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April - June 2025
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[link removed] [[link removed]] In 2024, we made enormous strides. We celebrated the opening of our tenth Child Advocate Program site in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We joined a coalition of immigrant rights organizations to raise $3 million to ensure that approximately 500 separated families received full legal representation at no cost. We welcomed our third cohort of fellows who participated in the Elizabeth Frankel Fellowship Program. Most critically, we engaged in comprehensive contingency planning to ensure we remain strong, strategic, and ready to protect unaccompanied immigrant children, no matter what lies ahead.
To read the full version of the report, you can click the button below. Now, we are facing a painful but familiar reality – fighting to preserve many of the hard-won gains we achieved in 2024. But we remain more determined than ever to fight for a system that centers the rights and best interests of immigrant children.
READ THE REPORT HERE [[link removed]] We are deeply grateful for your long-standing support and collaboration. Together, we can and must build a future where every child is safe, supported, and free.
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We are excited to introduce our newest Young Center Board Members!
* Enrique Espinoza is a bilingual immigration attorney based in Chicago, Illinois. He currently serves as a Staff Attorney at the Immigration Law Clinic at Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he provides legal representation and mentorship.
* Renée Ahlers Beckoff is currently Senior Counsel, Head of Governance, at Bridgewater Associates, LP. She began her legal career in the Latin America practice group of Cleary Gottlieb, with a focus on international capital markets, cross-border transactions, and SEC reporting.
* Sara J. Chipps is a veteran software-engineering leader and community builder dedicated to expanding opportunity through technology education. She co-founded Girl Develop It, a nonprofit that has empowered more than 100,000 women and non-binary adults to learn coding skills, and has served on the Boards of Directors for both the OpenJS Foundation and the .NET Foundation.


We are honored to have them as part of the Young Center Family and look forward to working with them!
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[link removed] [[link removed]] Early bird registration for our 5th Annual Elizabeth Frankel Waymakers Mileage Challenge is still ongoing!
Sign Up Here [[link removed]] This year, in commemoration of the Young Center’s 20th anniversary, we're honoring their journey by taking our own steps. Join us as we walk, run, or roll 20,000 miles throughout the month of September in solidarity with the children who journey to the United States in search of safety, dignity, and community.
Sign up by Friday August 15 th to lock in early bird pricing! Every child we serve has a story to tell. Every step you take will help us raise money to help us uplift their story and ensure that no child ever walks alone again.
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