Paul Schreurs Memorial Program
The Paul Schreurs Memorial Program (PSMP) is an initiative of the Ithaca Youth Bureau designed to provide academic, personal, emotional, and social support by promoting relationships and offering programs that inspire underrepresented youth in our community to be successful confident life-long learners. Since the early 1990s, our team has worked with youth who have significant barriers to academic success yet show an interest in overcoming these barriers and wish to thrive in their academic lives.
Our program serves students of color, students from low-income households, and rural students to help them gain access to educational opportunities and close the achievement gaps in the Ithaca City School District. We endeavor to build relationships that help us work with youth and their families to address the issues they face and strive to inspire youth to work together to overcome negative expectations and academic stigmas.
PSMP offers homework support, school advocacy, tutoring, community service opportunities, summer enrichment activities, and more to engage students and their families. Students can be referred to the program by teachers, family, and community members. In some cases, students come with a friend and decide to join on their own. Learn more about Paul and how the program began.
Our program serves students of color, students from low-income households, and rural students to help them gain access to educational opportunities and close the achievement gaps in the Ithaca City School District. We endeavor to build relationships that help us work with youth and their families to address the issues they face and strive to inspire youth to work together to overcome negative expectations and academic stigmas.
PSMP offers homework support, school advocacy, tutoring, community service opportunities, summer enrichment activities, and more to engage students and their families. Students can be referred to the program by teachers, family, and community members. In some cases, students come with a friend and decide to join on their own. Learn more about Paul and how the program began.
Statement of Support for Transgender and Non-Binary Students
PSMP Inclusivity Statement
Language can be really powerful in helping to affirm identity, feel confident and sharing one’s authentic self with others.
The Paul Schreurs Memorial Program is deeply committed to fostering a welcoming, supportive space where ALL students can truly be seen and valued in their entirety. This includes our students who identify as transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, or intersex who may be experiencing extra layers of distress due to marginalization, oppression, and the current political environment. You and all of your identities are welcome here. We are dedicated to affirming respect, compassion, and acceptance for all, and we celebrate diversity regarding all backgrounds and identities.
PSMP staff and volunteers, will affirm your gender by using your chosen names and correct pronouns, regardless of any proposed federal changes. We also commit to being open to feedback if there are better ways of serving any of our students to ensure a welcoming and affirming experience.
We will continue to support the rights of our transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and intersex students.
The Paul Schreurs Memorial Program is deeply committed to fostering a welcoming, supportive space where ALL students can truly be seen and valued in their entirety. This includes our students who identify as transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, or intersex who may be experiencing extra layers of distress due to marginalization, oppression, and the current political environment. You and all of your identities are welcome here. We are dedicated to affirming respect, compassion, and acceptance for all, and we celebrate diversity regarding all backgrounds and identities.
PSMP staff and volunteers, will affirm your gender by using your chosen names and correct pronouns, regardless of any proposed federal changes. We also commit to being open to feedback if there are better ways of serving any of our students to ensure a welcoming and affirming experience.
We will continue to support the rights of our transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and intersex students.
"Believing that you are unworthy of love and belonging or that who you are authentically is a sin or is wrong, is deadly."
-- Laverne Cox
-- Laverne Cox
