NYC Realness
What NYC wide program gives teens summer jobs?
A) CUNY
B) NYPD
C) NYCHA
D) SYEP
SYEP (Summer Youth Employment Program)
A bill is introduced that will ban books in schools that mention race, gender identity, or sexuality.
What can you do as a young leader?
A) Testify at a public hearing
B) Start a banned book club
C) Partner with local teachers
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
What does the U.N. stand for?
A) United Neighbors
B) Universal Network
C) United Nations
D) Urban Nation
C) United Nations
You will have 2 minutes to come up with a 30 second pitch explaining a word "Access" in the following ways:
- What it means
- Why it matters and/or life circumstances while having it or not having it
- What youth can do about it
Definitions:
- Permission, liberty, or ability to enter, approach, or pass to and from a place or to approach or communicate with a person or thing
- Freedom or ability to obtain or make use of something
- A way or means of entering or approaching
- The act or an instance of accessing something
Myth or Fact: Teens can attend or participate in NYC community board meetings.
Fact
True or False: All NYC public schools have air conditioning.
False
A bill is passed that limits who can vote.
How can teens (even if not eligible to vote) still make an impact?
A) Host voter education workshops
B) Stay out of politics
C) Fight with opponents
D) Create memes only
A) Host voter education workshops
Which of these is a real global movement led by youth?
A) Fridays for Future
B) Walk to Win
C) Teens for Trees
D) Students4Screens
A) Fridays for Future - International Climate Movement Lead by Greta Thunberg
You will have 2 minutes to come up with a 30 second pitch explaining a word "Freedom" in the following ways:
- What it means
- Why it matters and/or life circumstances while having it or not having it
- What youth can do about it
Definitions:
- the quality or state of being free: such as
- the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action
Myth or Fact: Affordable and public housing is only for people who do not work.
Myth - NYC has the largest public housing system in the U.S. with NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority)
What is a community board in NYC?
A) Residents in an apartment building or neighborhood who care about children
B) A local group that advises on zoning, land use, and community issues
C) A type of billboard
D) A group of youth activists
B) A local group that advises on zoning, land use, and community issues
Which of the following is a real impact of climate change in the U.S.?
A) Increased snowfall in deserts
B) Fewer wildfires
C) Stronger hurricanes and extreme heat
D) More jobs in air conditioning sales
C) NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority)
What does “global inequality” mean?
A) Everyone gets the same treatment and resources
B) Some countries or groups have way more power and resources
C) Some countries or groups share power and resources
D) There are too many people
B) Some countries or groups have way more power and resources
You will have 2 minutes to come up with a 30 second pitch explaining a word "Gentrification" in the following ways:
- What it means
- Why it matters
- What youth can do about it
Definitions:
- The process by which a place, especially part of a city, changes from being a poor area to a richer one, where people from a higher social class live.
- A process of neighborhood change that includes economic change in a historically disinvested neighborhood —by means of real estate investment and new higher-income residents moving in – as well as demographic change – not only in terms of income level, but also in terms of changes in the education level or racial make-up of residents.
Similar Historic Conditions: Redlining; White Flight; Urban Renewal
Myth or Fact: Voting in local elections can often have a greater impact on daily life than national elections.
Fact
Which of the following is NOT a New York City government agency?
A) New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)
B) New York City Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender Based Violence (ENDGBV)
C) New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME)
D) New York City Department of Equity and Urban Belonging (DEUB)
D) New York City Department of Equity and Urban Belonging (DEUB)
What does "mass incarceration" refer to in the U.S.?
A) More people than in any other county are criminalized and incarcerated, often disproportionately affecting people of color
B) Building new school and resident hall layouts
C) More people working in prisons
D) A new law about immigration and jailed individuals
A) More people than in any other county are criminalized and incarcerated, often disproportionately affecting people of color
True or False: Global health means access to doctors and medicine in every country.
True
You will have 2 minutes to come up with a 30 second pitch explaining a word "Censorship" in the following ways:
- What it means and/or an example of it
- Why it matters
- What youth can do about it
Definitions:
- The suppression of ideas, images, words, information, speech, etc. Censorship can occur if something is deemed as offensive, dangerous, imposing on others, etc., by certain groups of people or people in power.
Myth or Fact: Immigration laws only affect certain immigrant communities and not U.S. born individuals.
Myth
Name that Movement:
Which 1969 event in New York City is widely seen as the beginning of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement?
A. The March on Washington
B. The Pride Parade
C. The Stonewall Riots
D. The Equality Act Protest
C. The Stonewall Riots
Name that Movement:
Which civil rights movement in the 1960s and 70s focused on improving education, labor rights, and political power for Mexican Americans?
A. The Black Power Movement
B. The Chicano Movement
C. The American Indian Movement
D. The Civil Rights Act Movement
B. The Chicano Movement
Name that Movement:
After a controversial Supreme court ruling in Italy, this annual day is observed each April as a form of protest and awareness about sexual violence and victim blaming?
A) Flower Demo
B) Denim Day
C) Ni Una Menos
D) Red Dress Day
B) Denim Day
You will have 2 minutes to come up with a 30 second pitch explaining a word "Solidarity" in the following ways:
- What it means and/or an example of it
- Why it matters
- What youth can do about it
Definitions:
- Unity (as of a group or class) that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards
- Agreement between and support for the members of a group, especially a political group:
Name that Movement:
Myth or Fact Edition: Rosa Park was the first person to give up her seat during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Myth - Claudette Colvin was the first person to do this, 9 months earlier than Rosa Parks did but both women contributed to the Civil Rights Movement