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Guest Blogger: Jeremy, Citywide Youth Coalition – “The Children of Marsha P. Johnson Summer Camp”

Jeremy Cajigas, sits on the youth advisory board over at the Citywide Youth Coalition. Jeremy has worked on issues such as Racial Profiling, Police Brutality, Immigration Rights, LGBTQ+ Rights, Juvenile Justice Reform and the Miseducation of our Education System...

It’s Official! We’ve Launched BLOC 2!

by Mercedes

In our 2013 Field Scan, PFF and Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) outlined the many obstacles that hindered the advancement and progress of Connecticut’s youth-led social change field. BLOC was designed in an effort to address and challenge these...

#AffordtoDream

by Mercedes

On April 27th, Connecticut Students for a Dream’s five-year fight #AffordtoDream came to a victorious end when legislation opening access to institutional aid was passed with broad bipartisan support and signed into law by Gov. Dannel Malloy. Prior to this victory,...

“Activating” the Potential of Youth Development – Reflections on PFF’s Recent Workshop

by Mercedes

In June, PFF hosted a free workshop, “Activating the Minds of Critically Conscious Youth” at The Connecticut Center for the Arts and Technology (ConnCAT). As part of the the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening the youth sector through capacity...

Making the Road, Charting a Course – Make the Road CT’s Youth Make Strides On Campaign

by Mercedes

40 minutes. That’s how long some youth in Bridgeport are walking during the school year just to make it in time for their first class. Unsafe routes and the general lack of adequate school and public transportation creates a “perfect storm” of inaccessibility, that...