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October 26, 2023

YOUTH TODAY: Giving first-time juvenile offenders avenues away from detention in New York

AFJ’s program shows young people possibilities that many often feel aren’t available to them because of who they are and where they’re from, said Felicia Forster, business development representative at Building Skills, a nonprofit connecting underemployed populations to construction training and job opportunities.

May 19, 2023

MEDIUM: Formerly Incarcerated Mothers Gain A Second Chance At Life With Avenues For Justice

For reasons often out of their control, informed by trauma-induced circumstances wound up making adverse decisions and finding family in the streets. These remarkable women were also given a second chance through an Alternative to Incarceration (ATI) program in New York City called Avenues for Justice.

May 8, 2023

ABC7 Eyewitness News: Protect Our Children: Surviving the System

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Join Eyewitness News anchor Shirleen Allicot for a special focusing on children caught up in the foster care and juvenile justice systems - Protect Our Children: Surviving the System. FEATURING Avenues for Justice!

April 25, 2023

PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST: Addressing Mental Health for Nonprofit Program Participants and Staff

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the enormous demand for mental health care has made referrals to providers cumbersome and often difficult to navigate, especially for New Yorkers facing economic hardships.

April 23, 2023

AUTHORITY MAGAZINE: Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Elizabeth Frederick of Avenues for Justice Is Helping To Change Our World

As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Elizabeth Frederick, Avenues for Justice.

April 19, 2023

MEDIUM: Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Elsie Flores of Avenues for Justice Is Helping To Change Our World

As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Elsie Flores.

February 24, 2023

FORBES: Why Alternatives To Incarceration Like AFJ Are Good For Communities

If there is a solution that saves taxpayers’ money and prevents people from being incarcerated, why isn’t the solution being more widely used?

February 15, 2023

ESSENCE: NBA Awards Grant To AFJ For Pushing Back Against The Incarceration Of Black Youth

THE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE NBA WILL SUPPORT THE COURT ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR YOUTH AS WELL AS THE VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING OF AVENUES FOR JUSTICE.

January 10, 2023

Executive Director Angel Rodriguez featured in Cerini Associates Nonprofit Trend Guide

Executive Director Angel Rodriguez featured in Cerini Associates Nonprofit Trend Guide

December 12, 2022

NEWS 12: AFJ featured on News 12 evening news about three New York City organizations recently chosen to receive grants from the NBA Foundation.

Avenues for Justice featured on News 12 evening news about three New York City organizations recently chosen to receive grants from the NBA Foundation.

December 2, 2022

NBA Foundation Awards Grant to Avenues for Justice to Support our HIRE UP Program!

Annual Grant part of the league’s ‘Season of Giving’ awarding $4.8 Million to 12 Non-Profit Organizations

November 14, 2022

Avenues for Justice is featured in Crain’s New York Business 2022 Giving Guide

"As Life Returns to ‘Normal’ in New York, Charitable Donors Open Their Wallets." Avenues for Justice is honored to be featured in Crain's 2022 Giving Guide!

July 14, 2022

NBC UNIVERSAL: AFJ Awarded PROJECT INNOVATION Grant from WNBC/WNJU

Avenues for Justice (AFJ) was awarded $40,000 in funding through the 2022 WNBC/WNJU Project Innovation grant challenge.

July 1, 2022

2022 Baer Faxt Invitational Golf Classic

Join us at Rockaway Hunting Club on September 12th, 2022!

May 21, 2022

East Village’s Avenues for Justice Program Honored with Street Co-Naming by The Village Sun

Spend any time in the Criminal Court building in Lower Manhattan and you’ve probably seen Angel Rodriguez moving through the halls, from courtroom to courtroom, buttonholing prosecutors, lawyers, police and even judges...

December 23, 2021

AFJ Hosts a Career Panel

Avenues for Justice (AFJ) hosted a Career Panel this past December to inspire and activate our participants. The professionals featured on the panel included a retired Supreme Court judge, a music producer, an athletics business owner, a popular Manhattan dog groomer, a barber, a renowned Harlem chef, and a dentist.

December 20, 2021

Where We Landed in 2021, and Where We’re Going Next!

With the help of our funders and supporters, Avenues for Justice (AFJ) experienced exciting growth in 2021 and we are planning for more expansion in the next few years in order to help more of our City’s youth, ages 13–24, who are court-involved, incarcerated or at-risk...

December 20, 2021

AFJ on PBS NewsHour

Check out PBS NewsHour’s 5 minute highlight of AFJ!