NYS Youth Justice Peer Advisory Council Now Accepting Applications!

The YJI is currently seeking applications for the NYS Youth Justice Peer Advisory Council (PAC). The PAC's mission is to empower young adults with lived justice system experience to become key advisors on youth justice policy and practice development in New York State. Click here for a flyer with additional information. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Submit your NYS Youth Justice Peer Advisory Council (PAC) application here.

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Lunch & Learn: Presented by Lyndon Cudlitz
Caught in the Middle: Balancing Care for Transgender Youth and their Families
Wednesday, June 22 at 12PM ET

Every month, the YJI brings to you the work of prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of youth justice!

For the next session of its Lunch & Learn webinar series on Wednesday, June 22 at 12PM ET, the YJI has invited Lyndon Cudlitz, a provider of education and technical assistance on LGBTQIA+ issues. He will be discussing managing the relationships between facilities, families, and transgender youth.⁠

⁠The webinar will only be webcast live, so be sure to tune in! ⁠

Click here to register for this webinar session.

Beyond 2020 - The Next Normal: COVID-19 and Youth Forum

From June 1-3, 2021, the YJI held a series of panel discussions among youth justice stakeholders from around the country that explored the pandemic's continued impacts on youth, their families, and their communities; and ways to leverage challenges and lessons of the pandemic to move the field closer to eliminating of racial and ethnic disparities, ensuring equity and justice, and prioritizing individual and communal health and well-being.

Learn more about how the YJI is contributing to national and international discussions on COVID-19 and youth.

ICYMI: "Social Justice for Our Youth" with Dr. Monique Morris

On Thursday, February 25, the NYS Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children, in partnership with the NYS Youth Justice Institute, hosted "Social Justice for Our Youth," presented by Dr. Monique Morris.

Dr. Morris is an award-winning author and social justice scholar with three decades of experience in the areas of education, civil rights, and juvenile and social justice. She is also the executive producer and co-writer for the critically acclaimed documentary PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools.

View the recording of this event

Racial Equity & Youth Justice Microsite

The Racial Equity & Youth Justice Microsite offers youth and community justice partners a curated and living array of relevant national and YJI-developed racial justice resources and research. The selected tools (guides, toolkits, webinars, scholarly articles, etc.) are meant to provide concrete supports that empower, instruct, motivate, and inspire our work to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in youth justice systems. We invite you to contribute to this site by nominating resources for future inclusion. Email nominations to [email protected].