Equitable outcomes start with building just systems and healing-centered community responses.
Our programs are holistic and driven toward transformation. Our approach means we understand that youth need safe spaces to connect, heal, engage, and lead the activism that will make society equitable and just by:
Prioritizing community health and wellness
Providing equitable opportunities in learning
Implementing restorative justice practices
Our core programming centers youth and empowers them to become leaders in their communities, and to effect change.
We are guided by the belief that every young person has the right to a quality education, self-determination, and a healthy wellbeing.
Expanded Learning + Education
Youth Alliance is guided by the belief that every young person has the right to access the resources they need to lead a great life. The right to a quality education, self-determination and empowerment, and a healthy lifestyle, are facets that lead to a life full of promise.
Community Health + Wellness
Youth Alliance provides a continuum of support grounded in the promise of “no wrong door” in which a young person can engage with YA regardless of their life circumstances.
Justice + Leadership
Youth Alliance provides clear leadership pathways for youth so that they can transform their communities.
Transformation Hub
Youth Alliance supports connectedness and racial healing that unites an intergenerational community that is grounded in the voices of the most impacted youth and parents.