Check out Hayden and CJ in this piece by The News & Observer! The Wake County school system allows some transgender students to use the student bathroom of their choice while offering to let other transgender students use staff restrooms. Wake County school officials say they decide whether to approve requests from transgender students to […]
TSA: STOP THE PROFILING AND MISTREATMENT OF TRANS PEOPLE
Please sign this petition demanding accountability from TSA and Raleigh-Durham International Airport! YOI is in solidarity with Dolores and all trans and gender non-conforming people subjected to this kind of violence. To Representatives of the TSA and Customer Service Relations at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, are writing to express […]
Wake County Schools: Include transgender-based bathroom discrimination in school policy.
Check out and sign this petition being spearheaded by a YOI Freedom School Alum! Here is the testimony from Hayden’s friend on why the petition is being organized: My friend Hayden Riner just wanted to use the restrooms at Athens Drive High School. This should be no big deal, right? You need to go when […]
Toward another powerful year!
Dear movement family, What a year. In 2015 we trained over 200 young people in popular education, young people’s movement history, political analysis, and concrete organizing skills; mobilized over 500 young people to: demonstrations against HB318, Wake County School Board Meetings, HKonJ and the 1st ever Black Lives Matter Youth Assembly, the Environmental Justice Summit […]