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 […]
Register Now for the 2013 YOI Winter Training!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER! We’re excited to announce that our annual winter training is now open for registration! The training will be held Friday, December 6th and Saturday, December 7th, with an optional sleepover on Friday night in Raleigh. This year’s workshops will include Restorative Justice Practice, Human Graph Direct Action, Exploring Intersections Between Racism […]
Youth Organizing Institute to Hold First Annual Ella Baker Gala on Dec 7th
Saturday, December 7th 6 – 9pm Pullen Memorial Baptist Church 1801 Hillsborough St. Raleigh, NC 27605 Onsite childcare will be provided. Join us while we party and celebrate a year of hard work and community building. This 1st Annual Ella Baker Gala seeks to make some new traditions – we’ll have delicious locally-catered food, excellent local […]
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Now accepting applications for Summer 2013 Youth Organizing Institute
**APPLY TODAY BY FILLING OUT THE ONLINE APPLICATION** Calling Triangle-Area Teens: Work this summer to stop racism & school re-segregation, challenge the school to prison pipeline, and make schools safe for LBGTQ youth (and get paid!). Seeking applicants for the Youth Organizing Institute Ages 13-19 may apply – fill out the online application. The Institute will take […]
NC HEAT Mobilizes to School Board
Consider Supporting the work of NC HEAT by making a donation! On June 4, Students in NC HEAT, the Education Justice Alliance, and The Coalition of Concerned Parents of African American Youth joined forces to attend the Wake County School Board meeting. The “Consent Agenda” of the meeting included a renewal of the SRO contract […]
NC HEAT & YOI at Moral Mondays
NC HEAT members and Youth Organizing Institute staff have been showing up big to Moral Mondays since the first one – April 29 – when two NC HEAT members were arrested alongside NC NAACP president Rev. Barber. Ever since we’ve been helping to build and turn out youth and helping with jail support til […]
Inter-generational Birthday Party for Bridgette Burge
On May 25 youth, community members, activists, friends, and family gathered to celebrate an amazing woman’s birthday, Bridgette Burge. Bridgette who is an advisory board member of the Youth Organizing Institute talked about her love for the program and for Youth Organizing. “I cannot think of a better way to celebrate my birthday than protesting […]
Spring Training
On May 4, high school students gathered for the Youth Organizing Institute Spring Training. Youth from Orange, Wake, and Durham Counties gathered at the Street Scene Teen Center in Chapel Hill. Popular education trainings were requested by the youth for this year’s spring training. Additionally, leaders in NC HEAT helped to facilitate the trainings, along […]