This summer, YI’s New York team is lucky to work with three amazing young leaders as part of our summer internship program, in collaboration with PENCIL and Brooklyn College. To learn more about our 2020 summer interns, scroll below. For...
We’ve reached the end of the 2020 Colorado legislative session and while we never could have predicted the unprecedented challenges this session would bring, we still achieved a lot. We’re proud of the progress that Colorado made this year on...
Countless Black lives have been lost throughout our nation’s history to violence against the Black community. Now is the time to take action. Below are many ways you can get involved and help the people who are hurting and need...
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Colorado: State & National Resources Last Updated: 5/11/20 This is a running document that will continue to be updated by the Colorado Young Advocates. Please email YI’s Rocky Mountain Organizing Coordinator if you have any...
An Open Letter to College and University Leaders: Please do not send your CARES Act money back to the U.S. Department of Education. While some commentators are cheering decisions by a growing list of institutions that includes Harvard, Princeton, and...
On April 3, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature passed a $177-billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2021. The budget passed in the midst of the COVID-19 public health crisis — a crisis that hit New York...
Kyle Southern, Ph.D. and Nia Davis Sigona, Esq. Across the country, students, college campus leaders, and policymakers alike face challenges as a result of the coronavirus pandemic—the necessary and abrupt disruption in higher education among them. Long before these campus...
COVID-19 Resources Details about Covid-19 and how to protect yourself & your community: CA Dept of Public Health Guidelines Fellowship & Job Opportunities Define American’s Immigrant Artist Fellowship Hiring in the Time of Coronavirus Mutual Aid Resources: A compilation of...
Congress now has passed the third in a series of legislative measures intended to address the public health, medical, and economic crises brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. These crises all have direct effects on young people, many of whom face...
Young Invincibles’ California office launched its Spring 2020 cohort of the Young Advocates program, our 15-week paid policy and advocacy fellowship, where young Californians learn how to build campaigns for change on their campuses and across the state. To learn...