Students in the Young Voices community impact project (CIP) Blackstone Academy making their pitches today Providence College. #studentledclassrooms

The room is packed for Rhode Island House of Representatives Finance Committee hearing. Youth, parents & community orgs have turned out in opposition to SROs in schools (H8310). Instead let’s invest in #CounselorsNotCops.

Thank you @PLEERI for hosting Young Voices youth today! So awesome to share space and conversation in solidarity ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

Congratulations Direct Action for Rights & Equality on your 35th anniversary celebrations!

After two virtual #YLI, we’re back in person for #YLI2022. Shout out to the youth planning team, #NEYON movement fam, CYCLE, and Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn. from bringing us back together.

Love this year’s #YLI2022 theme #NEYON

That #YLI2022 vibe is 🔥 #NEYON

And that’s a wrap for #YLI2022 CYCLE Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn. YPT #neyon #fam

Thank you United Way of Rhode Island for hosting our youth during our mock interviews today. Shout out to Governor’s Workforce Board RI for supporting our workforce dev. program. Cheers to our 4 winners 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

A huge shout out to all our community and business partners for supporting our youth during our summer workforce program. A special thank you to Governor’s Workforce Board RI for making this all possible. 🙏🙏🙏

A lot happening at YV this summer. Lots of fun with an amazing group of youth leaders 🙌

Team Young Voices celebrating #LightsOnAfterschool with United Way of Rhode Island and our #OST #community

A thread sharing reflections from our incredible release event panelists! A huge thank you to Dr. Henry Sachs, Dr. Patricia Flanagan, Susan Orban, Gigi DiBello, Wujuudat Balogun + Paris Khoule w our team members Kaitlyn Rabb, Kelsey Bala + Elizabeth Burke Bryant #MentalHealthRI

Wujuudat Balogun, Student and Member of Young Voices: “This data was not a surprise — the impact of COVID is us not being at school but being secluded…Youth voice is such an important part of this discussion.”

Paris Khoule, Student and member of Young Voices: “There need to be resources and places students can go so they don’t feel trapped by what they are going through. Different students need different things.”

On reducing the stigma and normalizing mental health needs + care: “If we’re going to do this we need to do it as a community by raising awareness about the issue on billboard, bus signs, etc.” — Wujuudat Balogun, Young Voices

“Stable minds create stable communities”- powerful words from Young Voices leader Wujuudat B. urging policymakers to increase access to #MentalHealthRI in schools. “We need help *in* our schools so we can venture into the world and change it.” Rhode Island Senate Education Summit

Thank you @Delia761 for highlighting the importance and urgency of youth voice in centering racial equity in schools as we prepare for this elections cycle. medium.com/nellie-mae-edu…

So proud of this team. #Youthled professional development on elevating #stuvoice for educators across RI and MA who will be teaching student-led civics in their classrooms this school year. Thanks for having us Generation Citizen

Our first contingent getting ready to depart for Chicago. Team YV + PASA are excited to rep #PVD #afterschool at The 2022 Youth Powered: Coming Together to Reimagine Afterschool conference. Every Hour Counts