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Original YCI stories from our Movement Correspondents covering leading youth activists

The Source of Pollution Nobody Talks About

Every year, women spend around $2.8 billion on pads and tampons. These disposable menstrual care products can take between 500 and 800...

Fast Fashion and Social Media: Our Planet Hangs in the Balance

By: Sophene Avedissian Popular platforms such as Instagram and TikTok heavily influence the fast fashion industry, with fashion trends...

Reflection on Ranked-Choice Voting

Ranked-choice voting is a system in which voters rank candidates on the ballot sheet. If a person gets over 50% of 1st choice votes, then...

Covid-19, an Eye-Opening Tragedy

Learning and living through a pandemic leads us to see many realities that may have gone unnoticed pre-COVID. For Layla Hussein...

Teacher’s Perspective

Returning back to school after three semesters of virtual learning for students is creating excitement and nervousness. Educators and...

A perspective on Stop Asian Hate and BLM

Soha Hassani No matter how big or small we may feel, we can create the change that results in our freedom to express our radiant selves...

YCI Activist Chats: Movement Correspondents

https://anchor.fm/nyyci/episodes/YCI-Movement-Correspondents-e12k89u Learn about YCI movement correspondents, and their work reporting on...

Organizational Spotlight: Generation Ratify

As most people know, June is Pride Month, so I just want to start off by wishing everyone a happy Pride! Despite most people knowing...

Young Idealist Podcast

https://anchor.fm/nyyci/episodes/Young-Idealists-e11sube

The importance of LGBT History in High School Curriculum

An incredible video by the remarkable Emilia Brandimarte