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Here I Am Why’s consultants, staff and partners write about what’s happening at I Am Why, our values and our take on the issues that matter to us most.
Why Center the Voices of Young Women and Gender-expansive Youth?
As we reflect on all the hardships we have faced these past few years, it’s essential we center the voices of the next generation that is inheriting this world. At I Am Why, we have been busy tending to our growth so we can pave the way for the next generation of...
A Year in Review: Looking Back at Our Accomplishments During 2020-21
At I Am Why, we have been busy over the past year building community, strengthening our organization, and increasing young people’s power. While the world shut down, I Am Why was nimble and had a significant impact. Here are some of the highlights of our work during...
I Am Why Launches Communications Team
We just launched a new team!! I Am Why now has a communications team focused on all things…communications. One of our first projects will be working with I Am Why consultants to write and pitch op-eds. Several of us participated in a two-day training in February from...
Reclaiming My Lens
Imagine curating an art show with your homegirl—showing artwork that captures our collective struggles while recognizing our shared hope in the community that watered our growth. Well, that's what my comrade Xochtil Larios and I learned how to do when we curated the...
Check Out the Artwork from Our Minneapolis Virtual Workshops
We just wrapped up an incredible 13-week virtual curriculum for young people in Minneapolis in partnership with the Enough program at the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities. Part of the curriculum involved the virtual version of our art-making and writing workshop and...
Wrapping Up an Amazing 13 Weeks of Art and Activism in Minneapolis
WOW. Here at I Am Why we just finished a 13-week virtual curriculum for young people in Minneapolis—and it was amazing! We partnered with the Enough program at the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities to develop a new activism pathway to grow and strengthen activists...
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