Community Organizing

national Resources

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Youht helping Youth

For youth to learn about opportunities in their community & ways they can become more involved!

GirlsBuild

LA Promise Fund selects 65 teams to compete in the Girls Build Challenge. Each team selected to participate will receive grant funding and training to implement an organic, community-based, and data-driven solution to their challenge. All projects must incorporate civic engagement that extends beyond their school, and must center around three issue pillars: civic engagement; Health & Wellness; and STEM and College Access.

LA Promise Fund

Working through a network of high-performing, community-based schools and a portfolio of programs that reach students throughout LA County, the LA Promise Fund creates vibrant community hubs and partnerships that foster motivated, engaged, and directed students poised for academic, professional, and personal success.

Youth For Positive Change

Youth for Positive Change’s mission is to recognize and celebrate the positive steps young people are taking to make our world a better place. Founded by 14 yr. old Rory Rusnak, (started on Instagram 2018)

The Defiant Movement

Youth for Youth

Youth 4 youth focuses on building leadership & success skills in youth through proactive approaches which increases character & confidence & reduces the effects of bullying in school.

Youth Forward

Youth Forward is dedicated to supporting disadvantaged youth and youth of color through policy advocacy, education and community action. In addition to its own policy work, Youth Forward assists other organizations with strategic support in the areas of youth organizing, policy research, and organizational development. Youth Forward is committed to supporting youth voice and youth/adult partnerships and as such, recently added young adults to its board directors.

Pass the Mic Youth

#PassTheMicYouth seeks to amplify the voices of young people by sharing their lived experiences and stories of activism through a podcast and blog. This platform aims to highlight youth-centered issues, demonstrate the necessity of youth leadership, and provide educators and youth-serving professionals with useful tools and resources for fostering youth leadership and strengthening youth/adult partnerships.

Womens March Youth Empower

Youth Empower seeks to amplify the voices of young people and help them to get organized and take action.

Youth Business Initiative

A national business incubator for high schoolers powered by Stanford and UC Berkeley. GATSVI Gifted And Talented Silicon Valley Innovators Venture Challenge

Youthivism

Youthivism is a student-led initiative increasing access to nonpartisan civics curriculum in classrooms. All of our curriculum is created by students, for students, with the goal of amplifying the student voice. Sanjana Ranganathan and Arshia Mehta are the co-founders of Youthivism.

Youth Activism Project

The Youth Activism Project is dedicated to activating teens into community leaders! We believe that young people should not only be invited to the decision making process, but that their presence should be expected!

Youth Saving Democracy

Blog dedicated to promoting, assisting and empowering young activists, their grassroots orgs and the policies they champion

Youth Climate Summit

A network of high school students dedicated to providing youth with the skills and connections to be better climate advocate

Gen Z Takover

Sharing opportunities & highlighting activism to empower youth to take on issues they care about

Youth Collective

Youth Collective is a Generation Z media and education initiative that aims to amplify youth voice and provide a platform for young people to engage in the important work of building a more ethical world.

Youth Climate Summit

Youth Climate Summit a network of high school students dedicated to providing youth with the skills and connections to be better climate advocate

Gen Zine

The GEN is our online community to share stories in response to current events, and or highlight concerns that do not fall into the categories of one of our print zines. It is a place for stories and narratives that otherwise might not be told, driven by the voices of Generation Z.

Gen Z with Callen McD.

#GenZ is a podcast for youth, by youth. Old enough now to articulate how we really feel.. we’re spilling the tea on all things gen z!!

Gen Z Writes

First started by a high school student, GenZ Writes is a new, online platform for students, by students. We create and share content on youth activism, entrepreneurs, STEM, politics, social issues, etc.

Gen Z Girl Gang

GenZ Girl Gand is redefining Sisterhood For A New Generation. They aim to Create & share opportunities, bridge generational gaps, and learn from & teach each other

Gen Z Her Girls

A network of high school students dedicated to providing youth with the skills and connections to be better climate advocate

Taking It Global

TakingITGlobal empowers youth to understand and act on local and global challenges.

People's Action

Center for Community Change

H.O.P.E.

