VIDEO: Young Center Spring Soirée

On Thursday, May 13, 2021, Young Center supporters, staff, volunteers, and ambassadors gathered online to celebrate the courage and resilience of immigrant children. We honored our very first Waymaker: Founder and Executive Director Maria Woltjen, who will be retiring at the end of June after 18 years of passionately fighting for unaccompanied immigrant children and changing the system to integrate child protection principles into practice, policy, and the law. We are so thankful to everyone who participated in the event and made it a success. In case you missed this inspiring evening, you can watch the highlights in the video below.

Other Highlights from the Soirée

Actress Nancy Rodriguez read the powerful poem To Live in the Borderlands by Gloria Anzaldua. Read this poem here.