Youth Organizing and Community Change
Young people can create community change! They can join together and take initiative on school reform, environmental justice, neighborhood development, civil rights, and other issues.
We work with grassroots groups and community agencies in youth-led, adult-led, and intergenerational partnerships.
- Lifting New Voices— We built a national network of youth leaders and adult allies, involving Citizens for Community Improvement of Iowa (Des Moines), Direct Action for Rights and Equality (Providence), People United for a Better Oakland (Oakland), Southern Echo (Mississippi), Southwest Organizing Project (Albuquerque), and Youth Force (South Bronx).
- Flint, Michigan— We involve youth and adults to plan neighborhood programs and promote school-community partnerships.
- Mississippi Delta— We collaborate with community partners who are organizing for racial justice and challenging "schoolhouse to jailhouse."
- Central Appalachia— We work with young people who use media to create change.
- Youth Across the Americas— We brought youth activists from Paraguay, Chile, and New Mexico together to share experiences and formulate strategies.