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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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First Steps and Stumbles on the High Road

Lila Tauzin-Fox reflects on the first few days of the Buffalo High Road Fellowship.
Photo of building in buffalo halfway crumbled
First Steps and Stumbles on the High Road

Searching For Balance: Assessing Goals, Connections and Personal Growth

Buffalo High Road Fellow Nshera Tutu explores her positionality and experiences in the work she is doing this summer.
Nshera smiles in front of stairs
Searching For Balance: Assessing Goals, Connections and Personal Growth

Small but Mighty

High Road Fellow Eva Egeghy reflects on her first week in Buffalo.
Students take group photo at Buffalo Pride Parade
Small but Mighty