PASE Network News

Join Pockets Change on Friday, May 9, 2025 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the Teach For America Headquarters (25 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY) for a special Teacher Appreciation Week event. The event will feature the release of a new single from 2025 PASEsetter winner, Dyalekt: “Damn, it feels good to be a teacher”. The festivities will include a live DJ, food, swag bags, and more. RSVP via the event site. 

HEAF, Street Squash, and Boys & Girls Club of Harlem invite community members to a joyful day of connection and self-care at the 2nd Annual Community Wellness Retreat on Saturday, May 10, 2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM at the Boys & Girls Club of Harlem (521 W 145th St, New York, NY). Enjoy music, art, fitness, wellness workshops, massages, free lunch, giveaways, and more — all designed to help you recharge and celebrate you. Learn more through their event flyer. RSVP today via their online registration form.

Stoop Stories and Henry Street Settlement are hosting Street Games Festival on May 18, 2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM at Sol Lain Park in the Lower East Side. This free intergenerational community festival invites participants to step back into the golden days of stoop life and street games. Older and younger adults will teach the games that they grew up with. Get ready for box ball, double dutch, hopscotch, dominos, music, raffles, and more. RSVP via the Stoop Stories website. 

Intergenerational Change Initiative’s youth research team is hosting an interactive event, Financial Futures Defined by You(th), for youth ages 13-21 to share their voice, story, and vision for a more inclusive, affordable, and sustainable NYC for youth. Join the team on April 22, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at CUNY School of Professional Studies (119 W 31st St, 4th Floor) for the conversation about what it takes for youth to not just stay in NYC but thrive in the city—and why some feel they may need to leave. RSVP is required – save your spot by April 18, 2025. 

On Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM, join Next100 and partners for a unique youth-led, youth-focused NYC Mayoral Forum, during which young people will engage directly with mayoral candidates and push for answers and solutions on the issues they care about most—from housing, education, and public safety to job access, child welfare, and mental health. The forum will highlight what matters to New York City youth and hold candidates accountable to youth needs and priorities. Participants will bring to the dialogue their lived experiences with policy, ensuring often overlooked concerns of young people get the attention they deserve from our city’s leaders. Save your spot on the Eventbrite page. The Youth in Focus mayoral forum follows all IRS guidelines for nonpartisan candidate forums hosted by 501(c)(3) organizations and is intended to be an opportunity for the public to learn more about the stances of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of New York City in this summer’s Democratic primary.