Students speak up: NYC Youth Agenda

We speak with students Eugenia Bamfo, Alexandra Rouvinetis, and Mukilan Muthukumar, members of the NYC Youth Agenda. Using citywide student survey data, Youth Agenda teams aggregated young people’s needs to make recommendations to policymakers in five areas — housing security, food justice, mental health support, economic mobility, and leadership and civic engagement. Among the findings: large numbers of students are unaware of existing youth programs, many don’t trust the “trusted adults” in their schools, and Department of Education “student voice” efforts are tremendously understaffed. Overview  00:00-01:16 Intros 01:16-03:19 NYC Youth Agenda and its key points 03:19-08:19 Leadership and civic opportunity—issues and recommendations 08:19-12:01 Housing 12:01-13:34 Food insecurity 13:34-14:12 Mutual aid societies 14:12-18:34 Mental health 18:34-19:49 Economic mobility 19:49-21:50 Organizational support from adult groups 21:50-22:49 Policies for schools 22:49-27:28 Policy breakfast and meetings with elected officials and policy makers 27:28-30:15 Funding for proposals 30:15-31:06 Coordination with other youth organizations 31:06-32:07 How listeners can be supportive 32:07- Outro Transcript

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