2010

Spring 2010
New York, NY and Cambridge, MA

GBS Seminar graduates honored at Columbia and Harvard Law Schools. At Columbia Law School in NYC, the second graduating class celebrated their achievements along with friends, family, New York Foundling professionals, Columbia law students and members of the community. Graduates this semester conducted informational interviews with a veterinarian, physical therapist, drug enforcement agent, lead actress on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and other leading professionals. In Cambridge, the graduating class was honored in a ceremony attended by Community Resources for Justice leadership and professionals, DYS officials, Harvard faculty and students, parents, teachers and other friends. Adjutant General Joseph Carter of the Massachusetts National Guard delivered the keynote speech.

March 2010
New York, NY

Youth Advocacy Center introduces new Resource Materials. Encouraging Education and Responsible Tenancy. These are the subjects of the new Resource Materials for professionals developed by Youth Advocacy Center for First Place for Youth, a transitional housing program in the San Francisco Bay Area. YAC introduced these materials, which include cases and other materials that can be used directly with youth, in a Transitioning to the GBS Socratic Approach Workshop presented to FPY professionals in New York City in March. The workshop, made possible by the Andrus Family Fund, was designed to help FYP transition to using the Socratic Approach throughout the organization.

January 2010
San Francisco, CA

Youth Advocacy Center Getting Beyond the System® Socratic Approaches Workshop in San Francisco. Leaders, policy-makers, child welfare professionals, educators, youth advocates and other stakeholders involved in California's Connected by 25, Ready to Succeed and Breakthrough Series Collaborative on ILP Initiatives gathered for two days in San Francisco to learn about and practice using Youth Advocacy Center's approaches, including the Socratic Method.

2009

December 2009
New York, NY and Cambridge, MA

Ceremonies honor GBS Seminar graduates. Ceremonies were held at Columbia Law School and Harvard Law School honoring the achievements of Fall semester GBS graduates. In New York, friends, family, New York Foundling professionals, Columbia law students and members of the community gathered at the law school to honor the first-ever graduating GBS class there. At Harvard, Community Resources for Justice leadership and professionals, DYS officials, Harvard faculty and students, parents, teachers and other friends celebrated at a graduation featuring a keynote speech by CRJ Board Chairman Scott Harshbarger.

November 16, 2009
New York, NY

Youth Advocacy Center honored at Youth INC's Celebration to Benefit New York Kids. Youth Advocacy Center was among the youth-serving organizations honored at A Celebration to Benefit New York Kids at the Waldorf Astoria. The evening highlighted young people, including our own Jeremiah Perez (GBS graduate, Fall 2007, New York Foundling), and their stories of how their lives have been improved by the organizations honored at the event.

September 16, 2009
New York, NY

Youth Advocacy Center kicks off Fall semester with new Getting Beyond the System® Seminar at Columbia Law School. Students from New York Foundling's North Manhattan and Mott Haven programs are traveling to the campus of Columbia Law School to attend the first GBS Seminar there, facilitated by Columbia law student Chava Spivak-Birndorf, with assistance from fellow student Heather Stevenson. This Seminar follows the success of a similar program piloted by Youth Advocacy Center at Harvard Law School last year with youth from Community Resources for Justices in Cambridge, MA and which continues this semester.

April 1, 2009
Boston, MA

"Preparing At-Risk Youth for Independence: Engaging Youth and the Community." This breakfast, hosted by Youth Advocacy Center at Foley Hoag provided an opportunity for leaders in the Boston area to learn about Youth Advocacy Center's methods and to exchange ideas and strategies for engaging these resources in challenging economic times.

March 27, 2009
Richmond, VA

"Greater Richmond Housing Summit: Youth Aging out of Foster Care." Youth Advocacy Center Program Director Ann Shalof joined a panel of housing experts to discuss programs directed toward helping youth transition smoothly out of foster care.

March 18, 2009
New York, NY

Kendall Franklin, Youth Advocacy Center's Youth Outreach Coordinator, kicks off the Youth Advocate Leadership Council with an inaugural meeting of the core membership. This steering committee will guide the expansion of the Council and prepare for future GBS alumni events.

January 2009

Graduation ceremonies held in NY, MA and MD for 2008 Fall semester graduates. Ceremonies honored graduates from GBS Seminars at New York Foundling in New York, at Harvard Law School for youth from Community Resources for Justice in Boston and at Montgomery College for students from Future Link, Inc. in Maryland.

2008

December 2008
Oakland, CA

Youth Advocacy Center collaborates with First Place for Youth to offer a workshop on Youth Advocacy Center's Socratic Approaches for professionals from this innovative transitional housing program in California.

October 21, 2008
New York, NY

Catalog for Giving honors GBS graduate Cinenyi Fanini as an Urban Hero at its annual benefit. Cinenyi is a Fall 2007 semester graduate of GBS at New York Foundling.

September 2008
Cambridge, MA

GBS Seminar launched at Harvard Law School. In this first-ever pilot, students from Community Resources for Justice in Boston are attending the GBS Seminar on the campus of Harvard Law School. Michael Addis, a second-year law student and Teach for America veteran, is facilitating.

July 30, 2008
New York, NY

Youth Advocacy Center hosted a reception honoring long-time supporters Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan. Youth Outreach Coordinator Kendall Franklin (GBS graduate, Spring 2005, Catherine Street Shelter) spoke about his personal experience with GBS and the benefits of the seminar at this successful fundraiser.

March 28, 2008
New York, NY

"No Place to Live: The Housing Crisis Facing Youth Aging out of Foster Care." Betsy Krebs, Youth Advocacy Center's Executive Director, and Kendall Franklin, Youth Oureach Coordinator, speak at this symposium at St. John's University. Betsy presented information about how GBS prepares youth for adulthood, while Kendall shared his story about how GBS helped him take control of his future.

March 15, 2008
Cambridge, MA

Youth Advocacy Center's Executive Director Betsy Krebs speaks at the first "Celebration of Public Interest," which brought together hundreds of Harvard Law School alumni involved in public service careers to discuss their work, share their stories, and engage the next generation of HLS students considering public interest professions.

February 12, 2008
Baltimore, MD

Youth Advocacy Center expands in Maryland, providing GBS training for professionals at various agencies in Baltimore, including New Pathways, Baltimore County DSS, Baltimore City DSS, Public Justice Center, and Kennedy Krieger Institute.

January 2008
New York, NY

Graduation ceremonies held for Fall 2007 GBS graduates at New York Foundling and SCO Family of Services.

Past highlights

October 29, 2007
New York, NY

Catalog for Giving honors GBS graduate Jeffrey Jean as an Urban Hero at its annual benefit. Jeffrey is a Spring 2007 semester graduate of GBS at New York Foundling.

September 19 - 22, 2007
Denver, CO

Youth Advocacy Center's Executive Director Betsy Krebs and Director of Education Paul Pitcoff deliver the keynote speech at the annual National Independent Living Conference hosted by Daniel Memorial Institute.

October 24, 2006
New York, NY

Catalog for Giving honors GBS graduate Kendall Franklin as an Urban Hero at its annual benefit. Kendall is a Spring 2005 semester graduate of GBS at Catherine Street Shelter, now Youth Adovcacy Center's Youth Outreach Coordinator.