Son of Peter Duchin. Jason Duchin is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Dream Yard Project. Before starting Dream Yard in 1994, Jason was a Project Manager for CAL P I G coordinating support for Super Fund Cleanup Legis- lation. He h a s experience working with juveniles at both CASES i n NYC and the Sasha Bruce House in Washington, DC. Jason serves on numerous education panels and committees, including the Fulbright Commission on the Arts, The Chancellor's Arts Education Task Force, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council for the Arts. Jason received a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Duke University. Dream Yard collaborates with Bronx youth, families, schools, and communities to build pathways to equity and opportunity through the arts and social justice pro- grams. Dream Yard's yearlong arts and social justice pedagogy-based programs help young people to develop their artistic voice, nurture their desire to make change, and help them cultivate the skills necessary to reach positive goals. By committing tosus- tained learning opportunities along an educational pathway, with 5 partnering K-12 public schools, and with its own Dream Yard Prep High School and at the Dream Yard Art Center in Morrisania, Dream Yard supports young people as they work toward higher learning, meaningful careers, and social action.