Good afternoon! We’ll be live tweeting our #SaveSYEP digital press conference, where we and partners will be urging Mayor de Blasio to protect summer youth employment from the budget chopping block! Follow this thread or tune into the press conference: https://bit.ly/2JOBu2j 

You’ll be hearing from partner orgs, youth involved in their programs, and others about the value of SYEP and what a devastating impact it will be if @NYCMayor moves forward with eliminating this year’s program. During #COVID19 crisis, saving SYEP = Supporting young NYers!

Thank you to today's speakers: Kaylah B. from GGE; @JumaaneWilliams, Kai-Lin Kwek-Rupp @TeensTakeCharge,
Tavane Buchanan, Jennifer Negrete @MakeTheRoadNY, @HelenRosenthal, Jesutoyin Olabode @RockawayYouth, Briana Tejada & Mendy Mendez, @BroSis512, Dayra Morocho-Padilla @NYCLU

We're hearing from Kaylah, a GGE participant and high school student, first! "I was planning on using my SYEP job to build work skills and to put on my resume. Why are youth programs that benefit black and brown youth being cut? Do we not matter?" #SaveSYEP

Public Advocate @JumaaneWilliams: We came into #Covid19 with infrastructure inequities, and now we see that these men didn’t have the proper plans in place. It’s easy to say you’re progressive when theirs a surplus. We need to see where that progressivism is during a crisis.