Our first contingent getting ready to depart for Chicago. Team YV + @MyPASA are excited to rep #PVD#afterschool at The 2022 Youth Powered: Coming Together to Reimagine Afterschool conference. @EveryHrCounts
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 @gencitizen
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. https://t.co/gd47i629oo
“Stable minds create stable communities”- powerful words from @youngvoicesri 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.” @RISenate Education Summit
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, @youngvoicesri
Paris Khoule, Student and member of @youngvoicesri: “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.”
Wujuudat Balogun, Student and Member of @youngvoicesri: “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.”
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
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 @GWB_RI for making this all possible. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you @liveunitedri for hosting our youth during our mock interviews today. Shout out to @GWB_RI for supporting our workforce dev. program. Cheers to our 4 winners 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