Youth Action wants to show off our most bright & inspiring young leaders with a new Wednesday Special: Student Spotlight of the Week 👏 For our first Spotlight, we have Nasir Abdulshaheed! Nasir is a high school student who participates in our Inspiring Leaders Program. We are proud to have

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For this week’s #socialissuespotlight, Youth Action is highlighting the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia. Drug overdose deaths in our city are at historic levels, with the number of deaths from opioid overdose surpassing the number of deaths from homicide.

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This week’s #socialissuespotlight is the epidemic of food insecurity in Philadelphia. Food insecurity has been increasing in the city over the past three years.

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For this week’s #socialissuespotlight, Youth Action is highlighting poverty in Philadelphia. Over a quarter of our city’s population lives below the poverty line, and about 66% of this population are Black or Latinx. Swipe to the end of this post for more resources to watch, read, and listen about systemic racism

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