TAXI Pilot Program

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MISSION TAXI to Tomorrow empowers adolescent refugee, asylee and immigrant students, as well college students studying foreign languages and cultures, with the confidence and tools to learn, share and feel at home in their new communities.

CORE VALUES Empowerment through teaching Cultural understanding, exchange, and diversity Appreciation for and connection to ones multiple communities

VISION A world in which students experience being extraordinary teachers and are free to share themselves, their languages and their cultures.

TAXI PROVIDES Refugee, asylee, and immigrant students with the empowering and confidencebuilding opportunity to teach their American peers College students with the unique opportunity to teach English while learning another language and culture without leaving the country A learning space without fear of judgement or persecution All participating students with the opportunity to develop a shared appreciation of diversity through the experience of New York City

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