The CMA Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council kicked off the school year this week with a team building activity! Local educators Derek and Glennon with Erase the Space  facilitated an impactful workshop on how public policy can affect different communities. 

Students were assigned random descriptions of family characteristics, such as race, occupation, religion, etc. They used these assumed identities to figure out how their household would be affected by housing policy and redlining in Columbus. Many of the students were enlightened on how their own neighborhoods were impacted in one way or another. 
 
The workshop expanded their toolkit to enhance funding decisions as they provide grant support for local nonprofits in the months to come.