Tools for student organizers

 

The Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) is a dynamic collective of social justice funders and youth organizing practitioners dedicated to advancing youth organizing as a strategy for youth development and social change. FCYO’s mission is to increase resources to the field of youth organizing and promote the leadership of low-income young people and young people of color in social justice organizing. Check out FCYO's Youth Community Organizing Resource Exchange here!

 

Advocates for Youth partners with youth leaders, adult allies, and youth-serving organizations to advocate for policies and champion programs that recognize young people’s rights to honest sexual health information; accessible, confidential, and affordable sexual health services; and the resources and opportunities necessary to create sexual health equity for all youth. Check out their Youth Activists Toolkit here!

 

The School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL) is working to lay the groundwork for a strong social justice movement by supporting the development of a new generation of organizers rooted in a systemic change analysis -especially people of color, young women, queer and transgender youth and low-income people. Check out SOUL's organizing trainings and resources here!

 

Advancement Project is a next generation, multi-racial civil rights organization. Rooted in the great human rights struggles for equality and justice, Advancement Project exists to fulfill America’s promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy. Advancement Project uses innovative tools and strategies to strengthen social movements and achieve high impact policy change. Check out these resources, including We Came to Learn: A Call to Action for Police-Free Schools, a new report and Action Kit!

 

The Dignity in Schools Campaign is a national coalition of over 100 organizations that promotes alternatives to a culture of zero-tolerance, punishment, criminalization and the dismantling of public schools. DSC fights for the human right of every young person to a quality education and to be treated with dignity. Check out this interactive guide about DSC's school policing work.