This funding will enable Empowerment Squared strengthen the education system and outcomes for Black and racialized newcomer youth between ages 12-25 in HamiltonHamilton, Ontario, Canada – Hamilton-based charity Empowerment Squared has received a five-year, $806,400 Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. With this funding, Empowerment Squared will work to strengthen the education system and outcomes for Black and racialized newcomer youth between ages 12-25 in Hamilton. This investment builds on Empowerment Squared’s success in achieving significant, innovative, and consistent improvements in educational outcomes for newcomer and marginalized youth since 2007. Empowerment Squared will use its YOF funding over the next four years to conduct research that informs and tests the School Readiness Academy model. Changing a system to better serve youth facing barriers requires strategic and active participation from many stakeholders, including young people with lived experience.

Source: Front Page Africa July 09, 2020 22:18 UTC