Alliance
for Justice
Alliance for Justice offers training for young adults (age 15-25)
in advocacy and direct action organizing to stop gun violence. Technical
assistance for young people engaged in advocacy campaigns to end gun
violence. Matching Challenge Grant up to $10,000 to support youth-led
organizing. Includes a 250 page stand-alone resource guide to aid
youth-led social change.
Bamboo
Girl
Bamboo Girl Zine began in 1995, and is a twice-yearly independent
zine (small publication, rhymes with 'Äúscene'Äù) exploring issues
relevant to Filipinos, Asian & Pacific Islanders, and people of
mixed Asian descent. It includes voices from various cultural/community
activist levels, and people of color, feminist, and queer (lesbian/bisexual/gay/transgender)
perspectives.
Camp
Ten Trees
A non-profit Pacific Northwest summer camp for LGBT/questioning
youth and children of the LGBT community.
The
Campus Greens
We are students, faculty, and staff of America's colleges, universities,
and high schools, and we act in solidarity with the Ten Key Values
of the Green Party. Though we were born into a culture designed
to lower political expectations, and have grown to see our society
poisoned by complacency and fatalism, we are determined to build
a radical democratic movement that empowers Americans to overcome
the grave social, racial, economic, and environmental problems faced
by our nation and world.
Curfew.org
Curfew.Org is a website dedicated to fighting youth curfews across
the country. It is aimed towards youths & adults interested in taking
up the battle against curfew laws in their own town, and looking
for a place to start or a little ammunition. It's so very, very
easy to get around curfew laws. We'll help.
Earth
Force
Through Earth Force, youth discover and implement lasting solutions
to environmental issues in their community. In the process they
develop life-long habits of active citizenship and environmental
stewardship. Educators turn to Earth Force for innovative tools
to engage young people in community problem solving. Earth Force
is youth-driven with a national Youth Advisory Board (YAB) made
up of 15 members, ages 12-17. The YAB helps develop and implement
Earth Force programs.
Faces
of Tomorrow
Faces of tomorrow is a web-based project which invites youth to
submit self images in the form of photos, digital images, drawings,
and combinations of media. This is a fun interactive site!
Free
the Planet
Free The Planet!'s mission is to build support for strong environmental
protection, to empower the next generation of environmental leaders,
and to revitalize the political core of the environmental movement.
Gay
Lesbian Straight Network
GLSN is the leading national organization fighting to end anti-gay
bias in K-12 schools. GLSN combats harassment and discrimination
against gay, lesbian, bisexual and tansgender youth through local
and school-related work, public pilicy efforts and anti hate-violence
campaigns. Their web site has a useful feature which allows youth
to access local and State resources.
The Gay-Straight
Alliance
The Gay-Straight Alliance is a youth-led organization that works
to empower youth activists fighting homophobia in schools. We are
dedicated to helping youth all over California start GSAs, keep
them going, and become active in the fight to end homophobia.
Generation
Net
More than just a website, Generation Net organizes grassroots campaigns,
raises public awareness, and involves youth in the political process.
The direction of Generation Net's efforts are entirely based on
an agenda decided by the votes of its members. Recently, Generation
Net pushed for campaign finance reform during the 2000 elections,
getting over 40 cantidates to sign pledges supporting reform.
Girls
in the Hall
The Girls in the Hall Project is a public art collaboration, which
is part of the Solutions Project, created to educate the community
about young women's involvement with the juvenile justice system.
In addition to displaying artwork and writing of their website,
Girls in the Hall will also be putting together an exhibit that
will feature writing as audio pieces, photography, visual art, murals
and an installation of a detainment cell. Grassroots.com
Grassroots provides political news including columnists and tools
for citizens to get involved in different causes. Their youth page
provides daily news related to young people.
Just
Think Foundation
The Just Think Foundation exists to stimulate critical thinking
about popular media. Just Think strives to equip young people with
the media ltiteracy tools critical for their future. These tools
include the ability to comprehend the content of media and master
the technical skills to produce media messages in various forms,
from broadcast public service announcements to websites.
K.I.D.S.
K.I.D.S. is a youth liberation activist group based in Portland,
OR. They are an organization acting in defense of youth and against
ageism. K.I.D.S. is a collectively run non-hierarchical group who
feel is very important to us that activism is fun and creative.
Latin American
Youth Center
Latin American Youth Center programs help youth develop critical
thinking and leadership skills and, through the visual and performing
arts specially, address cultural differences and difficult social
issues. The LAYC supports youth and families in their determination
to live with dignity, hope and joy, exphasizing Respect, Synergy,
& Trust.
Listen,
Inc.
Listen Inc. is dedicated to convening urban youth of color and connecting
them with opportunities, fellowships, and leadership training.