HOPE is a non-profit, non-partisan, organization committed to ensuring political and economic parity for Latinas through leadership, advocacy and education to benefit all communities and the status of women.

DoSomething.org

DoSomething.org is mobilizing young people in every US area code and in 131 countries! Sign up for a volunteer, social change, or civic action campaign to make real-world impact on a cause you care about.

4H

For more than 100 years, 4‑H has welcomed young people of all beliefs and backgrounds, giving kids a voice to express who they are and how they make their lives and communities better. Through life-changing 4‑H programs, nearly six million kids have taken on critical societal issues, such as addressing community health inequities, engaging in civil discourse and advocating for equity and inclusion for all.

ONE Youth Ambassadors

ONE Youth Ambassadors are a dedicated team of volunteers who electrify ONE’s campaigns across Europe. They engage decision makers, work with the media to raise the profile of ONE’s campaigns, and encourage the public to sign ONE petitions through online activity and local events.

VSO

VSO's unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations so their skills generate the greatest value.

World Youth Alliance

The World Youth Alliance works to understand and speak about the idea of the human person. We work with young people around the world to build a culture that supports and nurtures the dignity of each human person. Our work can be divided into three program areas: Advocacy, Education and Culture.

Restless Dev

We work with young people so that they can lead in solving those challenges. Whether that means supporting communities to end child marriage or prevent HIV, we work with young people to change their lives and the lives of people in their communities. We are run out of hubs in ten countries across Africa, Asia and in the UK and USA, with a wider network of partners across the world. We have been working with young people since 1985 and our work is led by thousands of young volunteers and advocates every year.

Peace Corps

The Peace Corps is a service opportunity for motivated changemakers to immerse themselves in a community abroad, working side by side with local leaders to tackle the most pressing challenges of our generation.

This Is Zero Hour

We, the youth, believe that #thisisZeroHour to act on climate change. We cannot afford to wait any longer for adults to protect our right to the clean and safe environment, the natural resources we need to not just survive, but flourish. We know that we are the leaders we have been waiting for!

Youth Policy Institute

YPI transforms Los Angeles neighborhoods using a holistic approach to reduce poverty by ensuring youth and families have access to high-quality educational and economic opportunities, enabling a successful transition from cradle to college and career.

Giving Youth Opportunities

GYO is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization servicing youth through events, activities, and educational services. We help youth realize their potential and build their futures, preparing them to become successful, self-sufficient.

Youth EmpowerHERment Sleepover

Our goal is to empower girls by providing a safe venue where they can gather in a fun, relaxed setting to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of themselves, their peers and their world. The Youth EmpowHERment Sleepover is a celebration of sisterhood -built on self-love; focused on friendship, honesty, and authenticity.

Miss Representation

Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Miss Representation exposes how mainstream media and culture contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America.

#IMAEarthDefender

Aiming to reduse single use products, Earth Defender encourages everyone to use less plastic and single use items, whenever possible.

Mothers Against Police Brutality (MAPB)

MAPB formed to unite mothers who have lost their children to police violence. Every year families lose children and other loved ones to police killings. An alarmingly disproportionate number of African American and Hispanic men killed by policemen are unarmed. In virtually every case, officers that kill unarmed Black and Brown men are never charged with a crime.

Strength In Our Voices

We create environments of trust and support for those impacted by mental health through open dialogue, education, empowerment, and positive change.

We Are Human

Working to realize each other’s humanity and embrace each other’s diversity. Fostering empathy by sharing stories and empowering activists.

Teens United

Empowering Teens, Aiding Communities

Protests & Marches

Resistance Calendar

A community calendar of marches, protests, and events.

RallyList

An event website posting national and state events.

World Future Fund

This site has bipartisan and progressive resources, good information to learn, and ways to get involved.

Find Protests

Information on various way to find protests.

If there are organizations that have helped you, please send them to info@genzcollective.com so we can add them here!

Saving the World Together

Community Organizing

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national Resources

For youth to learn about opportunities in their community & ways they can become more involved!

Protests & Marches

If there are organizations that have helped you, please send them to info@genzcollective.com so we can add them here!

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