Organozation: Address: Ya Ya Network (Youth Activists - Youth Allies) |
135 West 36th Street, PH, New York
City: New York City
State: New York
Zipcode: 10018
Phone: (212) 239-0022
Email: info@yayanetwork.org
Organizational Website: Ya Ya Network
Facebook: Ya Ya Network
Instagram: #studentsrightsnyc
TikTok: #studentsrightsnyc
Twitter: #studentsrightsnyc
Scope of organization:
- Local
This organization is a:
- Organization with Counter-recruitment as a component
Organization base:
- Student and non-student community based
Outreach to specific communities:
- African American
- Asian
- BIPOC
- Immigrant
- Latinx
- LGBTQ+
Issues you are working on:
- Alternatives to the military
- Equal school access for counter-recruitment
- General counter-recruitment/Truth in Recruitment youth education
- Limiting recruiter access to schools
- NCLB recruiting list opt-out
Years in Operation: More than 20 years
Summary describing your organization: The mission of the YA-YA Network (Youth Activists-Youth Allies) is to provide training and leadership experience to prepare young people to become the next generation of activists in the movement for social and economic justice. YA-YA is a youth-driven, citywide, anti-racist, anti-sexist organization and allies with the BIPOC/LGBTQ+ community. We are staffed by young activists ages 15-25. We provide core trainings in anti-oppression, organizing skills and political education then engage as leaders and active members in campaigns that directly impact youth, their families and the communities they live in. The YA-YA Network is a youth-led organization that trains young leaders who are passionate about making change in community organizing around social justice through peer anti-oppression political education such as workshops about the school-to-prison-pipeline. Through an impactful balance of political education and campaign work, young people foster organizing skills.
Contact Person: Amy Wagner
Located in: northeast-region
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Revised 09/03/2022
