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AFJ Continues To Build Out Our HIRE Up Program With Enhanced Programming Offerings in 2024
Today, we want to highlight three workshops in our HIRE Up program: Digital Literacy, Coding and Legal Rights and Responsibilities.
AFJ Enhances 3-Year HIRE Up Job Readiness Partnership With BlackRock
In this week’s newsletter, Avenues for Justice (AFJ) would like to highlight our partnership with BlackRock through our board member Rebecca Lewinson.
AFJ Offers “Cooking with Shirley’s Son” Workshop in Partnership with Charles Pan-Fried Chicken
To close out Black History Month, Avenues for Justice (AFJ) would like to highlight our three-year partnership with Charles Pan-Fried Chicken, owned by James Beard-nominated Chef Charles Gabriel.
Celebrating Our Diverse AFJ Village In Honor Of Black History Month
This week, in honor of Black History Month, we are celebrating our diverse village and highlighting all of their contributions to the impact of our program.
Providing Supplemental Services To Our Participants Through HIRE Up Enrichment Programming
HIRE Up enrichment programs include college visits, field trips to sporting venues and museums, cooking classes, and art therapy.
Avenues for Justice Volunteer Facilitator Ryan Burvick Gets Creative With Our Participants
This week, Avenues for Justice (AFJ) is thrilled to spotlight AFJ Volunteer Facilitator and HIRE Up partner, Ryan Burvick of Audio Pictures. Ryan was one of our Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) facilitators in 2022. He also hosted two AFJ Interns at his business.
AFJ IN THE NEWS: DEUTSCHE WELLE’S “Young and Homeless in New York” Piece
This week at Avenues for Justice (AFJ), we wanted to highlight Deutsche Welle’s news piece, “Young and Homeless in New York”, featuring AFJ Program Graduates, John and Zoe.
Meet Our 2023 Stellar Prevention Participant, Channel
Channel is thinking about applying to Fordham University or one of the SUNY/CUNY institutions with the hopes of a career in real estate. AFJ is excited to follow Channel on her path forward to success and to support her ambitions!
Where Avenues for Justice Landed in 2023!
Here’s what championing the Power of Second Chances made possible in 2023:
AVENUES FOR JUSTICE'S CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ANGEL RODRIGUEZ, SELECTED AS 2024 JUVENILE LAW CENTER LEADERSHIP PRIZE WINNER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUVENILE LAW CENTER ANNOUNCES 2024 LEADERSHIP PRIZE WINNERS WITH ANGEL RODRIGUEZ AS ONEOF FOUR RECIPENTS.
AFJ Celebrates Our 27 Participants Who Completed The 2023 HIRE Up Two Internship Cohorts
AFJ invited all off our interns as well as hosting sites to our Harlem center for a celebration catered by KD’s Comfort Foods, Raising Cane’s Chicken and Yummy Tummy's Kitchen.
Support The Power of Second Chances: Meet the Newest Member of our Team of Court Advocates – Jalil
This week, we would like to share a powerful Second Chance story with you from our newest Court Advocate, Jalil.
Support The Power of Second Chances On This Day of Giving Thanks
All young people need support, guidance, and opportunity to help them navigate their lives, but especially those who come from communities like the ones that Avenues for Justice (AFJ) serves, communities that are over-policed and under-resourced.
Avenues for Justice’s Fall Internship Cohort Hits the Halfway Mark with 26 Participants!
o date, we have 26 Participants interning at diverse local businesses, the majority of which are BIPOC-owned, ranging from yoga studios to events and catering companies.
Avenues for Justice In The News: Participant Malik Rainey’s Story Featured in Youth Today
On October 26th, Youth Today, a national nonprofit independent news source about children and youth programs, featured AFJ Participant, Malik, along with his AFJ Court Advocate, Brian, in an article about the importance of providing alternatives to incarceration.
Avenues For Justice Celebrated Second Chances At Our Gala Last Week Raising Funds For Court Advocacy And Hire Up Services
Last Thursday evening, Avenues for Justice (AFJ), hosted our Second Chance Gala at the Altman Building. It was an evening of remembrance, celebration, and discussion.
29 Avenues for Justice Participants Placed in Fall Internship Cohort
We are pleased to announce that after a successful paid internship pilot cohort in the Spring, we are starting a second, larger cohort in October with 29 AFJ Participants interning for 125 hours at 18 different hosting sites throughout NYC
Avenues for Justice’s September Live Conversation Series with Jason Flom and Khaliah Ali
Yesterday, Avenues for Justice (AFJ) Court Advocate Julia sat down with two of our Second Chance Honorees, Jason Flom and Khaliah Ali, to discuss family legacy, their collaborative projects and the intersection of activism and criminal justice reform.
