WINTER FUND DRIVE
At Neutral Zone, we are grateful to provide youth with a place to authentically be themselves, to belong, and be celebrated.
Last year, we were honored when an NZ teen told us we were doing just that. ASR, a youth who wrote and directed a play on family roots, shared this reflection with us.
“I’d like to say a few words about my experience here…
Read AJR’s story here
Neutral Zone will be CLOSED Monday, December 22nd - Friday January 2nd, following the AAPS school calendar. We will be back Monday, January 5th.
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 Neutral Zone, we are grateful to provide youth with a place to authentically be themselves, to belong, and be celebrated.
At a gathering last year, we were honored when an NZ teen told us we were doing just that.
“I’d like to say a few words about my experience here …