Press Statements
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Statement on Hyde-Free FY 2023 Budget
After years of ongoing advocacy, Advocates for Youth applauds the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for introducing its FY 2023 spen…
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Student Survivor Organizers Comment on the Biden Administration’s Proposed Changes to Title IX
“We are glad to see that so many of the changes that student survivors, organizers, and survivor advocates have pushed for are included in the proposed regulations. We will continue…
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Statement on SCOTUS decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v Bruen
The Court has let the gun lobby’s interests take precedence over basic public safety. Advocates for Youth condemns this cruel and dangerous dereliction of duty. Nearly every day, we are…
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Statement on Supreme Court’s June 2022 Immigration Decisions
Advocates for Youth believes that undocumented young people and families deserve better and we will not stop working alongside our youth activists to advocate for justice for detainees.
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Young People Nationwide Call On Senators to Pass the Equality Act
Over 40 student groups representing nearly 500 students across 18 different states sign letter in support of the Equality Act
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Mourning Victims of the Shooting in Buffalo
We must stop the radicalization of young white men, stoked by racist rhetoric. Young people are working for justice and for a time when everyone can live free from violence…
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Statement on Leaked Alito Opinion Draft in Dobbs
We will continue to fight the restrictions and to center the needs of young people, particularly youth of color, gender expansive youth and youth from low income communities. We will…