Youth Power Now: Lessons from Youth Organizers in New York

When: 
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 -
3:00pm to 4:30pm EDT
Where: 
Philanthropy New York, 320 East 43rd Street
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Youth organizers have played a critical role in New York’s organizing history. Today, young people are leading transformative movements for change in New York, including imagining police-free schools, advancing restorative justice through solutions not suspensions, campaigning for major climate justice legislation and defending the rights of undocumented young people. Even so, youth organizing and youth-led organizations are drastically underfunded—especially in rural areas across New York.  

In 2024, North Star Fund hosted its first Youth Organizing Summit gathering over 50 youth leaders from across New York State to offer youth-centered organizing training and hear about what they need from philanthropy to win! Please join us for an interactive conversation with youth leaders from the Summit about the challenges facing youth organizers in New York, as well as opportunities for the philanthropic sector to invest more deeply in their work. We will also be celebrating the launch of North Star Fund’s first ever youth organizing report — register to hear highlights from youth leaders and join the discussion.  

What will you learn? 

  • How youth organizing in New York City and the Hudson Valley is shifting and strategizing to advance social justice
  • How organizers have developed the leadership of their members to meet the unprecedented challenges of COVID and ongoing youth-led Palestine solidarity organizing
  • Intersectional issues that youth-led organizations are innovatively addressing in their work including restorative justice, equitable access to education, abolition, climate and environmental justice and more
  • What is adultism? How does it show up in philanthropy?
  • Challenges and opportunities for funding youth organizing and how philanthropy can deliver on what youth organizers need right now

Speakers 

Who should attend? 

All funders interested in youth organizing, advocacy, public policy, and related roles. What to expect: a panel discussion followed by Q&A. 

How do you sign up?  

3 PM to 4:30 PM Program 

This is an in-person event. Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before the program starts and be prepared to show your ID at the registration table. Space is limited and will be on a first come, first served basis. 

Members, members of collaborators, and non-members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please log in and click here or the “Register Now” link above. (No fee.) 

What else should you know? 

If you have accessibility needs, i.e interpretation services, please email elz@northstarfund.org by August 31 so we can accommodate your request. 

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