What is the YO?

Are you a youth between the ages of 13-18? Are you tired of seeing injustices all around you? Fed up with being mistreated because of your ages, race, sexuality, and/or gender? Interested in getting your voices heard? Well, come to the YO! and learn about youth organizing and social change! The YO! is an 8 day social justice training camp for and by youth. Learn about undoing oppression and how to be an effective organizer and leader in your community. The doors are open to all youth.

When and where is it?

The YO! Institute is 8 days: August 18-25th, from 10am-4pm each day. Bus tokens will be provided. The location will be in Seattle, and will be announced when we send you your confirmation.

What will I learn about? What workshops will I see?

• Undoing Oppression
• Revolutionary Art
• Youth Organizing 101
• The Personal is Political
• How to Resist!
• Real World Survival
• Educate 2 Liberate
• Media Skills

Get paid to make change?

Youth participants of the YO! will get a small check for attending ALL of the days of the YO! YO! graduates can then choose to stick around as active youth organizers at SYPP.

How do I get involved?

Fill-out an application and get it to us by July 23rd. We’ll confirm applicants by July 31st.

How do mixed-race folks talk about their experiences of privilege and oppression?  How do we support relationships of solidarity between light-skinned and dark-skinned people of color?

Date: Thursday  July 22, 2010  5:30-7pm
Venue: Seattle Young People’s Project 2820 E. Cherry St (Behind the YWCA)

Facilitators: DeAnn Alcantara, Jenn Bowman and Yecelica Valdivia

As a multi-racial, majority youth of color organization, questions of skin color, colorism, and multi-racial identities are always a hot topic at Seattle Young People’s Project. Join us as we explore these complex and salient issues and their personal and political underpinnings with a group community guests. Community guests include:  DeAnn Alcantara, Jenn Bowman, and Yecelica Valdivia.

Activist Conversations is an inter-generational monthly gathering where folks come together to talk on a range of themes and skills related to social change and community organizing.

SYPP Youth Organizing Institute

August 18-25th (dates recently changed)

What is the YO?

Are you a youth between the ages of 13-18?  Are you tired of seeing injustices all around you?  Fed up with being mistreated because of your ages, race, sexuality, and/or gender?  Interested in getting your voices heard?  Well, come to the YO! and learn about youth organizing and social change!  The YO! is an 8 day social justice training camp for and by youth.  Learn about undoing oppression and how to be an effective organizer and leader in your community.  The doors are open to all youth.

How do I get involved?

Fill out an application.

and get it to us by July 23rd.  We’ll confirm applicants by July 31st.

SYPP’s Board of Directors is a youth-led, adult supported body that helps make the executive decisions concerning the organization as well as maintain our budget and financial health.  SYPP is looking for Board Members for the 2010-2011 fiscal year!
Are you and adult or young person interested in serving as a board member? As a board member you will meet monthly, review our finances and organization updates, and contribute to our fundraising efforts.

Click here for an application and return it to us by July 1st, 2010.