Dates: July 31 – August 10, 2018 (Tues-Fri)

GIFT THE GIFT OF VOICE & SONG // VOZ Y CANTO! This holiday season, the Youth Organizing Institute is releasing “Voice and Song//Voz y Canto,” a bilingual compilation of songs, chants, and icebreakers for youth liberation! “Voice and Song//Voz y Canto” is a celebration of the ways that we resist oppression when we sing together, […]

YOI Solidarity Statement with Youth of Color of Ferguson We know that there are anti-black, anti-migrant policies that criminalize Black and Brown youth from the cradle to the classroom to our workplaces to the streets. We know that a lack of jobs, opportunities, and the school-to-prison-pipeline are stealing a generation of Black and Brown young […]

Late Monday, Nov 24, 2014 it was announced that the grand jury in Missouri would not indict white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the racist killing of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old Black youth. We know that for many in our communities, our families, for our peers and the young people we work with, this […]

Feeling some post-election blues? We hope that the stories, actions and updates below will keep our fire lit and help us continue our good fights. Get Yr Rights Network! BREAKOUT! (NEW ORLEANS, LA) AND STREETWISE AND SAFE (NEW YORK, NY) HAVE PARTNERED ON A PROJECT TO CREATE A NATIONAL LGBTQ YOUTH “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” NETWORK […]

Join us for our YOI FALL TRAINING: Make Art, Not Jails! Resisting the Prison Industrial Complex through Art. REGISTER ONLINE: HERE!  We can provide food and transportation. Questions or Concerns? (919) 760-7088 Q@empoweryouthnc.org WHERE: AFL-CIO Office 1408 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC FRIDAY, DEC. 12 | 5:00PM – 9:00PM Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex Quiltmaking as […]

Week of Action: Ending the School-to-Prison-Pipeline Media Recap Week of Action Press Conference with YOI, NC HEAT and Education Justice Alliance (EJA) Flipagram video by NC HEAT member Tavon  We made the cover of The Triangle Tribune, you can read the coverage of our press conference here. “As I grew older, it became more and […]

Check out this amazing video from our press conference on October 6th in front of the Raleigh Police Dept. HQ.

Student News Students in Jefferson County, Colorado are protesting the whitewashing of history! Actions/Events: Upcoming and Recently  // Post by Ignite NC. Check out this powerful video from NCSPU’s fall conference: Stand Up, Fight Back! From Ignite NC – Check out why NC Youth traveled to Ohio recently to walk 11 miles for John Crawford, to […]