Press Statements
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Sex Ed Win in Education Budget Bill Celebrated by Youth Advocates
New law creates a statewide standard whereas previously health education standards were the only required academic standard determined at the local level
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Job Opening: Coordinator of Digital Organizing & Mass Mobilization
Advocates for Youth is seeking a Coordinator of Digital Organizing & Mass Mobilization who will use email blasts and social media campaigns to expand, engage, and mobilize Advocates for Youth’s…
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Students, Survivors Celebrate New Title IX Rules At Last
After years of pressure from students and survivors of sexual violence, the Biden Administration’s Title IX update will make schools safer and more accessible for young people, many of whom…
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Young People Advocating for Peace in the Middle East Should Not Face Retaliation
Advocates condemns the harassment and threats experienced by young activists and staff in our movements working for the rights of Palestinians and against Islamophobia and antisemitism. Young people h…
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Advocates for Youth on Arizona Abortion Ruling
Young people are disgusted, but they are not dejected…If policymakers won’t deliver on the abortion access we all deserve, young people will organize to do it themselves.
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Advocates for Youth on Florida Supreme Court Abortion Rulings
Advocates for Youth condemns the Florida Supreme Court’s decision on abortion bans, and calls on voters to stay active on ballot initiative.
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Advocates for Youth, Hope in a Box Announce Collaboration
Today, Advocates for Youth announced it has partnered with Hope in a Box to own and operate the LGBTQ+-inclusive curriculum-to-classroom program. As book bans and curriculum restrictions increasingly…
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Advocates for Youth Calls on Congress to Save HIV Funding
With a funding deadline looming, Advocates for Youth urgently calls on Congress to save HIV funding. House Republicans proposed massive cuts totalling $767 million to federal HIV/AIDS funding that sus…
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Statement on the President’s FY25 Budget
Advocates for Youth welcomes President Biden’s FY25 budget proposal, which demonstrates strong commitment to comprehensive sex education, reproductive healthcare and abortion access, HIV funding, an…