Issues
Racial Justice
Young people understand that reproductive and sexual health and rights are inextricably tied to social justice and the fight for liberation. Advocates for Youth works to help build youth-serving professionals’ capacity to address bias, and youth activists are working to ensure reproductive justice,safety and equity for all young people.
Featured Campaigns and Programs
“I have worked to increase awareness of the intersection between incarceration and the Muslim community here in the United States, and to ensure marginalized college students in my state have access to free health insurance.”
Shorooq, Muslim Youth Leadership Council
Policy Priorities
Advocates believes that all policy efforts and campaigns must go hand in hand with ending racism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, and all forms of structural oppression. Our policy priorities include:
- We call for an end to travel bans that explicitly target individuals from primarily Muslim countries.
- The President must rescind racist, homophobic executive orders related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- We call for an end to violent immigration enforcement by ICE and Border Patrol.
For Adult Allies
Racial Justice in Sex Education
Advocates, in collaboration with SisterReach, created a series of asynchronous teacher training modules to increase health and physical education teachers’ awareness, capacity, and skills in integrating racial justice into sex education. The modules help educators practice effectively addressing their own implicit bias, intervene in microaggressions and racism in their classrooms; and build safe, culturally responsive, and affirming learning environments that center the lived experiences of students of color. Contact us.
Featured Resources
Join youth activists and youth allies working to create a world that is just, safe, and healthy for all.
Get Your Life
This evidence-informed HIV prevention intervention is designed for community based organizations to implement on weekends or afterschool hours for Black and Latino Young Men Who Have Sex with Men, ages 16-19. Adapted from Many Men, Many Voices the curriculum is trauma informed and culturally responsive. Evaluation showed statistically significant improvements in participants’ HIV knowledge and intention to reduce risk from pre to post test.
Kikis with Louie
Our YouTube series featuring LGBTQ youth & the celebrities, athletes, artists, and activists they admire most.
Rights, Respect, Responsibility, a K-12th Grade Comprehensive Sexuality Education Curriculum.
This K-12 comprehensive sex education curriculum is fully mapped to the National Sexuality Education Standards, covers all 16 topics deemed essential by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is LGBTQ-inclusive, trauma informed and culturally responsive. Over 13,000 educators have downloaded 3Rs. 3Rs has been adapted for use in 13 states and more than 500 school districts across the country, reaching millions of young people with sex education that meets the National Sexuality Education Standards.
Virtual PD
Virtual PD is a simulated environment (classroom, health care exam room and office) where professionals can practice with youth avatars using short scenarios and support from an instructional coach, so they can quickly learn and master the skills they need to be effective.
From Margin to Center
A Policy Platform Calling for Reproductive Justice by and for Young Women and Nonbinary People of Color
Our Campaigns
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Youth Abortion Support Collective
Youth Abortion Support Collective
A nationwide network of young people committed to being abortion access resources in their communities and supporting folks getting the care they need.
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The Busybodies Club
The Busybodies Club
Introducing The Busybodies Club: a national long-term campaign to educate young people on sexual health and reproductive rights topics.
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Save HIV Funding
Save HIV Funding
Advocates is one of many organizations working to ensure vital HIV funding isn’t cut from the federal budget.
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SexEducate Us
SexEducate Us
Sex Educate US is a grassroots movement of youth in Minnesota, Alabama, and Nevada advocating for accurate and inclusive sex education. Young people have the right to lead healthy lives. We need s…
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Route 2 Repro
Route 2 Repro
Youth activists in Brownsville, Texas, are working to fund fund a ride-share program that gives free transportation to clinics offering birth control, STI testing, prenatal care, and more.
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MuslimAnd
MuslimAnd
#MuslimAnd is a campaign that expands common ideas of who Muslims are in schools and communities, and on social media.
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Hope in a Box
Hope in a Box
We equip K-12 educators with LGBTQ-inclusive curricula, training, and mentorship. Together, we use literature to cultivate empathy and ensure every LGBTQ student feels safe, welcome, and included at s…
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NYHAAD
NYHAAD
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) is commemorated annually on April 10th to urge policymakers and the public to take action regarding the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people.
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Young Women of Color Leadership Collective
Young Women of Color Leadership Collective
The YWOC Leadership Council is a powerful group of young women and nonbinary organizers of leading the fight to ensure reproductive freedom for all people.
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Youth Testify
Youth Testify
Youth Testify, a partnership between Advocates for Youth and We Testify, is a group of young people who share their abortion stories to fight for access, build empathy, and end stigma.
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Act Out
Act Out
A national network of young people fighting back against LGBTQ attacks.
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My Story Out Loud
My Story Out Loud
A digital storytelling project dedicated to uplifting the narratives of LGBTQ+ youth of color and young people living with HIV
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The Youth Activist Collective
The Youth Activist Collective
Youth Activist Collective is a network of thousands of young people across the country who advocate for inclusive sex education, LGBTQ rights, abortion access, & more. You can sign up at any time.
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Know Your IX
Know Your IX
Know Your IX is youth- and survivor-led project of Advocates for Youth empower students to end gender-based and sexual violence in schools.
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Free The Pill
Free The Pill
Youth activists are working so that all young people have affordable, accessible contraception.
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EC Access Network
EC Access Network
Join a national network of college students working to get young people the emergency contraception (EC) they need.
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Abortion on Campus
Abortion on Campus
Activists leading the Abortion On Campus project on their campuses host abortion speakouts, lead public education campaigns and work with campus, local, and state officials to strengthen young people’…
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The Condom Collective
The Condom Collective
Condom Collective members give out one million+ Trojan™ Condoms on college campuses across the United States.
