Meet NUY: Youth Board
NUY believes that youth are the experts when it comes to youth. All programs and services are the direct result of youth identifying needs and proposing solutions. NUY’s staff are hired, reviewed, and report directly to the youth. NUY depends on the insightful and tireless work of generations of youth.
Youth Board members serve a one year term and are elected by their peers (each June). Each youth board elects their own president and vice president, who then serve alongside NUY’s Board of Directors during their term.
NUY Key Youth Center Youth Board (ages 12-20):
Bella Callery (Co President)
Cortney Fischer
Grace Fox
Hailey Haider
Chase Ingraham (Co President)
Chelsea Johnson
Kimberly Kidd
Isaac Mahle
Brooke Schultz
Luke Wiskus
Alice Wykes
NUY Mental Health Youth Board (ages 12-18):
Rahmah Abdulai
Neina Adbulai
Lucia Bernardin
Grant Bouvin
Franny Breiland
Oden Hoff
Chase Ingraham
Alec LaVoi (VP)
Max Mecer
Natalie Nevin
Audrey Pagel (President)
Luke Wiskus
Alice Wykes
NUY Homelessness Youth Board (ages 16-24):
Zoe Condon
Cortney Fischer (President)
Alessandra Lee
Skylar Mace (VP)
Maddy Mikula
Clara Posner
Lucy Yajarai
While there may be other youth who help inform this board and our work, their identities remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of youth homelessness
NUY Arts Youth Board (ages 12-18):
Marcus Basina
Kimberly Kidd
Maggie Philipsen
Julia Radtke
“Hello, my name is Haley Heiner. I am the Co-President of the Northfield Union of Youth, also known as 'The Key.' I have been attending there for a while now and I’ve honestly never felt more at home there. So many wonderful people have accepted me there and I’ve gained amazing new friendships. The Key has helped me through so much regarding mental health, social skills, financial problems, and more. Without The Key, I don’t know where I would be today, and so many youth could say the same. The Key is the longest-running youth-led and youth-empowering organization recorded in the United States and I want it to stay that way. So many kids, including me, need a safe space like The Key. I'm so grateful that I have a place like this, and I am beyond grateful that our community cares for this organization.”
Please consider donating for Give to the Max: give.mn/l8xqif
TODAY IS GIVE DAY! The NUY serves youth from across the greater Northfield area to connect them to community resources, and more importantly, to help them discover their voice and their power. Over the last two weeks here on FB, we have tried to highlight the needs youth identified and the ways that they are working to make their youth-led youth center address those critical needs. 100% of all donations made to the Northfield Union of Youth stay in the community to continue to move our mission, our town, and our youth forward. Thank you for contributing!
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