John,

Today, I am thrilled to welcome Georgia Youth Justice Coalition to the Alliance Network! We are excited to have another local youth-led organization join us in building progressive people power across the nation. Founded in 2021, Georgia Youth Justice Coalition (GYJC) is a grassroots collective of Black, brown, LGBTQ+, working class, and allied students advocating for youth power and justice in Georgia.

Join us in giving Georgia Youth Justice Coalition a warm welcome to the network by helping us spread the word on social media!

The Georgia Youth Justice Coalition was first led by students fighting for fair maps and fair budgets for Georgia's children and families. In 2022, GYJC grew from engaging a few hundred high school and college students alongside their families and communities, to dedicated local organizing campaigns impacting thousands of Georgians in six counties and six campuses. 

Today they’re activating youth communities, shifting the political narrative, incubating movement leaders, building power, and winning meaningful policy and electoral victories across Georgia.

In 2022, GYJC secured over one billion dollars in funding for schools, stopped Don’t Say Gay legislation, and defeated every book ban in the state of Georgia. They paid and trained over 1000 students in legislative advocacy, community organizing, movement history, and storytelling. 

During the midterm cycle, youth organizers at GYJC ran the largest youth-mobilizing-youth effort in Georgia with over 95,000 face-to-face conversations with young Georgia voters, focusing on young Black and brown voters who make up over 45% of the youth electorate in Georgia. They toured the state to engage Georgia’s next generation and hold elected officials accountable to parents, caregivers, educators, students, and young Georgians at the ballot box.

GYJC organizes 365 days a year in public schools and colleges spanning more than half of the 159 counties in the state. Google “Black youth organizing in Georgia”, and GYJC is the first hit, and for good reason. Last year, GYJC’s 332 student organizers were 81% Black fighting for issues impacting Black youth across the state. 

The Alliance believes every young person deserves a political home in their local community that centers the issues young people care about most. As a part of our five-year strategic plan, we are working to expand the network by focusing on organizations led by and centering Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) that build with young people in a long-term organizing model. We know  it is critical for Black, Indigenous and people of color to organize within and for their communities, and that’s why we’re so excited to bring Georgia Youth Justice Coalition into the Alliance Network, and continue doing what our network does best in even more communities.

Our mission to expand and grow the Alliance Network has only just begun. Read more about our expansion, and why we’re starting with GYJC over on the Alliance blog!

Here’s to an amazing journey together as we continue to build youth-led people power in the south, and across the nation! 

Dakota Hall

Executive Director

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