Overview: 

Our youth organizing work is designed to build youth power, strengthen civic participation, and develop the next generation. Our work engages and supports high school and college-aged youth as they learn about social movements, public policy, systems of power, and strategies for fostering change in their communities.

Our aim is for young people to develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed through workshops, discussions, advocacy projects, and leadership development opportunities to participate in democracy, advocate for equitable policies, and mobilize others around issues affecting Savannah-Chatham County.

Organizing Tools:

Youth Leadership Development

Providing pathways that support youth leadership in civic engagement through education, mentorship, and coaching to emerging youth leaders.

Political Education

The goal is to help young people connect classroom learning to real-world opportunities for civic engagement and social change. We do this through workshops and discussions on the following topics

  • Social movements and community organizing
  • Organizing for social change 
  • Histories of marginalized communities 
  • Public policy development and implementation
  • Civic participation and democracy
  • Local, state, and federal government structures

Civic Engagement & Organizing

Through our youth community organizing program, young people will participate in the opportunities below.

  •  Develop practical civic engagement and advocacy skills.
  • Support youth participation in public meetings, advocacy days, town halls, and community forums.
  • Host training for youth to develop skills in relational organizing, public speaking, and issue advocacy.
  • Help youth identify shared community issues and develop strategies to raise awareness of these issues.

Campaigns

As a result, young people transform their lived experiences into actionable campaigns using the tools below.

  • Social media campaigns
  • Community education initiatives
  • Writing letters and testimony to elected officials
  • Legislative advocacy and public policy engagement
  • Media interviews and storytelling opportunities
  • Community action projects