40 minutes. That’s how long some youth in Bridgeport are walking during the school year just to make it in time for their first class. Unsafe routes and the general lack of adequate school and public transportation creates a “perfect storm” of inaccessibility, that...
What is the role of philanthropy in building and advancing social change? Over the past several months, PFF’s team has been engaging in dialogue, panels, conferences and learning sessions exploring themes of transparency, trust, advocacy, and disruptive leadership....
This interactive workshop, offered by the Perrin Family Foundation, builds on youth development principles by introducing youth workers to the framework of critical consciousness. Critical consciousness is the ability to recognize and analyze systems of inequality and...
Last November, six of PFF’s grantee partners attended Funders’ Collaborative for Youth Organizing (FCYO)’s national convening in Albuquerque, “Youth POWER 2017: From Rooted Resilience to Rising Power”. The convening, which brought together 375...
In the face of the Trump administration’s decision to rescind DACA, we are humbled and moved by the tremendous courage, leadership, and resilience demonstrated by DACA recipients and undocumented and immigrant youth leaders who are putting it all on the line working...
The Grants Manager will play a critical role in helping the foundation develop and implement new internal systems to strengthen and streamline our operations. The Grants Manager will be responsible for: ensuring the accurate and timely processing of grants;...
