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
Thanks for joining us at our Second open mic night!
Thanks for joining us on Thursday November 21st at the Center for Fiction! Special thank you to all our performers for making the night so special. Check out some of the photos from the inspiring night here. And be sure to subscribe to our newsletters for future events!
VISIBLE AND VITAL webinar: PROTECTING TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY YOUTH
Did you miss out on the webinar? Want to know more? Access all the resources from this webinar including the story read, slide deck, and webinar recording here! And find out how you can bring some of topics we covered in this webinar to your organization.
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