Young Voices

Young Voices tranforms urban youth into powerful advocates

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Program Description

For ten years, Young Voices has empowered more than 600 youth to achieve, succeed, and become confident civic leaders in their communities.

Young Voices is the only state-wide organization that gives low-income youth the tools to have a voice – to master the skills needed to understand an issue, think strategically, speak out articulately and persuasively, and assume roles of leadership.

Young Voices provides advanced leadership training to more than 180 youth a year at five sites across the state, including four of Rhode Island’s lowest performing schools. Through this leadership training, youth gain important skills in public speaking, networking, policy analysis, critical thinking, and the ability to relate effectively with high-level leaders.  Young Voices also gives youth the rare opportunity to practice these skills in real life, through working to improve their schools at the local, district, and state level.

Through these transformational experiences, students achieve career and college success far beyond that of their peers. Many of our students are immigrants. They often come to the United States not speaking a word of English. But against all socioeconomic odds, they not only complete high school, but also obtain full scholarships to institutions including Brown, Brandeis, Bentley, Northeastern and Tufts. And they graduate from college in four years, in an era in which graduation rates are measured in six years.

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  • $120 supports him/her to be in the LTA for a month
  • $1,400 supports him/her to participate in the Leadership Transformation Academy (LTA) for the year
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Youth Impact

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Education Equity

  • State-level Change
  • District-Level Change
  • Change at the School Level
  • Student Driven Research

In The News:

RI Kids Count report: Students want, need more guidance in reaching their goals

Young Voices Part of Major Effort to Expand Student-Centered Learning Statewide

Providence Public School Board Passes new Code of Conduct Policy

College Access and Workforce Development

R.I. student survey: Adult educators too quick to discipline

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Student Driven Research

  • Students solutions to increase attendance and graduations rates November 2013
  • Students partnering in school redesign Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex August 2011
  • Students partnering in school redesign at Central Falls High School May 2011
  • Students documenting school experience: Executive Summary
  • Students documenting school experience in Pawtucket and Central Falls Schools: June 2009
  • Students documenting school experience in Woonsocket Schools: June 2009
  • Student driven research on school climate in Providence Schools: January 2009

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About

Young Voices is a Rhode Island-based non-profit organization that transforms urban youth into powerful advocates, who partner with our State’s major leaders to create systemic reform and policy change that improve the lives of thousands of youth across the state.

Location:
P.O.Box 5853,
Providence, RI 02903
E. info@youngvoicesri.org

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