We're saying NO to the Giving Tuesday madness and YES to the spirit of community.
Rather than asking you to donate to Youth Represent on "Giving Tuesday,” we will be supporting, highlighting, and uplifting other nonprofit organizations that Youth Represent staff love and want to "Pass the Giving."
Truly systemic, transformative change takes us all. In that light, we asked our incredible staff for some of their favorite organizations. We will be using our social media account to uplift this list of spectacular organizations and encourage you to join us in supporting them as well!
Groundswell brings together artists, youth, and community organizations to use art as a tool for social change. Voices from Our Community.
The Rohan Levy Foundation’s mission is to combat gun violence in Brooklyn communities of color and low socioeconomic status by providing gun awareness and educational resources to community youth and support and resources to families impacted by youth gun violence.
The Urban Youth Collaborative is a student-led coalition of NYC youth organizing groups fighting to end the school-to-prison pipeline and transform the city’s public schools into nurturing, inclusive, and supportive learning environments.
Brooklyn Movement Center (BMC) is a Black-led, membership-based organization of primarily low-to-moderate income Central Brooklyn residents. We build power and pursue self-determination in Bedford-Stuyvesant & Crown Heights by nurturing local leadership, waging campaigns and winning concrete improvements in people’s lives. Through our intersectional organizing, BMC centers a full range of issues and Black identity that define a whole community.
Communities United for Police Reform
Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) is an unprecedented campaign to end discriminatory policing practices in New York, bringing together a movement of community members, lawyers, researchers and activists to work for change.
Survived & Punished is a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence and the culture of violence that contributes to it.
The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly reflect, represent and serve our various communities.
Transformation requires us all, and we are proud to uplift this incredible list.
Thank you for all that you do to support the lives and futures of young people affected by the criminal legal system.
In solidarity,
Michael Pope, Esq.
Executive Director