Misled Youth is hosting a meeting about collaborating to build a by-youth-for-youth community space here in NYC.

As young people, we feel that we need a space to call our own – a place to gather, find support, learn, and create. Here are our ideas for what it can include:

· open space for shows and events
· art studio, gallery and print shop
· music recording and practice studio
· spaces for meetings and classes
· after school programs
· a 24 hour safe space/drop-in/shelter for at-risk youth
· a small garden or greenhouse
· a computer lab
· a bookstore, cafe, record store, or distro
· murals
· a library
· a kitchen
· a bike repair shop
· a wood shop

The first meeting for this project is taking place on Saturday, June 16th at 1pm at the International Center for Tolerance Education. The Center is located in "D.U.M.B.O." Brooklyn at 25 Washington Street on the 4th Floor. Take the F train to York Street, the A/C to High Street, or the 2/3 to Clark Street. Please RSVP to let us know if you or someone from your organization can make it!

At this first meeting, we want everyone to be able to brainstorm visions for a by-youth-for youth community space. We then want to plan a follow-up meeting for those who are more committed to this goal to begin to strategize ways that we can collaborate on building this space.