Youth Specific Organizations
Advocates for Youth: Helps young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. www.advocatesforyouth.org
Camp Ten Trees: Pacific Northwest summer camp with sessions for youth from LGBTQ families. www.camptentrees.org
Community Network for Youth Development is based in the Bay Area although their website has resources about youth programming for after school programs which can be educational for anyone who works with young people. http://www.cnyd.org/trainingtools/index.php
Families Like Mine: www.familieslikemine.com
Fierce: Building the leadership and power of LGBTQ youth of color. www.fiercenyc.org
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD): www.glad.org
Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN): Works to create safe schools for LGBTQ people. www.glsen.org
Gay-Straight Alliance Network: Works to empower youth activists to make change in schools. Their website has resources for running groups that may be helpful to your chapter. www.gsanetwork.org
KASA- Kids As Self Advocates. A national project by and for youth with disabilities. http://www.fvkasa.org/
National Youth Advocacy Coalition: Primarily supports LGBTQ youth though their website; has many organizing tools and resources. www.nyacyouth.org
National Youth Development Information Center. This group provides resources youth workers about funding, programming, research, policy, job and training opportunities. http://www.nydic.org/nydic/index.html
National Youth Leadership Network: Only national youth-led organization that works to build power among people with disabilities. www.nyln.org
National Youth Rights Association is a youth led organization that challenges age discrimination. Their website has papers, articles and resources about youth leadership and ageism. http://www.youthrights.org/