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Providence Youth Student Movement

Providence Youth Student Movement

  • HQ

    Providence, RI

  • Founded

    2001

Status of data

Publicly Sourced

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Operating budget

$500k - $1M

Staff Size

10 - 50

Areas of Focus
  • Civic Engagement
  • Education Access
  • Labor and Workforce Development
Contact
  • Vanessa Flores-Maldonado Executive Director

Links

PrYSM was founded on November 8th, 2001, when a series of repeated Cambodian gang fights and resulting deaths inspired youth and local college students to fight for positive change in the community. The first campaign was against the deportation of Cambodian American refugees, who were being sent back to the country from which they fled a genocide and civil war. Today, PrYSM is a youth organization which challenges and supports Southeast Asian youth to become leaders, organizers, and critical thinkers, by offering educational workshops, leadership opportunities, mentorship, and oversight of youth-led community organizing projects.

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