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- EIN 13-3937355
- 520 Eighth Avenueste 1400suite 1400 New York NY 10018-0000 USA
- www.youthbridgeny.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Boys & Girls Clubs, Children & Youth, Cultural & Ethnic Awareness, Judaism, Religion, Youth Development - Citizenship
Mission: For almost ten years, YouthBridge-NY has been changing the lives of New York City high school students. As a partnership between the Jewish Community Relations Council, Arab-American Association of New York, ASPIRA of New York Inc., the Chinese-American Planning Council, Council of People''s Organization, Habitat for Humanity, Ishmael and Isaac, Jeter''s Leaders, Jewish Child Care Association, The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, The New York Tolerance Center, Ramaz, Solomon Schechter High School of New York, South Asian Youth Action, and Thirteen/WNET New York''s New York City Lab School. YouthBridge-NY engages a racial, ethnic and religiously diverse group of high school youth leaders in an intense year long program. This work develops within its youth leaders a deep respect for various cultures, backgrounds and experiences. New York City is now home to more than 180 different language and ethnic groups! YouthBridge-NY recognizes this context and explores such tough questions as ''What does it means to work together with those that are different that ''me?'' This leadership development program is coordinated by CAUSE-NY a division of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York?s Commission on Intergroup Relations & Community Concerns.
Programs: The core of YouthBridge-NY is the Bridge Fellowship. This program helps teen leaders gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of each Fellow?s racial, ethnic, and religious differences, and develop experience working with diverse peoples. Candidates come from YouthBridge-NY partner agencies and schools throughout New York City.