Real Stories
Real Change
YC provides Programming and professional development based on true stories from teens.
Our programs enable schools and other youth-serving organizations to create supportive, culturally responsive learning communities. We are committed to teens of color and other young adults whose voices need to be heard.
AMPLIFYING YOUTH VOICES
Our literacy-rich training model helps teachers, after-school workers, counselors and other professionals better connect with the teens they serve, while our youth writing programs and publications offer teens the opportunity to share their voice for other students.
95% of teachers say OUR PROGRAMS HELP
STUDENTS UNDERSTAND SEL
92% of teachers felt better able to create a space for students to TALK ABOUT race
our programs have REACHED OVER TWO MILLION YOUTH…and counting
Happening Now
upcoming YC webinar!
VISIBLE AND VITAL: PROTECTING TRANSGENDER AND
NON-BINARY YOUTH
Join us on Friday, November 15th at 1 PM EST on Zoom. We will read a true, teen-written story about being a young trans person and discuss how to create a healthy environment for trans and non-binary students to thrive. Save the date here, registration is coming soon!
The lessons provided in the YC program were well-organized and thought-provoking. I appreciated listening to and reading about my students’ views on how to address the circumstances of the stories we read and for how they were not judgmental of the others or each other while engaging in student-led discussions of the stories.
— TEACHER