Cultivating Socially Responsible Leaders

We believe that if young people are given a platform to lead and serve, they will drastically improve our world, and we provide them with the resources to do just that.

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Inspiring Students to Lead and Serve

Youth Action is unlike many other organizations because we put young people in the driver's seat to create sustainable change. Since 2003, we’ve cultivated socially responsible leadership among middle & high school students by providing leadership development training, mentorship, and funding to increase their social awareness of community concerns and lead civic engagement initiatives in their communities.

20 Years of Impact

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Students engaged in service throughout Greater Philadelphia

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Recent Youth Actuon graduates have gone on to attend college

Inside Our Programs

Junior Youth Action

Leadership development and mentorship program that seeks to empower 7th and 8th grade youth.

Inspiring Leaders Program

An intensive, two-year leadership development & civic engagement program for 9th and 10th grade students.

Service Leader Program

Advanced leadership workshops around socially responsible leadership in college & career for JYA and ILP graduates.

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Hear from Our Student Leaders

“Youth Action has fueled my passion for community service and instilled a confidence in me that I've carried into my college career.”

“Youth Action guided me on how to become a competitive applicant for selective universities and provided me with invaluable experience in understanding government, which is where I aspire to build my future career.”

“Through a series of community service engagements and leadership opportunities, Youth Action has taught me to be more selfless and provided me with valuable organizational skills. My ideas became initiatives awaiting fruition.”

“A very important thing I have learned from Youth Action is the importance of perseverance. If you fail at first, keep trying. I apply this in school with subjects I may not understand at first. I persevere by studying and trying to re-apply techniques.”

“Youth Action shaped my way of understanding leadership and service in my community by allowing me to identify myself as a human rights activist. I’m not afraid to fight for what our community needs. From Youth Action, I have become a better orator and a more confident leader.”

“Youth Action made me perfectly competent to be a leader anywhere I go. I am comfortable with being an active leader taking control over a project or group, and I am also comfortable being a passive leader without saying a word.”

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