Announcement

Justice Ambassadors Youth Council Policy Presentation and Certificate Conferral

Event Date: Tues., Dec. 6, 6 - 8 p.m.
Event Location: The Forum at Columbia University, 601 West 125th Street

In the fall of 2022, young New Yorkers and members of city agencies, hosted by the Center for Justice at Columbia University and sponsored by Columbia World Projects, spent twelve weeks together studying social justice and co-creating policy proposals in a weekly seminar. Each policy proposal seeks to improve social and communal challenges through its implementation.

Speakers will include Jarrell Daniels '22GS, JAYC Program Director, Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch '90GS, and Geraldine Downey, Co-Founder & Director of the Center for Justice at Columbia University.

December 02, 2022

The Center for Justice at Columbia University created the Justice Ambassador Youth Council (JAYC) in 2019 to empower youth to directly shape policies and community interventions that are intended to support the healthy development of communities.

The JAYC is a 12-week social action and civic education seminar that brings together government officials and 18-25-year-olds—some of whom are legal-system impacted or gang involved—that come from New York City’s most under-served neighborhoods. The JAYC approach is rooted in policy-by-proximity—a model of incorporating the voices and lived experiences of people, especially those who are living through public crises, into policy development conversations with government officials centered around system reform and community change. By cultivating a broad network of individuals and government agencies dedicated to policy by proximity, JAYC seeks to generate the critical thinking needed to transform the legal system and foster paths towards communal empowerment, safety, and well-being.

The event, co-hosted by Columbia World Projects, will celebrate the 2022 JAYC graduating class as they present their policy proposals, followed by a reception.

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