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Fresh Lifelines for Youth
www.flyprogram.org
(408) 656-0386
Chief Advancement Officer Sherri Shane
Mission
FLY’s mission is to partner with youth to unlock their potential, disrupt the pipeline to prison, and advance justice in Califonia and beyond. In our work, we are grounded in our organizational values: accountable, dedicated, respectful, equitable and just, loving, innovative, hopeful, and youth-centered.
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Growing up, my life was good… until my mom got divorced and my dad got deported. I started getting in trouble. I ended up in juvenile court. Then my FLY mentor showed up. She’s Latina, she graduated college. It made me think, ‘Hey, if she did it, then I can do it too.’ I never thought that I would see a day where I didn’t feel that I needed to escape my life. Now I don’t want to be anywhere else but where I am now. FLY really helped me get back on my feet.
With Your support, we can create a brighter tomorrow for Young People
Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) was founded in 2000, we were guided by the input of youth in the juvenile system to create programs grounded in legal education, mentoring, and leadership training. Over the past 24 years, we have continuously sought the input of young people impacted by the justice system to grow and evolve our program offerings. We seek to elevate the voices of young people to make our systems more equitable, just, and humane. We are on a trajectory that aspires to move from service for some to justice for all.
Our Strategic Vision: Imagine 2030
FLY served more than 30,000 young people during its first two decades of existence. FLY’s ambitious goal between now and 2030 is to help dismantle California’s pipeline to prison, equip 30,000 more juvenile-justice and at-risk youth to transform their lives, and strengthen services for marginalized youth in California and beyond.
Key Supporters
FLY Board of Directors
Meera Chary, Board Co-Chair
Partner, The Bridgespan Group
DeAnn Work, Board Co-Chair
Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Altaba Inc.
Melynnie Rizvi, Esq., Board Co- Vice Chair
Head of Global Employment Law and Litigation, SurveyMonkey Inc.
Donna Petkanics, Chair Emeritus
Retired Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Gene Wade, Treasurer
Co-founder and CEO, Honors Pathway
Diana Bell
Retired Executive, The Hewlett Packard Company
Gordon Davidson, Esq.
Partner, Fenwick & West, LLP
Ulrico Rosales, Esq.
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Hon. Patrick Tondreau
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge (Retired)
Thurman V. White, Jr.
Retired CEO, Progress Investment Management Company LLC
Trisha Connors
Chair, HOPE Mentorship Program
Kevin Rudich
Public Defender Santa Clara County (Retired)
Key FLY Foundation Supporters
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation
The Heising-Simons Foundation
The Sobrato Family Foundation
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The TK Foundation
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation