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posted on December 11, 2020
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Global Youth Justice, Inc. has been awarded a competitive federal grant from the federal AmeriCorps for purposes of serving as a Lead USA Organization for USA Holiday — 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance. This grant begins in 2021 — the 20 Year Mark — since September 11th, 2001. This competitive grant has been awarded for three (3) years, with the 1st Year Grant Awarded to Global Youth Justice, Inc. being $134,808.

For more information on 15+ Special Projects Planned to take place in 2021 by Global Youth Justice, Inc. for this Sacred and Special 9/11 Day Project to be led up across the USA and Internationally in more than 100+ Youth/Teen/Student/Peer Court and Peer Jury Diversion Programs, contact Scott.Peterson@GlobalYouthJustice.org and/or contact Global Youth Justice, Inc. at 202-468-3790. Official Federal Press Release by AmeriCorps at https://www.nationalservice.gov/grants-funding/funding-resources/funded-grants/2020-days-service-grants

Scott Peterson
Scott Peterson serves as the CEO for Global Youth Justice, Inc. and is an international social entrepreneur championing scaleable volunteer-driven models to strengthen Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice and Youth Justice systems. For more than a decade, Scott Peterson worked in the Executive Branch of the United States Government at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a Senior Adviser to the United Nations and UNICEF on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. For the past 25-years, Scott Peterson is most well known as the lead champion of youth/teen/student/peer court and peer jury diversion programs on a local, state, federal, and global level.

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