High Road NYC

Launched Summer 2023

High Road NYC experiences focus on climate, unemployment, migrant labor, neuro-diversity, primary and secondary education, and training for adults facing barriers to joining the workforce.

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Students and community partners in NYC

The NYC High Road Summer 2023 pilot program launched in the summer of 2023 with 12 students working with nine NYC organizations. The students spent eight weeks in NYC learning practical civic engagement and leadership methods at their internship sites and weekly cohort workshops focused on critical reflection, professional networking, and peer-to-peer collaboration at ILR's NYC office.

High Road NYC Partners

The High Road New York City Program partners with various NYC partner organizations whose missions focus on civic engagement, engaged leadership, evidence-based policy, and strategic development. Learn about a few NYC community partners below.

New York State Assembly Member Alex Bores

High Road NYC Fellows are immersed in public policy and community activism interning with New York State Assembly member ILR alum Alex Bores ‘13.
New York State Assembly Member Alex Bores

Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network

Fellows at Hand in Hand are embedded within a dynamic team of organizers and community education practitioners to advance domestic worker rights and improve domestic employer practices.
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network

OPEN DOORS NYC

High Road Fellows with OPEN DOORS NYC work in an arts-and-disability justice non-profit organization and learn about long-term-care advocacy and reform.
OPEN DOORS NYC

High Road NYC Stories

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High Road NYC Fellows Head Home, But Roots Remain

The second year of High Road NYC ended in late July. Final presentations from 24 fellows brought together their mentors, colleagues, community members, and just about anyone who had made it yet another fruitful summer for the ILR students.
High Road scholar
High Road NYC Fellows Head Home, But Roots Remain

And Life Goes On For High Road NYC

The New York City High Road Fellows are lucky. People show up for them in every direction–a testament to the ILR community, the organizations they’re working with, and, it seems, humankind in general.
Icema Castle, Mark Freedenberg, Swati Sheth, Adriana Vink
And Life Goes On For High Road NYC

High Road NYC Stays in Motion

Joy London, associate general counsel and director of international development at the OSET Institute speaks to the High Road fellows about issues concerning the upcoming Presidential election.
Esta Bigler and Joy London
High Road NYC Stays in Motion