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More than 250,000 young New Yorkers, ages 16 – 24, don't have a job or a high school diploma. Many of these young people live in the seven New York communities which contribute more than half of the population of New York prisons – and are exactly those members of their communities most likely to go to jail.

For several years, Trinity Wall Street has partnered with other churches and groups in the Seven Communities -- Bedford-Stuyvesant, East New York, Harlem, the Lower East Side, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, the South Bronx and South Jamaica – to turn the tide in these neighborhoods. Now, Trinity is working to impact job development for youth in the Seven Communities.

On June 12, faith leaders, funders, local business owners, young people, and parents gathered for a conversation about how to create jobs for youth in the Seven Communities. The conversation was wide-ranging, including stories from organizations and people already creating jobs, and hard questions about how to invest in job development and make it sustainable for local businesses.

Community members also learned about program related investments and how they can create their own in these communities.

In addition to connecting the people in the community, the conversation will help shape Trinity Wall Street's 2011 funding by developing a request for proposals for growing and sustaining jobs through program related investments and grants.

For more information, contact Anita Chan.

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