YOI Freedom School Recap

We want to say thank you, thank you, thank you to our community partners, friends, allies, parents and most of all: our young people who were a part of this Summer Freedom School. This is the 5th year we held our program and this year it was in commemoration of the 50th year anniversary of […]

Online Fundraising Campaign

Donate Today! In honor of the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer and the 5th anniversary of the Youth Organizing Institute, we have launched an online fundraising campaign to raise $5,000! All contributions will go toward sending a North Carolina youth delegation to a national Freedom Summer convening in Jackson, Mississippi and to cover the costs of our Freedom School.  CAN YOU HELP US […]

School Board May 20

On May 20 NC HEAT and the Youth Organizing Institute mobilized to the Wake County School Board meeting to once again raise concerns during public comment. While the theme of the school board meeting was commemorating the 60th anniversary of Brown V. Board of Education, the struggle for equitable public schools remains today. Youth and Adult […]

First Moral Monday

May 19 was the first “Moral Monday” of 2014. While NC has continued to pass regressive policies it has not demoralized the movement, rather it has made us stronger. NC HEAT members went on stage to join two youth speakers as they demanded the NCGA listen to the youth and the issues affecting their communities […]

School Board Mobilization

On Tuesday, April 22nd, NC HEAT students mobilized to the Wake County School Board meeting to reiterate their demand for community inclusion in the process of revising the memorandum of understanding between the school system and Wake County police departments. Youth spoke in support of passing the budget proposal that would increase pay for school […]

Community Engagement & Story Collecting Training

April showers did not stop the Youth Organizing Institute as we held our Spring Training day April 18-19. Over 15 youth from the Triangle to Warren County spent the weekend in Raleigh at the AFL-CIO office for workshops, story sharing,  and community building. The first half of the weekend focused on the power of storytelling, […]

YOI in Detriot

The Youth Organizing Institute is now a member of the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance. Monserrat Alvarez traveled to Detroit, MI as a representative of YOI and met with over 100 organizers throughout the nation. The location of the assembly was chosen by GGJ as a means to further discuss the framework of “No War, No […]

Queernival – Building Southern Youth Liberation

On Saturday, April 12th, The Youth Organizing Institute, iNSIDEoUT, and QORDS held Queernival: a Southern Celebration of Youth Liberation. This was our first joint event as NC Queer Youth Power Coalition, the entity that emerged from Teen Convening of 2013. ​Queernival was an outdoor community event featuring performances by youth bands, young drag performers, an […]