Hundreds of supporters packed the Neutral Zone on Saturday at NZ Engage and raised over $20,000 for programs! Deepest thanks to all of you who attended, listened, funded and celebrated our teens and their project ideas

At our NZ Engage event last November, teens pitched their project ideas of what they dreamed of doing this school year.  And our community listened to their ideas and funded them.  Here are some highlights from those projects this year.

The N Zone podcast is now LIVE! This year, teens at the Neutral Zone launched the N Zone a new podcast for youth voice. Youth leaders Nick and Aiden Runchey worked to conceptualize, write, record, and release podcasts for three episodes

Thank you, City of Ann Arbor for recognizing Neutral Zone for its LGBTQ+ community as we enter Pride Month. NZ Youth leaders Juniper Rooze and Aiden Runchey accepted the award and spoke about the upcoming NZ Rainbow Resistance Project.

Several teens involved at Neutral Zone have been recognized for their community leadership as Washtenaw County Young Citizens of the Year.

“I wouldn’t be who I am without the zone,” stated Sterling Field, now a Senior Research Specialist at Michigan State. “The experiences I had there have been invaluable, and they are still with me.

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