i4Y - Innovations for Youth

On Wednesday, April 30th, 2025, the talk “How Local Organizations Shape US Education” explores how organizations outside schools have created an invisible infrastructure not only to affect local school districts but also to shape US education. It will be led by SFUSD-RPP Steering Committee Member, Jose Eos Trinidad with panelists, Gloria Lee and Karling Aguilera-Fort. A panel discussion will follow the talk. It will take place at Berkeley Way West / via Zoom from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.

On Tuesday, April 29th, 2025, i4Y is hosting the YEDI Scholar Research Poster Symposium in Berkeley Way West Colloquium Room 1102 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please join us to celebrate and learn more about the diverse research and experiences of the 2024-25 YEDI Scholars. The format will include individual and group poster presentations in partnership with Berkeley Social Welfare, Berkeley Public Health, and the Berkeley School of Education. All friends, family, graduate students, and faculty mentors are welcome!

On Monday, April 21st, 2025, join the Institute of Human Development (IHD) and Innovations for Youth (i4Y) in learning from and supporting SF Peer Resources students from Lowell, Marshall, and Mission High Schools as they present their Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) projects! YPAR is a research approach that engages youth to actively research and solve problems that impact their lives. It will take place in Berkeley Way West Colloquium Room 1102 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm.

On Friday, April 18th, 2025, i4Y is co-sponsoring a colloquium with the Possibility Lab, Institute of Human Development (IHD), Center on Civility and Democratic Engagement,  Goldman School of Public Policy and the State of California Youth Empowerment Commission. Please join us for "Levers for Change in California: Innovative Approaches to Youth Engagement in Policy, Politics, and Participatory Research." The colloquium will feature Amy Lerman, PhD, Emily Ozer, PhD, Brian F. Villa, PhD, Meredith Sadin, PhD, and Wednesday Pope.

On Monday, April 7th, 2025, i4Y is co-sponsoring a colloquium with the Institute for Human Development (IHD). Please join us for "Youth Homelessness and Life Course Trajectories: Innovative, Community-Engaged Approaches." The colloquium will feature Colette Auerswald, MD, Benjamin Parry, PhD, Deborah McKoy, PhD, and Keisha Browder. It will take place in Berkeley Way West, Room 1102, from 12:10 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.