YOUTH PROGRAMS

New Youth Advocacy Academy for Georgia Young Adults 18-25

Between June 6th and June 8th we will bring 25 youth advocates from Georgia to the annual LGBTQ+ Institute Symposium for a first-ever Advocacy Academy, designed by the LGBTQ+ Institute Board. With The Center and Georgia State University as our backdrop, these LGBTQ+ advocates, and their aspiring allies, will attend our 3-day Advocacy Academy covering LGBTQ+ advocacy history, understanding the legislative ecosystem, and David Fleischer’s notion of Deep Canvassing that is critical to conversations across political affiliations. Aligned with this year's Symposium theme, “Investing in Our Future,” the FREE learning and development experiences that youth advocates will receive will extend into subsequent virtual trainings that go into the Fall.

Click the image below to register by May 15, 2024

Ongoing Programming for Youth

YOU(TH) BELONG…AT THE CENTER

YOUTH ADVOCAcy FELLOWS

Films for Social Justice Symposium

The LGBTQ Institute at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights is committed to being a bridge between advocates and academics to ensure that, especially in the American South, LGBTQ + Rights are validated as Human Rights. We acknowledge that youth and young adults, both historically and currently, play a huge role in advocating for the communities who are most marginalized, mobilizing values-aligned advocates for social justice, and working with a broad and diverse group of cross-generational leaders, mentors, and community members who are committed to justice for all.

Whether it be through monthly programming that integrates history, advocacy education, and the arts and performance monthly YOU(th) Belong events held throughout Metro Atlanta, or our first Youth Advocacy Fellows cohort who are learning from advocacy experts and practitioners to shape their own policy, research, educational, or creative interventions, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights deepens its investment in youth advocacy, believing that future leaders will be cultivated right here at our center, through our programming and leadership development.