Donate on Indiegogo! Support our trip to Atlanta & Miami!

Donate Today! To enhance our campaign for a Moratorium on Out-Of-School-Suspensions and learn best practices for inter-generational organizing, the Youth Organizing Institute is taking members of NC HEAT (NC Heroes Emerging Among Teens) & EJA (Education Justice Alliance) to Atlanta to meet with JustUSATL, and Project South then heading to Miami to meet with Power U! This trip will […]

First Ella Baker Gala a Success!

On Saturday, December 7, the Youth Organizing Institute held its first “Ella Baker Gala to Celebrate Youth Organizing and Honor Adult Allies” at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh.  The event was incredible! We raised over $4,800 and honored two amazing women – Erin Dale Byrd and Bridgette Burge. We sang, ate delicious food, made […]