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Youth for Equity and Solidarity program details and participant selection
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the Youth for Equity and Solidarity program run by CCHR. The discussion covers participant selection, eligibility criteria, and program details.
- Participants are high school students aged 14-18, selected through an application and interview process
- Applications are distributed through CCHR's website, social media, and partner networks
- The program aims to engage students passionate about human rights in various activities and committees
Rita Joseph
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Thank you.
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Thank you, chair.
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Good morning.
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Questions around CCH.
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You lost you launched the fourth cohort of youth for equity and solidarity.
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How are participants selected?
Kajori Chaudhuri
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Thank you for the question, council member.
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Participants are selected based like, students fill out an application form.
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We review them.
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There's an interview process, and then they are selected based on
Rita Joseph
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Where can they find those applications?
Kajori Chaudhuri
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The applications for the academic year twenty five to twenty six will go out later in this year.
Rita Joseph
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Okay.
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Are they found in schools, libraries?
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How do they get their hands on those applications?
Kajori Chaudhuri
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So we use our community.
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Once our applications are ready, we post on our website and social media.
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We do we depend on the YES Council members who've been previously part of this and the network of schools and other partners that we work with to get the information
Reggie Chatman
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out.
Rita Joseph
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And what level are these students?
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Middle school, high school?
Kajori Chaudhuri
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They're all high school.
Rita Joseph
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They're all high school students.
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Okay.
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And what is the average age for participants in this program about?
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16?
Kajori Chaudhuri
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Yes, 14 to 18.
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16 to 18?
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14 to 18 because of high Okay.
Rita Joseph
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Is the cost to run this program?
Mariela Salazar
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I can provide that information at a later time.
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I just don't have that with me.
Rita Joseph
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Okay.
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Don't don't don't wait too long as we budget out our season.
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What's the eligibility for someone to participate?
Kajori Chaudhuri
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They for someone to participate, they would have to be a resident of New York City and be a part like, you know, study in any school in New York City.
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It doesn't have to be a public school.
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It can be parochial schools.
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It can be independent schools and have to have a passion for human rights.
Rita Joseph
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Human rights.
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Okay.
0:41:07
Okay.
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Have you collaborated with council members or other electeds to host outreach events?
Kajori Chaudhuri
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In recent past, we haven't, and we welcome opportunities to do so.
Rita Joseph
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To do outreach with young people.
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Do young people get to decide on the programming, or this is already built in?
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Do they come in and have a voice?
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How are they part of this program?
Kajori Chaudhuri
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So there are different things that are done.
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Initially, there are some trainings that we provide.
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We try to ensure that they are aware of the city human rights law.
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And then they break out in so they decide which what kind of committees they want to be part of.
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So then the committees then decide what kind of programming they would like to do.
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In some cases, for example, like last year, we were our YES council members were instrumental in the celebration at the United Nations, celebrating the seventy fifth anniversary of UNDHR, and they participated in those spaces.
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So, like, it is a combination of both our staff guiding them but also upholding and uplifting youth voices.
Rita Joseph
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Is there a survey done at the end of the program to find out what worked, what didn't work, what would students like to see differently?
Kajori Chaudhuri
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Yes.
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Okay.