.png)
Source by The Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing
Occtober 25, 2022
Today the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing, in partnership with The JPB Foundation, announced an inaugural cohort of 40 grant recipients for the Youth Organizing For Climate Action and Racial Equity (YO-CARE) Capacity-Building Fund. YO-CARE is a year-long learning community that will support youth organizers from racial justice and climate justice organizations in deepening their analyses of the root causes of climate injustice and racial inequality while developing and sharpening their organizing capacities through workshops, trainings, and individual organizational coaching support. This cohort includes organizations that have experienced climate disasters or environmental racism. It will directly provide a general operating grant of $100,000 to 40 primarily BIPOC youth-led and multi-generational organizations at the forefront of these social justice movements. “The leadership of youth organizers from communities most harmed by environmental racism is essential to fighting climate injustice,” said Kaleia Martin, FCYO program manager. “Our current moment demands that we meet the climate crisis with an intersectional, racial justice lens. YO-CARE will equip young people of color, and poor and working-class people from frontline communities with the resources they need to address the climate crisis. The organizations in this cohort are committed to leading their racial justice work with a climate justice analysis.” Participants will learn about power building from experienced practitioners, share lessons with each other, and receive support to develop and implement an individualized strategy for building the power to achieve their vision for their community. You can learn more about the Youth Organizing For Climate Action And Racial Equity (YO-CARE) Capacity-Building Fund here.
The 40 organizations selected for YO-CARE’s inaugural cohort are:
482Forward
Alternatives for Community and Environment
Arab Resource and Organizing Center
Asian American Organizing ProjectAYPAL: Building API Community Power
Chispa Arizona
Chispa Education Fund
Congress of Communities
Detroit Area Youth Uniting Michigan
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
Florida Student Power
FRESH New London
Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice
HUBitual Learning & Outreach Inc.
ISAIAH
JUNTOS
Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition
Latinos Unidos Siempre
Los Angeles Young Workers
LOUD For Tomorrow
Maine Student Action
Make the Road Connecticut
Men and Women United for Youth & Families
Mississippi Citizens United for Prosperity
New York State Youth Leadership Council
People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights
Philadelphia Student Union
Progressive Maryland Education Fund
Semillas Arizona
South Bay Youth Changemakers
Students Deserve
Sustainable Georgia Futures
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
The Semilla Project
Together for Brothers
Voces De La Frontera/Youth Empowered In The Struggle
Young People for Progress
Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, Inc.
Youth Rise Texas
Youth Vs Apocalypse
482Forward