Over the past few months, this country has witnessed a powerful movement of young organizers. Many were impelled by the murder of George Floyd and impelled to take their fight for racial justice to the streets. Others have been working on these types of issues for years through Youth Organizing

Funding to benefit under-resourced communities inevitably raises questions of power. Improving the lives of those on the downside of power necessarily entails increasing their own agency and ability to change the rules to better reflect their needs and interests, which ultimately benefits all of us. It also entails re-examining the

In this Stanford Social Innovation Review article, Dr. Kim Sabo Flores, CEO of Hello Insight, argues that, “the gap between those organizations that have access to high-quality evaluations and those that do not mirrors and exacerbates the inequities already experienced by the communities that these nonprofits serve.” Dr. Sabo Flores

In the youth development program, Food for Thought, young people are planting the seeds for their own growth. Through working on organic farms, along with community service projects, youth philanthropy, and weekly projects that focus on repurposing materials into sellable products, young people learn how to work with others and

Over the years, those working in youth organizing have witnessed the important role their work plays in a young person’s development. These types of programs train young people in community organizing and advocacy and assist them in employing those skills to create meaningful institutional and social change in their

Through rugby, young people can build strong team collaboration skills. Many people did not know that young people in New York City love the game of rugby, but one group, Play Rugby USA, knew it would be a hit. It’s not about winning, it’s about how we get

There is a deep love of baseball in New York’s East Harlem community. DREAM’s TeamBuilders program has not only tapped into young people's passion for baseball, but they’ve also leveraged and cultivated the neighborhood’s deep sense of community through sport. Team is at the

Over the past two years we have worked alongside the YMCA of the USA to develop an easy-to-use continuous improvement tool with real-time, research-based reporting for their Achievers program. But this tool was never intended for just this program — we were driven by a mutual passion to make these tools

How do we ensure young people have “a voice and a choice” in our program? How do we incorporate young people’s desires, needs, and perspectives while still meeting program goals? It’s easy to fall into thinking of youth engagement as yet another thing to do, but engaging deeply