Issues
Support for Sexual Violence Survivors
Advocates works with young people to provide support for sexual violence survivors, to advocate for campus policies that protect sexual violence survivors, and to ensure schools follow Title IX guidelines. All students have the right to pursue their civil right to education free from violence and harassment. We recognize that gender violence is both a cause of inequity and a consequence of it, and we believe that women, transgender, and gender non-conforming students will not have equality in education or opportunity until the violence ends.
Featured Campaign
“I organize because sexual violence prevention organizing spaces lack queer rural Southern representation, and our exclusion is the byproduct of a system that wants us to remain silent.”
Reid, Know Your IX
Policy Priorities
Advocates for Youth aims to empower young people to end sexual and gender-based violence. We envision a world in which all students can pursue their civil right to education free from violence and harassment, and we support policies that expand resources, protections, and support for sexual assault survivors. Advocates also draw upon the civil rights law Title IX as an alternative to the criminal legal system – one that is more just and responsive to the educational, emotional, financial, and stigmatic harms of violence that survivors experience.
Featured Resources
Join youth activists and youth allies working to create a world that is just, safe, and healthy for all.
Know Your IX Campus Organizing Toolkit
Background information and organizing tips for students working on Title IX issues.
The Cost of Reporting: Perpetrator Retaliation, Institutional Betrayal, and Student Survivor Pushout
Our survey of more than 100 student survivors found a massive failure on the part of schools to fulfill their obligations under Title IX. Read our report to learn more about the impact of the reporting and investigation process on student survivors.
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.
AMAZE
Advocates for Youth is the lead partner on AMAZE, a YouTube channel and educational website filled with short, animated videos and other resources designed to provide adolescents around the globe with medically accurate, age-appropriate, affirming, and honest sex education they can access directly online—regardless of where they live or what school they attend. AMAZE has 300+ videos on topics such as contraception, menstruation, deciding when/if to have sex, building healthy relationships, mental health and anxiety, and more common topics around puberty.
More 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.
