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Check out the speaker bios for FCYO's Power to Win SerieS 8/17 Session here!
The Atlanta Solidarity Fund, a mutual aid organization supporting activists who are arrested, had three of its members arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigations in a targeted raid. This act of political repression sets a dangerous precedent, enabling law enforcement agencies, their associations, and collaborating political actors to deprive groups and individuals of their rights for offering financial assistance. These actions are part of a broader agenda to push through the controversial #CopCity project, a $90 million police training facility that has faced significant opposition due to its destructive nature and infringement on unceded Muskogee territory.
The Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) has publicly launched the Power to Win Framework, aiming to guide the youth organizing field in achieving structural transformation. The framework defines "Power to Win" as the capacity of youth-led and intergenerational organizations to create change in their communities. It consists of four interconnected pillars: Long-Term Strategic Orientation, Transformative Leadership Development, Organizing for Power, and Assessment and Experimentation, with the goal of enhancing youth organizing initiatives' capacity for meaningful change.
FCYO teamed up with Convergence Magazine to share the stories of organizers tapping into the potential of the Power to Win Framework! Check it out below.
Calling on years of lessons from partnership in the youth organizing field, FCYO is excited to introduce the Power to Win Framework! Developed through extensive collaboration and refinement with our partners, this Framework serves as a guiding light for the youth organizing field and movement leaders, leading us towards transformative justice.
Join us for “Building the Power to Win,” a four-part virtual learning series beginning with the launch of the Power to Win Framework (P2W) on May 18th.
Join FCYO on April 20th for the first of our three part funder learning series highlighting the work of youth organizers in the climate and environmental justice movement!
Congratulations to our inaugural Praxis for Power Cohort! P4P is supporting a cohort of 10 youth organizing groups with high alignment and strong organizing practices to advance their collective capacity for building transformative power - and, in doing so, to provide leadership to the field to do the same.
Meet our inaugural Level-Up Lab cohort - 18 organizations working to transform their practices, collectively transcend their growth edges, and ultimately level up! The Level-Up Lab has distributed $900,000 in funds to 18 organizations across 12 states!
Last year was historic for FCYO! We launched the Youth Power Pledge, 6 new programs, and increased the scope and scale of work - distributing $4.8 million to 108 organizations! We are excited to share our reflections in our 2022 Annual Report - “Love & Power, Joy & Rigor.”