Press Statements

Today, the Department of Education announced mass layoffs impacting nearly half its workforce. In response, Diana Thu-Thao Rhodes, Vice President of Policy, Partnerships and Organizing at na…

Last week, Governor Kim Reynolds signed  the Civil Rights Removal Act (HSB242) into law, removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act and making Iowa the first state in…

Advocates for Youth announces awards totalling $510,000 USD that will support nine organizations to deliver AMAZE animated videos to their region and increase access to free sexual health information…

Dear friends of Advocates, Today, I am writing to inform you that Advocates for Youth has ended our nearly 40-year working relationship with the United States government. Last week the organizati…

Today, President Trump signed an executive order attempting to prohibit transgender students from participating on school sports teams aligning with their gender identity. In response, Deb Hauser…

In response to the announcement that the Trump Administration would nominate Linda McMahon as Department of Education Secretary of Education, Emma Grasso Levine,  Senior Manager of Title IX Polic…

The Trump Administration’s unbridled racism, homophobia, and transphobia is wreaking havoc in our government, with the latest attack coming on K-12 schools and teachers in the form of an executive…

President Trump issued an executive order seeking to restrict transgender young people’s access to basic health care. In response, Deb Hauser, President of national youth activism nonprofit&nbs…

This weekend, following direction from the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested over 2,000 people.  In response, Deb Hauser, President of national youth ac…