Anakbayan Chicago: Anakbayan Chicago is a Filipino youth and student organization fighting for genuine liberation and democracy in the Philippines. [Website] [IG]
Assata’s Daughters: Assata’s Daughters (AD) is a queer Black woman-led and youth-focused organization rooted in the Black Radical Tradition. AD organizes young Black people in Chicago by providing them with political education, leadership development, and revolutionary services. [Website] [IG]
BYP100: BYP100 is a National, member-based organization of Black 18-35 year old activists and organizers, dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. They do this through building a network focused on transformative leadership development, direct action organizing, advocacy, and political education using a Black queer feminist lens. [Website] [IG]
Chicago Dissenters: Dissenters is a new national movement organization that is leading our generation to reclaim our resources from the war industry, reinvest in life-giving institutions, and repair collaborative relationships with the earth and people around the world. Dissenters is building local teams of young people across the country, including here in Chicago, to force our elected officials and institutions to divest from war and militarism, and reinvest in what our communities actually need. [Website] [IG]
Chicago Votes: Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. In addition to youth-led programs and partnerships to promote civic engagement, their Unlock Civics initiative, which includes voter registration and polling inside Cook County Jail, civics education for incarcerated individuals leaving prison so they know their rights upon re-entry and a court-watching program. [Website] [IG]
Chi-Nations Youth Council: Chi-Nations Youth Council (CNYC) was created in 2012 and comprised a diverse group of youth and adults with a mission to create a supportive, open environment for Native Youth, raise awareness of cultural identity, and promote a healthy lifestyle through arts, activism, and education. They work towards this goal by strengthening the community through avid volunteerism, fundraising, and traditional values. [Website] [IG]
ChiRADS: ChiRADS is an organization of Radical Black & Brown CPS high school students from every corner of Chicago organizing to create an education system & a world that best serves them. [IG]
Chi Youth for Justice: Chicago Youth for Justice (CY4J) is an abolitionist and anti-imperialist network including 25+ high schools across Chicagoland working to raise awareness for intersectional social/political issues. [IG]
Chicago Desi Youth Rising: CDYR trains, mobilizes, and activates Chicago South Asian youth to combat racial, economic, and social inequity. [Website] [IG]
Chicago Freedom School: Rooted in the long legacy of liberatory education, Chicago Freedom School (CFS) provides education and leadership development for young people and adult allies to create a just world. [Website] [IG]
Circles & Ciphers: A hip-hop infused restorative justice organization led by and for young people impacted by violence. Through art-based peace circles, education, and direct action, they collectively heal and work to bring about the abolition of the prison-industrial complex. [Website] [IG]
Evanston Fight for Black Lives: A youth abolitionist Evanston organization centering radical love and justice for Black people. [Website] [IG]
Fighting Youth Shouting out for Humanity (FYSH): FYSH is HANA Center’s social justice youth leadership council, working on issues such as police free schools and citizenship for all. [IG]
Florecer: Born out of the Chi Student Pandemic Response, Florecer is a Queer grassroots violence prevention organization that provides youth & families on the Southwest side of Chicago opportunities to reimagine their communities through the arts, mutual aid & community building. [Website] [IG]
GoodKids MadCity (GKMC): GoodKids MadCity is a youth-led gun violence prevention organization that strives to create a self-sustaining community through mutual aid, community events, and much more. They believe in the importance of prioritizing the safety, needs, and voices of Black and/or Indigenous people of color and advocate for violence prevention that prioritizes more resources, not policing. [Website] [IG]
Not Me We: Organizing Black & brown, poor & working class folks to grow people power and win resources in South Shore & beyond through tenant unions, mutual aid, youth organizing and more. [IG]
REAL Youth Initiative: REAL is a community of currently & formerly incarcerated young people working to abolish prisons and the conditions that (re)produce them. [Website] [IG]
Southeast Youth Alliance: SYA’s mission is to amplify opportunities for local youth on Chicago’s Southeast Side & develop the next generation of community leaders. [Website] [IG]
Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP): STOP builds the power of low-income and working Black residents — in Woodlawn, Greater Grand Crossing, and surrounding neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago — to impact the forces and decisions that affect our lives. They organize communities around preservation and improvement of affordable housing, a Community Benefits Agreement for the Obama Presidential Center, the reopening of shuttered mental health centers and empower students in organizing around the issues they choose. [Website] [IG]
Teens Take on Climate: Teens Take On Climate supports youth to advance climate justice through experiential learning, employment, and engagement in their communities. [Website] [IG]
Truffula Club: Truffula Club empowers people through hands-on environmental projects, tree planting, leadership training, and community engagement to drive meaningful environmental change in Brighton Park. [Website] [IG]
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