Futures Ignite

We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.

[Futures Ignite @FuturesIgnite]

As we wind down posting about last week's gala, THANK YOU to the @WHEELSnyc students, Jociel, Osmairy and Rose, who emceed and directed the event, and to WHEELS Student Ambassadors.

#SuperchargedFutures

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Our support for students doesn't end after graduation. #YouthFutures

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Futures Ignite supports high school students as they explore college and career options for their futures, and as they embrace leadership roles within our community.

#YouthLeaders #BIPOCyouth #YouthGoals

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🎓 Congratulations, @wheelsnyc Seniors! 🥳

#YouthFutures #YouthLeaders #BIPOCyouth #WashingtonHeights #NYCyouth #YouthGoals

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Lesley, one of 21 Futures Ignite Work Based Learning program participants this spring, worked with @TheMarketingArm.

The experience helped redirect what she plans to study in college. Lesley plans to attend @UofR this fall.

#YouthFutures #BIPOCyouth #YouthGoals

[TMA @wearetma_agency]

TMA Cares NYC leaders Cory DeWeese + Kasey Satterley are giving us the scoop on their time with WHEELS, how they’ve been personally impacted, and a glimpse of what’s to come. Thank you to Cory, Kasey, + the entire TMA Cares team for all you do! 🌟

https://t.co/HdPtsTZMi7

[Futures Ignite @FuturesIgnite]

We are thrilled to continue to partner with The Marketing Arm on our work-based learning program.

The 20+ Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School students who participated in the program found it transformational.

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Today we celebrate how far we've come in the struggle for Black liberation, and we recommit to ending racial injustice as a barrier to student opportunity.

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"I don’t want people to think #Juneteenth is just one day. There is too much educational components. We have too much to do."

Those are the words of #OpalLee, activist who worked to have Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday.

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the end of slavery in the country. But the holiday dates back centuries, to 1865, when Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas, with news the war had ended. https://t.co/nQ88GusTdB

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🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️We need ONE MORE runner to join the Futures Ignite team to run this year's @nycmarathon. Email [email protected] if you're interested.

#YouthFutures #WashingtonHeights #Education

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📽️ Register today. Attend tomorrow. Support students and environmental justice always. #YouthLeaders

Sign up here: https://t.co/pi7qmRxAza

[WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej]

TOMORROW: Join us for the @wheelsnyc Environmental Justice Mini-Doc Film Expo with @FuturesIgnite at 5:30 PM on Monday, June 13. Students will showcase #EnvironmentalJustice issues affecting their community & advocate for solutions. https://t.co/yJpXOurDU2

[Columbia_CCCEH @CCCEHColumbia]

Check out this film Expo on #environmentalJustice issues in Washington Heights, produced by students of @WHEELSnyc
Hosted by @weact4ej and @FuturesIgnite

[WE ACT for Environmental Justice @weact4ej]

Join us for the @wheelsnyc Environmental Justice Mini-Doc Film Expo with @FuturesIgnite at 5:30 PM on Monday, June 13. Students will showcase #EnvironmentalJustice issues affecting their community & advocate for solutions. https://t.co/yJpXOurDU2

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👏��‍♀️🥇 We have a champion!! 👏🏃‍♀️🥇

#YouthFutures #BIPOCyouth #Education

[Futures Ignite @FuturesIgnite]

#ThrowbackThursday

Remember Career Day? Thanks to our partners and volunteers who met with @wheelsnyc students to answer their questions and talk about the future.

#BIPOCyouth #YouthFutures

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#YouthPower

It's why we're here.

#BIPOCyouth #WashingtonHeights #Pride2022

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Taking WHEELS students to visit college campuses is a big part of how we prepare them for success in college and beyond.

#YouthOpportunities #BIPOCyouth #WashingtonHeights

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WHEELS seniors will educate community stakeholders about the environmental justice issues affecting our community and advocate for possible solutions.

Register here to attend: https://t.co/1YBsXro9ow

#WashingtonHeights #EnvironmentalJustice #YouthLeaders

[Futures Ignite @FuturesIgnite]

How healthy is my community? What is my role in ensuring my community’s health? How can I take action for issues I believe in? How can I use scholarly research and argument to drive change in my community?

Register here to attend: https://t.co/1YBsXro9ow

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Explore these questions and more at our Environmental Justice Mini-doc Film Expo on June 13.

Register here to attend: https://t.co/1YBsXro9ow

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Futures Ignite is proud to have dedicated interns Bingchen Luan and Mary Goode, both graduate students in social work at Columbia University in the City of New York.

#YouthFutures #SocialWork #Education