MyRoad.com
MyRoad.com uses personalization technology to provide youth with
resources to help plan education and career paths. MyRoad.com says,
"we believe you will find this site unmatched in quality, depth,
and relevance to your planning needs. We hope you enjoy this unique
experience and wish you the best as you explore your destiny."
The
National Youth Connection
"The National Youth Connection is a direct-action, social justice
and advocacy organization created to actively address the contemporary
issues that face youths and young adults, particularly minorities.
The NYC is the premier youth-led civil and human rights organization
in America today..."
Paper Tiger
Paper Tiger TV is a non-profit, volunteer video collective that
analyzes and critiques issues involving media, culture, and politics.
PTTV produces and distributes the Paper Tiger public access television
series, conducts media literacy and hands-on video production workshops
and actively organizes around politial issues.
PEACEFIRE
Young perspectives on censorship in media and the Internet. Links
to stories from other news sources.
POOR
Magazine
POOR Magazine is a literary magazine dedicated to reframing the
news, issues and solutions from low and no income communities, as
well as providing society with a perspective usually not heard or
seen within the mainstream media.
Portland
Freeskool
Welcome to the education revolution! No teachers! No students! Portland
Freeskool is a non-compulsory, all volunteer school where people
get together and share their knowledge and skills with other people.
Teach a class on home brewing, bike repair or whatever you want.
This is the future of democracy and education.
Power
to the Youth
Website for Power to the Youth, an organization of youth from around
the nation who are taking charge of their schools, lives and world.
Lots of school, and unschooling-related sites. Power to the Youth,
615 Little Silver Point Road, Little Silver, NJ 07739.
Rosenberg
Fund for Children
The Rosenberg Fund for Children was originally created to support
children whose parents have been targeted (harassed, injured, fired,
arrested, killed, etc.) because of their progressive activities.
Today it has expanded to also help young activists who themselves
are targeted because of their own progressive actions. Financial
assistance is available to help provide for educational and emotional
needs, including tuition, textbooks, art lessons, camp, therapy,
travel, etc.
Stay
Free!
A print magazine focused on issues surrounding commercialism and
American culture. It is published about every ten months... some
people seem to think that's funny. Whatever, just send us your money.
This site has tons of interesting stories and links.
Seeds
of Peace Summer Camp
Seeds of Peace is a non-profit, non-political organization that
helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of making
peace. Set at our own camp in the woods of Maine, a safe and supportive
environment is created where the youngsters can air their views
and learnlistening, communication and other conflict resolution
techniques that allow them to develop empathy for one another. Seeds
of Peace equips the next generation withthe leadership capabilities
required to end the cycles of violence.
The
Student Alliance to Reform Corporations
The Student Alliance to Reform Corporations is a network of people
from various causes motivated and linked by a common concern: the
lack of democratic accountability by corporations. They believe
that corporate influence within our government, our media, and our
universities has shifted power away from the people. This is a useful
site for those looking to be involved in the process of challenging
corporate power and create structural change.
Student
Peace Action Network
SPAN was created to facilitate this communication to forge a more
popular and diverse student peace movement. What has since emerged
ties the historic struggles of the peace movement with critical
issues of justice that speak to the experiences of young people
today. SPAN is supported by Peace Action Education Fund, the nation's
largest grassroots peace and justice organization. SPAN is a tool
for diverse student groups to obtain current information on the
peace movement and a space for students to forge their own strategic
campaigns and visions to challenge the injustice of our current
national agenda.
Teen
Relationship Website
A thorough look at teen relationships and relationship violence
prevention, this site includes youth perspectives, live chats about
relationships, and a check list of factors that make healthy relationships.
UrbanYouth.org
UrbanYouth.org is dedicated to the education and empowerment of
urban youth by providing training and workshops to young people
as well as the professionals who work with them and organizations
that provide programs and activities for them.
The
Usual Suspects
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company exits to bring theatre arts
to at-risk teens. Through Improvisation and writing exercises, professionals
in the arts work to help young people create orginal theatre and
to foster pride, self confidence and racial tolerance.
We
Interrupt This Message
We Interrupt This Message is a national non-profit media strategy
and training center dedicated to building capacity in grassroots
and public interest organizations to conduct traditional media work
as well as to reframe public debate and interrupt media stereotypes.
Youth
Advocacy Coalition
Youth Advocacy Coalition advocates for and with young people who
are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender in an effort to end discrimination
against these youth and to ensure their physical and emotional well
being. The Coalition works at the National as well as the local
community level to incite change. NYAC's many programs include a
National Youth Summit in Washington DC to bring youth and adults
together for advocacy.
Youth
Making a Change (Y-MAC)
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth is an independent, non-profit
child advocacy organization working to improve the life of San Francisco's
children, youth and their families. Founded in 1975 as a citizen
action group, the organization is committed to community empowerment,
culturally sensitive services, program models that focus on the
strengths of families, and policies that reduce child poverty and
ensure that all children have their basic needs met. Y-MAC is Coleman's
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