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Name of Your Organization:

YVote/Next Generation Politics

Overview of the Project - Please provide a brief description of the project.

Our LGBTQ+ Action Group will create a forum-based program for middle schools around all five boroughs. We will introduce two guest speakers for every meeting, one LGBTQ+ youth as well as one teacher from a selected school (either LGBTQ+ or an Ally), who will narrate their personal experience of what it means to be LGBTQ+ and/or an Ally. Following the course of a 1.5 to 2 hour session, our group will lead a presentation on the brief history of the LGBTQ+ community and discuss the historic and modern policies surrounding the issues that they have had and still continue to endure. Lastly, we will transition to an open space where we will pose questions to the group and engage in a seminar of speaking and learning from each other. We will provide them with a pamphlet emphasizing how important it is to fight for reform. As a thank you for their time, we will give them trinkets and memorabilia items to remind them of our cause and to continue advocating for this issue.

Which of the following issues does your project address?

1. Issue 1 - Addressing Mental Health
2. Issue 2 - Preparation for College and/or Career
3. Issue 3 - Youth Advocacy Promotion

In our project, we will address Issue 1 and Issue 3

Youth Engagement - Please explain how you will engage youth in the planning and implementation of the project.

Six youth, supported by another 60 youth, designed this proposal and will be involved in every aspect of implementing it. Our impact on this community will be by getting more information from middle schoolers who are exploring their individuality and/or might be confused about their identity. We will assess our impact by conducting surveys to get a sense of their feelings about the LGBTQ+ community and new knowledge about the issues. We will engage in post-discussions after our presentations, and finalize our session with an important message.

Budget - Your total project budget must equal $20,000 to be placed on the ballot for a youth vote. Please provide a brief description of what the funds would be used for to successfully implement your project. You will also need to download, fill in, and attach a full budget using this template.

$1,000 [stipends for BOTH speakers in each community]

$1500 [stipends for youth coordinators]

$300 [pins] (half of our pins will say “Proud” and the other half will say “Allies”)

$1000 [pamphlets with detailed information]

$1500 [water bottles]

$1000 [pens and pencils]

$1000 [Tote bags]

$1000 [Face Masks]

Timeline- Please describe the timeline for the implementation and completion of the project. All work for this project must be completed by June 30, 2021, which is the end of the city’s fiscal year and the deadline for the funds to be spent.

Late March-early April:we will contact and form partnerships with schools and discuss and develop the content for the workshops.

May 24th- June 30th for 1.5 to 2 hours: We will conduct workshops, ideally in schools and if not safe, through Zoom. If there are no live classes during these weeks, we will mail our materials and gifts to schools beforehand and count on the to deliver the goods.

The following neighborhoods are targets for this program: 

Manhattan-- East Harlem, Lower East Side and Washington Heights.

Staten Island-- St. George.

Brooklyn-- Bedford Stuyvesant and Sunset Park.

Project Activity Alignment - How does your project align with at least one of the following topics:

1. Leadership skills development: organizing & advocacy trainings
2. Stewardship of public spaces: public parks, transportation, etc.
3. Youth and student engagement
4. Civic education and advocacy
5. Community outreach involving residents that have been historically underrepresented in or underserved by city government and its processes

Our project aligns with 3, 4, and 5

What is your organization's area of focus?

1. Children and youth related
2. Advocacy and organizing
3. Arts and culture
4. Civic engagement
5. Education and literacy
6. Emergency management and disaster response
7. Employment and workforce development
8. Environment and sustainability
9. Faith-based
10. Food access
11. Health and medicine
12. Homelessness and/or affordable housing
13. Human rights
14. Human services
15. Immigrants and/or refugees
16. Justice related
17. Legal services
18. People with disabilities
19. Senior services
20. Women's issues

We address gid://development-app/Decidim::Hashtag/2/1, 2, 4, 5, 13,16, 20

Affirmations - Type \"YES\" below each statement to affirm that you are eligible to appear on the ballot for this process.

I confirm that my organization will be registered in the NYC Payee Information Portal and in PassPort, NYC’s online procurement system, in order to receive funding from the City of New York.

YES

I confirm that my organization is able to front the costs of implementing this project. Organizations will be paid based on deliverables. 

YES

Completion of Deliverables: I understand all deliverables must be completed by June 30th, 2021.

YES

I understand a condition of funding includes submission of a final report upon project completion, and participating in a debrief session with the CEC.

YES