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Original YCI stories from our Movement Correspondents covering leading youth activists

Social Media Censorship: A violation of our freedom of speech?

In March 2022, 14-year-old Tyre Sampson fell fatally from a roller coaster in Orlando, Florida. Before law enforcement could inform him...

Organizational Spotlight: Stanton Strong

24% of voters identified abortion as a top concern amid the midterm election. The overturning of Roe v. Wade (1973) became the reason for...

The importance of reaching out to local organizations as students

As we enter 2023, it's important to remember the life-changing school shootings that occurred not that long ago. Robb Elementary school shoo

Organizational Spotlight: Jewish Youth Climate Movement

At Golda Och Academy (GOA) in West Orange, New Jersey, sophomore Shayne Cytrynbaum, national policy director for the Jewish Youth Climate...

Organizational Spotlight: UpRise Youth Movement

By: Ami Gelman On November 30th, eight teens on UpRise’s Youth Action Board attended a retreat at the Brown Palace in Denver, Colorado,...

City-given Curfews: Ethical or unethical?

On December 1st, 2022 it was announced that the Philadelphia city council approved a city-wide permanent curfew for anyone below seventeen,

COP26: The Threat of Rising Ocean Levels

The 26th Conference of the UNFCCC was held in Glasgow, Scotland, from October 31st to November 13th 2021. The event was organized by the Uni

Lasting Impacts of the Pandemic: Teen Mental Health

Growing up can be very stressful and with the new added stress from a deadly pandemic, a never-ending cycle of school shootings, racial inju

The Imposter of Activism

An evaluation of the effectiveness of performative activism, “slacktivism”, on political, social, and environmental movements. As social...

Progressive but maybe not enough: the gaps in school’s mental health support systems

On March 1, 2022, as the world watched the crisis unfolding in Ukraine, the White House issued a statement that went almost unnoticed in the