
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
