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Are you a young person (14-24 years old) who is…
Consider applying for one of Advocates for Youth's programs! See all of the available opportunities (after the jump).
If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, check out the program descriptions and apply today! Application deadlines are coming up fast.
Wait — I'm not a young person… If you are a parent, teacher, or advocate who knows young people who are passionate about sexual and reproductive health and rights, please encourage them to apply today. --- Campus Organizing Team Advocates for Youth works with campus organizations to provide them with skills, information, and materials to conduct advocacy campaigns on their campuses. Each year, selected campus organizations are chosen to receive intensive assistance, including funding, advocacy and media training, materials for dissemination and on-going assistance to help educate, activate, and empower students on issues such as condom availability, LGBT rights, comprehensive sex education, abortion access, and HIV prevention/treatment among others! Click here to complete the Campus Organizing Team application. Apps are due May 10, 2012. Young Women of Color Leadership Council (YWOCLC) The Young Women of Color Leadership Council is composed of young leaders and activists who come together to promote a message of prevention and empowerment through a reproductive justice lens. All of the Council's work is a collaboration of diversity and power, in the hopes of affecting a million more young women of color. The goals of the Council are to educate, include, and empower. Note: Applications for the Young Women of Color Leadership Council are now closed. YouthResource Peer Educators YouthResource, a website by and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) young people, explores issues of concern to GLBTQ youth. The Online Peer Educators provide affirmation and support to their peers, answer questions posed by visitors, and assist users to find the local resources they need. Peer Educators also write blogs, articles, and issue briefs for the YouthResource website, advocate for GLBTQ rights, and present at conferences on GLBTQ issues. Click here to complete the YouthResource Peer Educator application. Apps are due May 10, 2012. Cultural Advocacy and Mobilization Initiative (CAMI): State Activists Advocates for Youth works with state youth activists in 8 target states (AL, CA, CO, FL, OH, NC, SC, TX) on youth leadership councils, which advocate for comprehensive sex education and other sexual health and rights issues in their communities. Their goal is to mobilize people in their states to fight for honest, responsible sex education and ensure that young people are listened to and have a voice within the debate. Click here to find out more about our state partners. Applications will be available shortly.
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