An intensive undergraduate fellowship program that fosters leadership and engaged citizenship through public service and applied research.
High Road NYC
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.
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.
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.
The High Road NYC program has hit the ground running as students settle into their new surroundings, gain confidence and begin to advocate for and engage with the community.
Convening one final time to reflect on their High Road experience, the fellows were joined by those who made the pilot NYC fellowship possible - program sponsors, work colleagues, ILR staff, Friday speakers, alumni, and even the city itself.
ILR Students Help NYC Area Organizations, Gain Experience
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.
The fellows are deep into their summer work. Things are confusing, and they’re often left with more questions than answers, but there is an understanding forming that their experiences are shaping something.
Guest Speakers Deliver Engaging Dialogue with High Road Fellows in NYC
NYC High Roads Fellows sit down with Ligia Guallpa and Antonio Solis of Los Deliveristas Unidos, a group working toward giving app delivery workers access to basic labor rights. The following week they met with Dr. Teofilo Reyes, chief program officer at Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC).
Inaugural NYC High Road Fellowship Begins With Lofty Ambitions
The original High Road Fellowship has been a longstanding program operating out of Buffalo. Although the lofty ambitions of the NYC pilot program may feel like flying the plane while building it, the exceptional people behind the experiment have pulled it together.
