Power Station

We are the Avengers of organizing


Listen Later

Since its founding 10 years ago, Alliance for Youth Action has transformed how nonprofits build power and strengthen democracy in America. It was launched by young people who had seen first-hand what is possible when people in low-income and communities of color organize to access their voting rights, stop the separation of children from their immigrant parents and repair environmental degradation. They knew that local organizing is where progressive changemaking happens and that investing in a federation of autonomous on-the-ground nonprofits could create a national movement for a racially and economically just nation. As happens when young people are at the helm, they saw a problem and they fixed it. They launched the Alliance, a national nonprofit that provides unrestricted funds, technical support, and capacity-building to 20 federation members in 18th states. All are youth-focused, youth-led, and demonstrably effective. Dakota Hall, who now leads the Alliance, discovered his passion and talent for organizing as a teenager in Milwaukee. He uses it to leverage the collective power of a network that may not be on the nightly news, but it should be. 

 

 

 

 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Power StationBy Anne Pasmanick

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

31 ratings


More shows like Power Station

View all
HBR IdeaCast by Harvard Business Review

HBR IdeaCast

177 Listeners

Pop Culture Happy Hour by NPR

Pop Culture Happy Hour

10,947 Listeners

The Ricochet Podcast by Ricochet

The Ricochet Podcast

1,380 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,483 Listeners

The Editors by National Review

The Editors

4,842 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,917 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,231 Listeners

HBR On Leadership by Harvard Business Review

HBR On Leadership

152 Listeners