News

Below are press highlights and other news about FLY and our young people. For more information about FLY, go to our press kit page or contact Tracy Genica at tracy@flyprogram.org or (669) 243-0922.

• • Ali Knight, FLY’s President and CEO, accepted into the prestigious Annie E Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship
  • Fresh Lifelines for Youth Staff Named Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform Fellows | Georgetown University Center
  • Inspired by the Care He Received, Justice Leader [Ali Knight] Extends Supports to Bay Area Youth | The Imprint News
  • NYU’s Alumni Spotlight featured Ali Knight, FLY President & CEO. | New York University
  • FLY represented in a San Mateo County Community Meeting to discuss policing within the community | Patch News
  • FLY President & CEO Ali Knight was named one of the 2021 NYU Alumni Changemakers of the Year. | Ali’s Profile
  • The 49ers featured FLY CEO Ali Knight in a panel on Activism in Sports in honor of Black History Month.  | 49ers News
  • The Bridgespan Group article series on FLY’s Leadership Transition | Leadership Transition in a Time of Turmoil: FLY Names a New CEO, Leadership Transition in a Time of Turmoil: Ali Knight Leads FLY into a New Era, Four Ways a Nonprofit Board Can Support a Leadership Transition
  • Defund the police’ is more than a protest cry for these youths. They’re helping steer Oakland effort | San Francisco Chronicle, about a group of youth advising the city of Oakland on public safety, supported by FLY
  • FLY’s Youth Voice Policy Fellow, Nick Jasso, talks about how school resource officers contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline | CA FWD Podcast

  • FLY President and CEO Ali Knight Named 49ers Frontline Hero of the Game | NBC Sports

  • “Bye DJJ: California to Close Youth Prisons,” Op-ed by Hayden T. Renato of Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Taskforce Youth Advisory Board, convened by FLY | Evident Change
  • FLY volunteer Elaine Bostwick Smith receives The Giant’s Community Spirit Award for her 9 years of work with us
  • The California Board of State and Community Corrections awards FLY with a grant to combat violence in disproportionately impacted communities. 
  • FLY Announces New CEO Ali Knight, Christa Gannon Steps into Founder Role
  • Motivated Alta Vista student plans to join military | Los Altos Town Crier
  • Community Groups Step Up to Meet New Needs, Chronicle of Philanthropy
  • A message from FLY’s COO Ali Knight about our continuing response to the Coronavirus
  • Silicon Valley Communication Foundation video: Lighting the Way Forward

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