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Supporting Youth Organizing: A Tale of Unexpected Insights

Youth Organizing Model for Change NME

August 03, 2018

ALGORHTHYM

In August 2016, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation launched an evaluation of our Amplifying Student Voice and Leadership (ASVL) grantees to learn more about their efforts over a five-year period. This evaluation is representative of eight youth organizing groups. Through this study, the Foundation learned that different types of youth organizing models the grantees were using were producing distinct results and promoting various levels of leadership.

These findings—summarized in this brief report—helped the Foundation learn about different models of organizing and their potential for sustainable change. We have developed this issue brief for youth and their adult allies in youth organizing groups, as well others who are interested in learning more about youth organizing. We hope this will help you reflect on your youth organizing model so that you can continue to grow and improve it.

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