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Spreading the Word About the Benefits of Youth-Led Social Change

by Christoph Sawyer

How does youth-led social change benefit young people and communities?  This fall and winter we partnered with the Eastern Connecticut Community Foundation and the Connecticut Community Foundation to facilitate community dialogues  about impact of youth-led change....

Action on the Ground: Community Calls for Greater Police Accountability

by Christoph Sawyer

In recent months, young people and community activists across the country – and in New Haven, CT – have come together to call for an end to police abuse and racially targeting policing practices and demand increased police accountability. In New Haven,...
Connecticut Youth Embrace the Performing Arts to Address Community Change

Connecticut Youth Embrace the Performing Arts to Address Community Change

by Christoph Sawyer

Youth and adult teams from youth led programs around the state of Connecticut recently came together at Neighborhood Studios in Bridgeport for an intensive weekend-long workshop to learn how theater can be used to address lived injustices. This transformative...
Learning to Lead: The Impact of Youth Organizing on the Educational and Civic Trajectories of Low-Income Youth

Learning to Lead: The Impact of Youth Organizing on the Educational and Civic Trajectories of Low-Income Youth

by Christoph Sawyer

Young people that have played sustained leadership roles in youth organizing efforts are more likely than their comparable peers to enroll in four-year colleges and universities and engage in various civic activities in early adulthood. A groundbreaking new study...

Press Release: Connecticut Youth Tackle Social Problems, Theatrically

by Christoph Sawyer

Connecticut Youth Tackle Social Problems, Theatrically  Performance Will Activate the Audience Using Real Life Stories What: Forum Theatre Performance “Lived Injustice” When: Sunday, February 8th, 5:00-7:00 pm Where: Neighborhood Studios, 391 E. Washington Ave.,...

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