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 […]
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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 […]
Teen Activist Training: Story Collecting and Community Engagement
REGISTER TODAY TRAINING DATES: Friday, April 18, 2014 – 5:30pm – 9:00pm & Saturday, April 19, 2014 – 10:30am – 4:00pm LOCATION: NC AFL-CIO OFFICE 1408 Hillsborough St. Raleigh, NC 27605 FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED The Youth Organizing Institute is a popular education leadership development & youth organizing program centered on empowering the lives and […]
Selina Garcia Gets Free!
On Thursday, March 27th, the Youth Organizing Institute and NC HEAT mobilized approximately 30 of Selina’s community members to pack the courthouse on her court date, wearing green to show our support. It was clear that our efforts to uplift Selina’s voice and her powerful story had the judge, the social workers, and the SRO […]
YOI Goes to DC: Annual Dignity in Schools Campaign Members Meeting
On March 21 YOI, EJA and NC HEAT members headed to DC to join over 150 people for the Dignity in Schools Campaign Annual Membership Meeting. We completed a movement-building overview in which we reflected on what it takes to build a movement, discuss our current roles and where we need to grow. The experience […]
Teen Convening 2014: Exploring Intersectionality
Friday, March 21st, over 40 youth representing eight different organizations in North Carolina convened at Durant Nature Park for a full weekend of workshops, campfires, outdoor fun, and bridge building at the Youth Organizing Institute’s 2nd Annual Building Bridges Teen Convening. The turnout for this year’s Teen Convening was nearly double that of our first year. In […]
Selina Garcia Statement – This must stop
Sign the petition – tell Wake County the #EndThePipeline Raleigh – On March 7, 2014 Selina Garcia, a senior at Southeast Raleigh high school was suspended from school because of allegations that she committed level II infractions on a school bus – “physical aggression/fighting” and “class/activity disturbance.” Her administrator suspended her for 5 days, noting that […]
School Board HEATing up
On March 18th 2014 NC HEAT, EJA and YOI attended the Wake County School board meeting with a powerful message and presence. Each NC HEAT member wore an orange jail jumpsuit to bring attention to the school-to- prison-pipeline epidemic in Wake County. Several Wake county students and parents spoke out against the punitive discipline practices such […]