Doxing And Safety: A Message From Us To Youth
As you know, challenging the status quo isn’t always easy. The Civil Rights movement, the Women’s Suffrage movement, and so many other...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 5 min
A Note To The Youth: Resistance Is The Theme Of Our Generation
Years ago when I first marveled at the idea of advocacy, I didn’t know how much I still had to learn about the world. About how speaking...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 5 min
We Are Here & We Will Be Seen: 5 Tips For Youth On The Front Lines Of Advocacy, Change & Justice
In America we are young, tired and traumatized. We are tired of validating our space, our existence and the reason why we should have a...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Statement In Support Of Black Youth
As an intergenerational and multiracial organization dedicated to elevating the civic leadership of teens from marginalized backgrounds,...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Meet The Activist: Matthew Tikhonovsky
Between running a national refugee awareness campaign, organizing clothing donation drives for newly-resettled immigrants, and juggling...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Women In Stem–Fighting The Gender Gap In Science
Women in STEM (WiSTEM) was founded in March 2017 to combat the systemic gender disparity within science, technology, engineering, and...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 3 min
How To Grow As An Activist (While In Quarantine)
I’m a youth activist, and like most young people, I’ve had a lot of additional time on my hands lately. With schools closed and social...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
Activism Book Review — We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes The World
By Avery Smedley In We Are Power, Todd Hasak-Lowy investigates how non-violent movements throughout the world have changed the status-quo...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 3 min
I Did A Voter Registration Drive In My High School And You Should Too!
After hosting a Storytelling Day at my school with the Youth Activism Project’s help, my gears were still turning. Having the opportunity...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Advocating For Youth Health Care In New Jersey
By Anisah D. & Michael K., President and Vice President of Healthy Right Healthy Right is a youth-led not-for-profit organization located...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 5 min
Activist Actress Molly Jackson
By Lulit S. We often find that in molding Generation Z into social and political change agents, it is easy for our voices to be muted or...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
The March 15th Climate Strike: A Call To Action
By Alicia C. (pictured above) At this point, people know that the youth are going to feel the effects of climate change, so I guess it’s...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 3 min
The Fight Is Not Over: Four Students’ Journey To Becoming Activists
Imagine one of the biggest days of your life: your high school graduation. Imagine walking across the stage and getting handed your...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 7 min
Shifting The Paradigm: A Teen’s Lobbying Experience
By Ella G. My dad opened a pretty cool envelope on the kitchen counter this morning. It was a letter from the Maryland State House, and...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 4 min
Safer Schools . . . Listen To Students
“WE NEED MOOD DETECTORS, NOT METAL DETECTORS.” IN MEMORY OF 15-YEAR-OLD GEORGE CARTER, CO-FOUNDER OF RETHINKING SCHOOLS – NEW ORLEANS...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
A Seismic Shift For Systemic Change
Once again we are witnessing a Youthquake…the unique influence of young advocates on their peers, parents, policymakers, the press and...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Another City Lowers The Voting Age To 16!
The City Council of Greenbelt, Maryland listened and acted on its Youth Advisory Committee’s recommendation to extend voting rights to...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
8 Empowering Feminist Books For 2018
To get you geared up for the Women’s March across the country on January 20, we developed this list from our own readings and from...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Students Win Vote For All School Board Candidates
“STUDENTS ARE THE MOST VALUABLE AND LEAST CONSULTED EDUCATION-POLICY EXPERTS IN AMERICA.” ~AMANDA RIPLEY, AUTHOR OF “THE SMARTEST KIDS...
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Yasin Ibrahim
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Arresting The School-To-Prison Pipeline
From Chicago to Denver, students persist in trying to change the punitive school discipline policies. Alexandria United Teens (AUT) has...
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