More About: Youth Organizing Communities

Maria Brenes, Youth Coordinator of YOC, writes about the key concepts in organizing for activism, and how YOC accomplished them.

Two recent activities of United Students at Roosevelt High School were a student survey to identify school problems and an effort to bring more Ethnic Studies into the curriculum.

Here are some examples of the publications US members created as part of their research, planning, and outreach:

Survey: Personal Information Form
Survey: Questions
Survey: Results

Flyer: What Is Ethnic Studies?
Flyer: Ethnic Studies Fact Sheet
Flyer: Ethnic Studies Week calendar

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For more information about YOC and to hear more from its teen members, visit:

• www.innercitystruggle.org
• www.schoolsnotjails.com
• www.whatkidscando.org