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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...

In this Stuart Foundation funded project, we aim to learn from leaders of youth organizing groups across the state of California about how their organization’s work with youth is contributing to youth development and statewide systems change. Based on multiple interviews and focus groups, we will develop a series of...

The Colorado Trust partnered with researchers from the Research Hub for Youth Organizing at the University of Colorado Boulder to produce a suite of resources highlighting best practices for digital organizing. These resources, available for download, are intended to be easily accessible and provide guidance for digital organizing efforts.

Since its inception 20 years ago, the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) has served to connect youth organizing practitioners, funders, and stakeholders to a wide range of resources designed to strengthen the field of youth organizing. This year, the 2020 National Youth Organizing Field Scan comprises a series of four reports that together offer an in-depth look into a field that has grown significantly over the last two decades.

During spring 2022 youth activists and scholars from around the world convened virtually to explore their shared interests in social justice and political change. Panelists discussed strategies and lessons learned from youth-led social movements for democracy, peace, and human rights…

The Youth First Youth Leaders Network (YFYL) is a group of youth activists, ages 18 to 29, who are interested in helping to lead campaigns to close youth prisons and invest in community alternatives in their states. The network brings together youth leaders from different states to work together to...

This past summer, Graduate Researcher Kate Baca and Dr. Michelle Renée Valladares of the Research Hub for Youth Organizing at the University of Colorado Boulder co-created a six-week summer institute with Cuba New Mexico Independent School District (Cuba ISD). At the institute, students were asked to engage with different research...

Youth incarceration is a significant issue in the U.S. Each day, nearly 37,000 youth are held in residential facilities -- a term that includes youth prisons -- and many of these young people are young people of color and LGBTQ young people of color. Launched five years ago, The Youth...

A new issue of The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice focused on Youth Organizing in the U.S. was just released. Written by and for organizers, this issue brings together community, labor and electoral youth organizers — including Greisa Martinez of United We Dream, Tynetta Hill-Muhammad of BYP100, James Lopez of...

Young activists gained media attention in 2020 for their calls for racial reckoning, immigration rights, and new climate policies. But contrary to popular accounts, youth activism was neither a spontaneous response to current events nor due to the heroic work of individual students. For the past twenty years, young people...