Help Us Celebrate Our New Board Chair and Vice Chair
Not only is it a new fiscal year for us, but we also have a new duo leading our work on the board. We are thrilled that board members Amy Davenport and Andria Tobin have stepped into the roles of Chair and Vice Chair. And we thought this would be a great opportunity for us…
Community Input Meetings to Prepare for the FY2019 Advocacy Season
Mark Your Calendars, because our Community Input Meetings kick off next week! They are quintessential opportunities for you to weigh in! The feedback you provide on critical youth programming will steer what we talk about during performance and budget hearings in the spring. So save the dates and register for the Issue Area specific meetings…
Member Monday shout out to Beacon House
The mission of Beacon House is to provide children in the Edgewood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, DC with a safe, nurturing, and life-expanding community in which to increase their academic achievement, discover their talents, and to grow into healthy adults who achieve their greatest potential. Our programs focus on closing the education achievement gap –…
A Snapshot of DC’s Youth Voices Hearing
Confident, poised, passionate and astute are a few of the words I would use to describe the testimonies provided by DC youth at Councilmember David Grosso’s Annual Youth Hearing on Monday evening. Youth advocates and allies look forward to the annual hearing to hear directly from young people about the issues they witness in the…
Celebrating Dictionary Day with Some of Our Favorite Words
Happy Dictionary Day!! Taking a cue from Oprah Winfrey sharing her favorite word back in 2012 from the new words list for that year, like so: The DCAYA team thought we’d take today to share some of OUR favorite words. So, here we go! From Amy Dudas: indefatigable (adjective) – (of a person or their efforts)…
Member Monday shout out to DC Central Kitchen
It’s a Member Monday shout out to member organization DC Central Kitchen: DC Central Kitchen’s mission is to use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities. At last month’s Community Reunion, Theresa Meyers, their Foundation and Government Relations Manager, was among our honorees for the evening. She received one of our…
Youth Count DC 2018
As we head into autumn, we head into the fourth annual Homeless Youth Census (HYC), an integral part of DC’s efforts to end and prevent youth homelessness. To start off this year’s HYC, the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, is holding a Youth Count DC…
New Changes to the Kids Ride Free Program, Here’s What You Should Know!
With the hard work of the Mayor’s administration, and input of youth advocates, all students attending DC Public Schools, charters and private schools are eligible to ride the Metrobus, Metrorail and DC Circulator to school and school-related programs for free via the Kids Ride Free Program (KRF). We hear from members frequently that the program…
A Summer Youth Perspective on the Summer Youth Employment Program
This week, we’re bringing you an interview* on the Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) to share the insights of a young person who has participated in the program for the last 4 years. Kameela is 17 years old, lives in Ward 7, and is working this summer at a garden run by her…
DCAYA Day of Giving on June 28
On Thursday, June 28, we invite you to join us and show your support for youth advocacy and youth voice. Help us keep up the momentum from a successful advocacy season over the summer, by recommitting to our young people. Recommit to being a supporter, defender, advocate, or ally throughout the year. And join us…