YOUTH
ORGANIZING
2025

Youth Organizing (Y.O.) is a paid leadership program for high school students focused on community building and environmental justice. Through arts and activism, youth lead projects that uplift local voices, promote equity, and inspire change.

About

Youth Organizing (Y.O.) is a stipend-based program that empowers high school students to become community leaders, organizers, and environmental justice advocates. Through arts, culture, and hands-on learning, Y.O. participants design and lead initiatives that amplify community voices, promote equity, and drive social change. Youth organizers mobilize others, where they engage and bring community members to events, actions, and campaigns to strengthen collective power.

Leadership

• Building confidence

• Taking initiative

• Leading by example

Organizing

• Planning events

• Mobilizing peers

• Running campaigns

Environmental Justice

• Understanding local issues

• Advocating for change

• Connecting enviroment and health

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Youth Organizing Electrify Hunts Point

Here’s a video featuring Youth Organizing in action as they lead a powerful campaign to electrify Hunts Point, advocating for cleaner air, environmental justice, and a healthier future for their community.

Teaching Artist

Leslie Vasquez