September 12, 2024 —Measure of America Director Kristen Lewis briefed the Bipartisan Opportunity Youth Caucus on Capitol Hill. She presented key data on the state of youth disconnection in America. Staffers from 22 congressional offices attended.

July 30, 2024 — Co-founder and Director Kristen Lewis is representing Measure of America at Collaboration Across Place: Building Better Futures with Opportunity Youth, hosted by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in Mexico City.

June 25, 2024 — Associate Director Alex Powers and Program Assistant Tara Shawa present the key findings of our report, A Portrait of Newark, to an audience of grantmakers in Newark, New Jersey. They co-presented with Robert Clark from Newark Opportunity Youth Network and two youth leaders, and engaged in discussion about agendas for action based on the data. More information regarding the event is here. 

May 21, 2024 — Associate Director Alex Powers and Program Assistant Kate Harvey led a session at the Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Forum Convening to present findings on youth disconnection in cities and how data can be leveraged to enact policy and organizational change. They co-presented with Andy Moore from the National League of Cities and Daniel Croson from the Newark Opportunity Youth Network.

April 24, 2024 — The Measure of America team hosted a launch event for A Portrait of Newark alongside the Newark Opportunity Youth Network. Director and Co-founder Kristen Lewis and Associate Director Alex Powers presented the key-findings of the report, and several young people from Newark co-presented about their experiences in Newark.

March 26, 2024 — Rep. Steel and Rep. Carter formed a new Bipartisan Opportunity Youth Caucus (BOYC). This is the first congressional caucus focused on investing in opportunity youth. MOA director, Kristen Lewis, spoke at the launch event. Watch here.

March 22, 2024 — The Measure of America team presented at NYC’s Open Data Week about the redesign of our tool, http://DATA2GO.NYC. Watch the recorded session here.

October 10, 2023 — Associate Director Alex Powers and Program Assistant Tara Shawa led a session at the Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Forum Fall Convening where they presented findings from Ensuring an Equitable Recovery, the most recent of Measure of America’s annual youth disconnection reports. These findings looked at the latest research on youth disconnection, such as the impact of Covid on disconnection.

September 7, 2023 — Measure of America Director Kristen Lewis was the keynote speaker at The Rapides Foundation’s symposium on opportunity youth. She presented key findings from our report, Youth Disconnection in The Rapides Foundation Service Area, and shared insight on ways to reduce high rates of disconnection, especially in rural areas.

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