
Press Statements
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Trump’s Campaign Against Young People Continues
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…
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Advocates for Youth condemns Iowa’s Civil Rights Removal Act
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…
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Innovative Sexuality Education Series Announces Grantees of Global Impact Award
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…
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A Letter to Our Supporters from Advocates’ President Debra Hauser
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…
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Trans Youth Belong in Sports
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…
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Statement on Linda McMahon Nomination for Department of Education Secretary
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…
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Statement on Executive Order Attacking K-12 Education
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…
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Advocates for Youth Condemns Trump Attacks on Trans Young People
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…
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Advocates for Youth Condemns ICE Raids
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…