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  2. SocialWorks - Wikipedia

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    SocialWorks is a non-profit organization founded in Chicago in August 2016 by artist Chancelor Bennett (also known as Chance the Rapper ), Justin Cunningham, and Essence Smith. [1] [2] SocialWorks was founded in support of Chicago Public Schools (CPS). SocialWorks raises money for social issues that affect Chicago's youth, such as education ...

  3. Interfaith America - Wikipedia

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    Interfaith America (Formerly Interfaith Youth Core [1]) is a Chicago -based non-profit founded in 2002 by Eboo Patel. [2] The organization’s stated mission is to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. [3] Today it operates with approximately 30 full-time staff and a $4-million budget. It has worked on five continents and with over 200 ...

  4. Young Lords - Wikipedia

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    The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization ( YLO) or Young Lords Party ( YLP ), was a Chicago -based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization. [2] [3] The group aimed to fight for neighborhood empowerment and self-determination for Puerto Rico, Latinos, and colonized ("Third World") people. [4]

  5. Youth organizations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    —BSA Troop 97 [is 1] Columbian Squires is a Catholic boys' Scout-like organization run by the Knights of Columbus. The Squires considers itself to be an athletic team, social club, youth and civic improvement group, management training, civil rights group and spiritual development program. Squires history The Columbian Squires were begun in 1925. In December 2012, the Knights of Columbus was ...

  6. Youth empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes. [1]

  7. Girls, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The Girls Inc. (Girls Club of America) movement was founded in 1864 in Waterbury, Connecticut. The organization's mission was to help young women who had migrated from rural communities in search of job opportunities, experiencing upheaval in the aftermath of the Civil War. [3] [4] In 1945, fourteen charter Girls Clubs joined together to form a ...

  8. New studies show how Black LGBTQ+ youth navigate ... - AOL

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    At the end of February, The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ+ youth crisis organization, released new data on the mental health of Black LGBTQ+ youth. The report pulls together responses from more than ...

  9. List of youth empowerment organizations - Wikipedia

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    Young Men's Christian Association. Young Muslim Advisory Group. Young Religious Unitarian Universalists. Young Yatri Organization. Youth Activism Project. Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor. Youth on Board. Youth Service America. World YWCA.