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Where Avenues for Justice Landed in 2023!
Here’s what championing the Power of Second Chances made possible in 2023:
AVENUES FOR JUSTICE'S CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ANGEL RODRIGUEZ, SELECTED AS 2024 JUVENILE LAW CENTER LEADERSHIP PRIZE WINNER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUVENILE LAW CENTER ANNOUNCES 2024 LEADERSHIP PRIZE WINNERS WITH ANGEL RODRIGUEZ AS ONEOF FOUR RECIPENTS.
AFJ Celebrates Our 27 Participants Who Completed The 2023 HIRE Up Two Internship Cohorts
AFJ invited all off our interns as well as hosting sites to our Harlem center for a celebration catered by KD’s Comfort Foods, Raising Cane’s Chicken and Yummy Tummy's Kitchen.
Support The Power of Second Chances: Meet the Newest Member of our Team of Court Advocates – Jalil
This week, we would like to share a powerful Second Chance story with you from our newest Court Advocate, Jalil.
Support The Power of Second Chances On This Day of Giving Thanks
All young people need support, guidance, and opportunity to help them navigate their lives, but especially those who come from communities like the ones that Avenues for Justice (AFJ) serves, communities that are over-policed and under-resourced.
Avenues for Justice’s Fall Internship Cohort Hits the Halfway Mark with 26 Participants!
o date, we have 26 Participants interning at diverse local businesses, the majority of which are BIPOC-owned, ranging from yoga studios to events and catering companies.
Avenues for Justice In The News: Participant Malik Rainey’s Story Featured in Youth Today
On October 26th, Youth Today, a national nonprofit independent news source about children and youth programs, featured AFJ Participant, Malik, along with his AFJ Court Advocate, Brian, in an article about the importance of providing alternatives to incarceration.
Avenues For Justice Celebrated Second Chances At Our Gala Last Week Raising Funds For Court Advocacy And Hire Up Services
Last Thursday evening, Avenues for Justice (AFJ), hosted our Second Chance Gala at the Altman Building. It was an evening of remembrance, celebration, and discussion.
29 Avenues for Justice Participants Placed in Fall Internship Cohort
We are pleased to announce that after a successful paid internship pilot cohort in the Spring, we are starting a second, larger cohort in October with 29 AFJ Participants interning for 125 hours at 18 different hosting sites throughout NYC
Avenues for Justice’s September Live Conversation Series with Jason Flom and Khaliah Ali
Yesterday, Avenues for Justice (AFJ) Court Advocate Julia sat down with two of our Second Chance Honorees, Jason Flom and Khaliah Ali, to discuss family legacy, their collaborative projects and the intersection of activism and criminal justice reform.
Avenues for Justice Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
This month, Avenues for Justice (AFJ) is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month and recognizing the significant contributions of more than 60 million Hispanic Americans, Latinos, Latinas, and Latinx-identifying people to our culture and society.
The 13th Annual Baer Faxt Invitational Raises Proceeds for 30 Avenues for Justice Participants!
Thanks to the success of this year’s Baer Faxt Invitational, 30 Avenues for Justice Participants will be able to receive court advocacy and HIRE Up expanded services for job readiness and certifications, financial and digital literacy, educational assistance and mental healt
AFJ Partners with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and the Center for Community Alternatives for a 3rd Year to Support NYC’s Returning Youth Citizens!
Avenues for Justice (AFJ) hosted a mixer yesterday at our Harlem community center for all service providers under the NextGen Network in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) and the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA).
Meet Avenues for Justice’s 2023 Second Chance Award Recipient: Thomas
Three weeks ago, we introduced to you Avenues for Justice Graduate and Second Chance Award Recipient, Thomas, in our weekly newsletter. This week, we are sharing the rest of his remarkable story, including the great strides Thomas made during his time in our program.
Avenues for Justice's Annual Summer Trip Upstate is BACK!
This past Thursday over 50 Participants, alumni, friends and families joined AFJ staff to head upstate for fun and adventure! Due to damages to Bear Mountain State Park from recent storms, we relocated 2023’s trip to Rockland Lake State Park.
AFJ Catches Up with Teen Empowerment Facilitator: Dennis Ibude
As one of the longest running workshops at Avenues for Justice (AFJ), dating back to early 2019, Teen Empowerment facilitated by instructor, Dennis Ibude, has catapulted into one of our most successful programming endeavors.
Meet Our 2023 Second Chance Award Recipient: Thomas
Over the next few weeks we will share more of Thomas’ story and the great strides he has taken to successfully turn his life around. We hope that you will join us on October 26th at our Second Chance Gala as we celebrate Thomas and present him with the Second Chance Award.
AFJ Partners with the Women’s Initiative & Allies Network (WIN) of BlackRock for a Job Readiness Career Panel
Avenues for Justice (AFJ), in partnership with the Women’s Initiative & Allies Network (WIN) of BlackRock, hosted a job readiness and career panel event at our Harlem community center on July 25th.
