High school students Are building power to shape our schools and community
Young people have visions for our futures and communities. We’re clearer on our values than many adults – let’s be real. But we’re consistently excluded from the halls of power and decisions that impact us the most. The average age of U.S. Senators voting on climate policy, for example, is 65.
Young people deserve the power to shape our own lives – and we deserve mentorship and support to fight for that. High school students are organizing in teams with TakeAction Minnesota to:
- build power among high school students so we can act on our values
- Level up our leadership
- build community and engagement with the issues that impact us
ACT WITH US
Join a team
Are you a high school student in the Twin Cities? Contact Cierra Brown, TakeAction Minnesota Youth Organizer, to see if there’s a team at your school.
Support us
Support young people as we develop our leadership!
BECOMING ORGANIZERS
In our teams, we learn the skills of organizing to build teams and build power. We dig into organizing fundamentals including:
- power
- building relationships
- campaigning
- leadership and decision making
- story sharing
2024 Youth Organizer fellows
Our high school organizing teams grew out of a Youth Organizer Fellowship that began in January 2024 and included six students from schools in the Saint Paul Public School District. After discussing top issues impacting students, the fellows chose to focus on school bathrooms distributing a survey to over 500 students to learn about their experiences with accessibility, safety, cleanliness, inclusion, and more. From the survey, we are defining a campaign and organizing into school-based teams.
