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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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

Jan 1, 2025

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

Jan 1, 2025

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

Jan 1, 2025

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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ILR Students Help NYC Area Organizations, Gain Experience

Aug 23, 2023

Cornell Chronicle

Since 2009, the High Road Fellowship Program has placed Cornell students in organizations around Buffalo to learn, explore, examine and revitalize the historic city. This past summer, ILR expanded the program to place 12 undergraduates in nonprofits, social justice groups, government offices and unions in the New York City region.