Support Youth voice at NZ Engage Nov 8th
Join Neutral Zone teens, staff and board members for NZ Engage - our festive fundraiser event. Saturday, November 8th from 6-9 PM with a brief program at 7:30. At the Neutral Zone, 310 E Washington.
Enjoy music, performances, and refreshments while Neutral Zone teens pitch project ideas worth investing in.
2025-26 School Year
Welcome! Programs run weekdays throughout the school year and are open to any high-school-aged teen. ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE, though donations are welcome.
NZ Updates
Our Mission
Neutral Zone is a transformative, youth-driven community where youth embrace their power, ignite their creativity, and launch their future to build equity, justice, and collective liberation.
-Approved October 28, 2023
Our Approach
YOUTH DRIVEN SPACES
OUR YOUTH DRIVEN SPACES APPROACH
Historically, adults struggle to find effective strategies to support meaningful opportunities for youth to lead their own initiatives or learning. We have drawn on our more than 20 year experience to develop a “youth-driven” philosophy that rests on three core practices:
1) Tapping teens’ intrinsic motivation
2) Supporting teens’ developmental needs; and
3) Fostering genuine partnerships between adults and youth.
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.