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PROGRAMS

YouthPower!

YouthPower! is a youth-led program that builds the leadership and power of low-income immigrant South Asian youth, ages 15-21, to win policy changes in public education and policing practices that impact low-income youth of color in New York City.  YouthPower!’s is a social justice training center for low-income youth in the South Asian community as a vital force in social justice movements.

CAMPAIGNS:

Education not Deportation
Youth in under-resourced and over-policed public schools organize to win passage of Immigrant Safe Zones in high schools.  Immigrant Safe Zones will ensure full protection of students’ immigration status from authorities, decreasing students fear and real barriers to accessing educational services.  Youth partner with the Urban Justice Center and allies in schools and community organizations city-wide.

Legalization and Counter-Recruitment
YouthPower! allies with youth organizations nationally to win legalization for immigrant youth.  As part of this effort, youth organize to pass the DREAM Act to allow all undocumented youth to legalize status and be able to receive financial aid for access to a college education.  YouthPower! also works to ammend the DREAM Act to remove provisions that would force a poverty draft of immigrant youth into the military.

Urban Youth Collaborative
YouthPower! is a member of the Urban Youth Collaborative and it’s city-wide Student Union to win more student decision making power in shaping school safety policies and winning educational reform for youth of color.

SOCIAL JUSTICE TRAINING:

Youth run a summer six-week and winter one week political education and organizing training institute for working class South Asian immigrant youth in NYC.  Graduates lead YouthPower!’s campaigns.  Throughout the year, youth conduct workshops in schools, masjids, and community centers immigrant justice, Immigrant Youth Know Your Rights, globalization and migration, and community organizing.