i4Y - Innovations for Youth

We congratulate i4Y Co-Director Coco Auerswald, a Clinical Professor of Clinical Health Sciences, at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, on being named a recipient of the Zak Sabry Mentorship Award. It recognizes her distinguished record of mentorship and commitment to student success.

UC Berkeley’s Youth and Allies Against Homelessness (YAAH) Lab will host a webinar on May 11th at 11 AM to discuss key findings from two reports, co-sponsored by the California Coalition for Youth and the California Homeless Youth Project. The webinar will be led by i4Y Co-Director Dr. Coco Auerswald and Dr. Laura Petry of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and will highlight the impact of dedicated funding for vulnerable young people across the state.

Last Tuesday, April 28th, i4Y proudly hosted its Youth Equity Discovery Initiative (YEDI) Poster Symposium to celebrate the 2025-26 YEDI Scholars’ impactful research projects focused on youth equity.

Our YEDI scholars worked on these projects year-round, and it showed. Their thoughtful analyses and commitment to advancing youth equity made this event truly special. Thank you to everyone who attended, supported, and contributed to making this symposium a success.

The symposium featured a wide range of topics including:

On Tuesday, April 21, the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law hosted a screening of the award-winning documentary, Close to Home.