Bridges USA

In fy24, Bridges engaged 3,877 youth, grades 6-12, from 75 zip codes throughout the greater memphis area. These figures reflect all youth-serving program-levels and leadership groups at Bridges, including the three levels of bridge builders--connect, collaborate, and change--the youth advisory board (yab), the bridge builders leadership council (bbclc), and groups within the youth action center--shelby county youth council (scyc), youth justice action council (yjac), and intercore. All bridge builders programming is designed to elicit student growth in three core areas--leadership, diversity appreciation, and community action-and youth leadership groups, including all yac partnerships, additionally focus on youth agency and youth-adult partnership.

Team Bridges: team Bridges provided experiences for 3,131 participants consisting of elementary, middle and high school students, school faculties ranging from elementary to colleges/universities, youth and adults from well-known non-profit organizations, faith based community groups and significant corporate clients in the mid-south region via experiential learning practices and adventure education to create strong team building programs, leadership development workshops, as well as providing individuals with the opportunity to grow personally, professional, and educationally.