Amnesty International USA High School Student Group
Students start or join an official Amnesty International USA youth group at their high school to research human rights issues and take collective action through campaigns, petitions, letter-writing, and educational events.
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UNICEF USA High School Club
A youth-led club, chartered through UNICEF USA, where high schoolers advocate for children's rights worldwide, fundraise for UNICEF programs, and run monthly awareness campaigns tied to global human rights themes.
Junior NAD
A national youth-led organization for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in grades 7-12 that runs school-based chapters and a national conference to build leadership, self-advocacy, and citizenship skills.
DoSomething.org Human Rights & Social Justice Campaigns
A free national platform where teens join ongoing social-action campaigns on causes such as racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, and community wellbeing, completing self-directed "actions" that build a record of civic engagement.
GSA Network TRUTH Collective
A storytelling and media-advocacy program run by GSA Network (Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network) for trans and gender-nonconforming teens to build public understanding of trans experiences and organize for safer schools.
March For Our Lives Membership
The gun-violence-prevention movement founded by high school students. Members join campus and community chapters (or organize virtually via 'On Your Couch' toolkits) to run voter-registration drives, advocacy campaigns, and school-based organizing.
Outlet Youth Advisory Board (Adolescent Counseling Services)
A free leadership and community-service board for LGBTQIA+ youth ages 14-25 in the Peninsula/Bay Area, run by Outlet (a program of Adolescent Counseling Services). Members plan events, outreach, and peer-support programming, meeting virtually every other week with optional in-person meetups.