Building New Community Linkages and New Futures for At-risk Youth

The Community Improvement Through Youth (CITY) Project has begun “phase 2” of this five-year project by creating new community partners and working with the second cadre of CITY Teen Leaders. The CITY Project in Broome County is now partnered with the Binghamton University Liberty Partnership Program and the OASIS After School Program in Endicott. In New York City, the CITY Project is partnered with Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House, Long Island City, Queens and the Police Athletic League--Edward Byrne Center, Jamaica, Queens.
The new CITY Project Teen Leaders in Binghamton and Endicott recently attended a City Council meeting in Binghamton to introduce the CITY Project to the Council. All City Council meetings are televised live. The CITY Teen Leaders explained that they view themselves as community resources and look forward to serving the community. The Teen Leaders invited the City Council members to attend their weekly meetings, check out their website and call upon them with ideas for community improvement projects that the City Council and the CITY Teen Leaders might undertake in collaboration. Local television reporters interviewed Teen Leaders to hear why they joined CITY Project and how they thought that the project would benefit them and impact the community.
June P. Mead is the Project Director and Evaluator for the CITY Project; Steve Goggin is the principle investigator.
For Further Information, visit the CITY Project website.