Youth in the USA
The Sierra Club The Sierra Club Student Coalition was founded in 1991 and is a network of young people ages fourteen to thirty- five who have been organizing for climate, racial, and economic justice within the United States. The Sierra Club Student Coalition has Sprog, an intensive leadership and training program that teaches young people across the United States how to engage with political activism and organizing. It also hosts the Climate Justice Academy , a nine-week organizing fellowship for young people who then work on projects in their local communities related to climate justice. There are also popular education initi - atives, as well as campaigns to promote investment in a Green New Deal and Black liberation from systemic anti- Black racism. Sunrise Movement The Sunrise Movement is another political advocacy or - ganization for young people that advocates for climate justice in the United States that was founded in 2017. While it was initially created with the goal of pushing elected officials to support renewable energy, the scope of their initiatives and influence has grown substantially since its founding. Their campaigns have included advo - cating for a Green New Deal, a new government Civilian Climate Corps program, a just transition away from fossil
fuels that promotes good jobs, and supporting progres - sive political campaigns at the local and national level. Their national organization has four divisions focused on organizing, communications, partnerships along with politics, and operations. Additionally, they have over 400 local hubs in all fifty states. March for Our Lives March for Our Lives was an initiative that began in 2018 after a school shooting at a high school in Parkland, Flo - rida, that killed seventeen people and injured another seventeen. On March 24th, 2018, the students organized a larger demonstration in Washington D.C. along with other cities around the U.S. to advocate for gun-control legislation. This demonstration included students from the Parkland school, as well as survivors from other school shootings around the United States, speaking out about their experience. The demonstration received sig - nificant public and celebrity support as well as funding. Since then, the group of students have participated in significant political advocacy with the goal of eliminating gun violence. Their policy priorities include eliminating the cultural glorification of guns, armed supremacy, po - litical apathy and corruption, poverty, and the mental health crisis within the United States.
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