GLSEN National Student Council
A paid national leadership program in which LGBTQ+ and allied high school students advise GLSEN on its programs, resources, and school-safety strategy. Members meet regularly, give feedback on GLSEN's work, and lead advocacy projects in their own communities.
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GSA Network Youth Freedom Fund
A mini-grant program from GSA Network that awards $500 to registered GSA clubs for youth-led events, campaigns, and projects. A club's student officers apply and, if selected, complete a Zoom interview to describe their project.
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.
RJOY Youth Internship Program
A paid restorative-justice internship in Oakland for ages 15-19. Interns learn to facilitate community-building circles and develop leadership, public speaking, and life-planning skills over a 10-week cohort that meets three afternoons a week, including an overnight trip to RJOY's Ubuntu Healing Farm.
Students Demand Action - California
The student wing of Everytown for Gun Safety. California high schoolers join or start a Students Demand Action group at their school to organize around gun-violence prevention through advocacy campaigns, voter registration, and community organizing, in person and virtually.
Sunrise Movement Student Hubs
A national youth climate movement organized into local Student Hubs, defined as groups of at least five students at the same school. High schoolers can join an existing hub or start a new one to organize for climate action policy.