Recent Projects

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Cuba Independent School District & CU Boulder Summer Research Institute

The Summer Research Institute (SRI) engages high school students in research that addresses equity and social justice in the Cuba Independent School District (CISD) community in Northern New Mexico. Offered each summer, starting in 2021, this 3-5 week academic program develops students’ knowledge of social justice issues and research methods...

Community Forum on Black America - Neighborhoods Organizing for Change - Minneapolis
Youth Organizing & Development Research Study
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Digital Organizing Resources
20 Years of Youth Power: The 2020 National Youth Organizing Field Scan
20 Years of Youth Power: The 2020 National Youth Organizing Field Scan
Maha Bangladesh, FORGE
Youth Activism for Social Justice: Lessons from Virtual Scholar Sessions

The Research Hub for Youth Organizing supports young people's capacity to claim power and create more just communities.

We advance youth participation and leadership by co-creating and sharing research and curriculum with youth organizers, teachers, education leaders and policy makers.

Flipping historical paradigms of university-based research, the goal of the research hub is for the work to be in partnership with those in the field and those working within the educational justice movement.