local youth leadership.

#YouthResist2017: A Conference for Youth, By Youth
March 29, 2017
Michelina Ferrara
Coordinator, Brooklyn Youth Fellowship

On Sunday, March 5th, our Brooklyn Youth Fellows led their first-ever conference, designed for youth, by youth. The Youth Resistance Conference — aka #YouthResist2017 — was held in partnership with youth leaders at the YWCA Brooklyn. 

$2.3 Million to Nonprofits Serving Borough’s Youth
December 13, 2016
Liane Stegmaier
Chief of Staff (She/Her/Hers)

Grants total $1,915,000, bringing the Foundation’s funding for youth-serving nonprofits in Brooklyn to $2.3 million in 2016.

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