YC Spring Benefit 2023

JOIN US!

Join us for our inaugural Spring Benefit!
Celebrate 42 years of amplifying youth voice and the foundational leaders who made this possible.

Thursday, may 18, 2023
6PM – 9PM
Chelsea Factory
547 W 26th Street, NYC

Cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres and awards program

Honoring

Keith Hefner • Youth Ally Award
YC FOUNDER & SENIOR ADVISOR

Bill Josephson • Legacy Award
YC BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS & RETIRED PARTNER FRIED FRANK

Rachel Swarns • Distinguished Alumni Award
YC ALUMNA, JOURNALIST, AUTHOR & PROFESSOR

Ericka François • Rising Star Alumni Award
YC ALUMNA & FOSTER CARE ADVOCATE

More to come!



Tickets & Sponsorship

Visionary – $50,000+
20 tickets – Full-page ad
Underwrites professional development to a cohort of after-school programs or public schools.

Game Changer – $25,000
15 Tickets – Full-page ad
Covers the cost of producing an online asynchronous professional development course for educators.

Honoree Host Committee – $10,000
10 Tickets – Full-page ad
Sponsors two culturally responsive professional development workshops for a high-needs school in New York City.

Youth Champion – $5,000
5 Tickets – Half-page ad
Covers the cost of updating one social and emotional learning curriculum.

Uplifter – $2,500
3 Tickets – Half-page ad
Support training for educators on how to use authentic, teen-written stories to build supportive communities that center youth voice.

Storyteller – $1,000
2 Tickets – Quarter-page ad
Supply YC books for 150 students to support student engagement in social and emotional learning.

Amplifier Ticket – $500
Includes sponsoring 1 ticket for a YC writer, alum or education partner.

Supporter Ticket – $300

Young Professional Ticket – $150

*Purchasing 10+ tickets and/or a donation of $5,000+ makes you eligible to join our benefit host committee, receiving priority invites to future events with YC’s distinguished alumni.


For questions about tax-deductions or interest in joining the Benefit Committee, please contact [email protected]

YC Board of Directors

Leah Modigliani – Lourdes Rosado – Troy Williams – Bob Ouimette – Arlen Benjamin-Gomez – Timothy Blair – Henry Guttilla – Nina Link – Vivian Louie

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