What is Amachi Ambassadors?
Amachi Ambassadors is a specialized youth organizing, advocacy, and leadership development program for high school students impacted by parental incarceration, which:
- Equips students to become civically engaged and champion education reform and system change
- Amplifies youth voices
- Enriches the educational experience of students
The objectives are for students themselves to lead efforts to:
- Raise awareness, concern, and responsive actions in schools and the community around children and families with incarcerated loved ones;
- Dispel debilitating stigmas and prejudices related to familial incarceration; and
- Improve institutions that directly affect their lives