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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.

Avenues for Justice Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

This month, Avenues for Justice (AFJ) is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month and recognizing the significant contributions of more than 60 million Hispanic Americans, Latinos, Latinas, and Latinx-identifying people to our culture and society.

The 13th Annual Baer Faxt Invitational Raises Proceeds for 30 Avenues for Justice Participants!

Thanks to the success of this year’s Baer Faxt Invitational, 30 Avenues for Justice Participants will be able to receive court advocacy and HIRE Up expanded services for job readiness and certifications, financial and digital literacy, educational assistance and mental healt

AFJ Partners with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and the Center for Community Alternatives for a 3rd Year to Support NYC’s Returning Youth Citizens!

Avenues for Justice (AFJ) hosted a mixer yesterday at our Harlem community center for all service providers under the NextGen Network in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) and the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA).

Meet Avenues for Justice’s 2023 Second Chance Award Recipient: Thomas

Three weeks ago, we introduced to you Avenues for Justice Graduate and Second Chance Award Recipient, Thomas, in our weekly newsletter. This week, we are sharing the rest of his remarkable story, including the great strides Thomas made during his time in our program.