Facilitating Leadership in Youth

FLY Youth Grow Up and FLY Keeps Up

FLY Youth Grow Up and FLY Keeps Up

Life definitely gets more complicated after high school. I’m thankful that FLY is willing to help me and the other older youth transition into college. I received a full tuition scholarship to my college which is out-of-state, and all the other costs like housing and books would be covered by other grants, but two weeks before school was to start, I got a bill in the mail for $6000! What?!? Help, FLY! I had submitted all ...

19-Year-Old FLY Youth Runs Summer Internship Program

19-Year-Old FLY Youth Runs Summer Internship Program

Four years ago, most of us older youth in FLY were just entering high school. We decided, through our FLY Youth Council, that since we were old enough to get summer jobs, that FLY could help us get meaningful summer internships to discover our interests and gain marketable skills. Through the experience we would be able to figure out what we wanted to be in life and the types of jobs that would grant us ...

Renee Receives Herb Block Scholarship

Renee Receives Herb Block Scholarship

The Herb Block Scholarship that Renee received will cover all of Renee’s unmet financial need for tuition and other education-related expenses. Renee will be attending Northern Virginia Community College to study Early Childhood Education. Congratulations to Renee! Photo credit: Tia D., FLY College Prep Intern academic year 2008-2009

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FLY: Facilitating Youth in Leadership

Our Stories: Redevelopment Affects Real People

Will Redevelopment Lead to Broken Homes, Broken Promises, and Broken Hearts in Barry Farm?

Chelsea F., Youth Blogger

Here are a few short videos you should check out if you care about the redevelopment of Barry Farm, the community I live in near the Anacostia metro. We don’t have many updates on what’s going to happen to Barry Farm and when, except for what folks share in the videos.

All the youth in this first video are FLY youth. Laura, the AU student who headed this up, was a FLY mentor last summer and organizer the year before that. It was produced by by FatterBetterProductions.

DONOR HIGHLIGHTS

Philip L. Graham Fund Awards FLY $20,000 as a match to a $20,000 donation made by an anonymous donor earlier this year for the completion of the remodel of FLY’s new youth center, including improved techology equipment. A very special thank you for this most generous support!

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