Youth Change Leader Collaborative

At Baldwin High School, students have the opportunity, support, and resources to participate in internships with various organizations and companies, both locally and nationally. While navigating this work, several students participating in internships approached the administrator conducting the work, asking for “more.” When asked to elaborate, the students stated that they wanted to be civic leaders, dedicated to making true change in the world, but that they needed guidance on how to do so. The team brainstormed on how to best accomplish this, and as a result the idea of the Youth Change Leader Collaborative (YCLC) came to be. The YCLC would have students research and gather data on five social justice issues, and then create a civic action project to help address the issue. The Youth Change Leader Collaborative (YCLC) is a collective action collaboration of students, teachers, school leaders, and community members dedicated to developing the leaders of tomorrow through mentorship and providing the resources needed for students to enact change. We have so many amazing mentors who are engaging in this work with us and are here to support this new initiative. The mentors involved in the program are below.