Youth Initiatives News Archive

A report on our Community Court Grant Program partner, the Restorative Justice Community Court, and its work, inspired by the Red Hook Community Justice Center, to create a new form of accountability for youthful defendants on Chicago's West Side.

A video profile of our Restorative Justice in Schools program, an effort to address racial and other disparities in New York City school suspension rates and improve relationships school-wide through the use of alternative responses to misbehavior and conflict.

A profile of Project Reset—formerly a pilot project for teens, our point-of-arrest diversion program is expanding across Manhattan for all ages—and a report on our event with Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance, Jr. highlighting Project Reset's use of art programming as an alternative to criminal court.

Rather than going to court for one impulsive decision, Evelyn is going to college. A profile of Project Reset, our diversion program for low-level offenses expanding Manhattan-wide in partnership with the Manhattan District Attorney and the New York City Police Department.

A profile of the arts-based diversion program for 16-24-year-olds operated by Recess, a non-profit arts organization, and our Brooklyn Justice Initiatives. 

An interview with Keith Pettaway, a youth leader at Red Hook Community Justice Center, about his favorite local spots (including the Justice Center).

In the context of the recent advocacy on gun violence, a profile of our Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO S.O.S.) program in Crown Heights, Brooklyn—working to combat violence, strengthen youth leadership and their community, and now preparing for a march on Washington.

New York Public Radio profiles the young coders in the tech lab at our Brownsville Community Justice Center in central Brooklyn, using augmented reality to tell real Brownsville stories and imagine new possibilities for the neighborhood.

The Red Hook Star Revue profiles the work of our long-time partner, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, with young people at the Red Hook Community Justice Center.

Representatives from the nine sites participating in the federal Minority Youth Violence Prevention initiative gathered in Savannah, Georgia to share accomplishments, learn from common challenges, and plan for how best to carry the work forward.