About the Fellowship
Wondering how you, as a young person, can help make change in your communities? Join us to learn how.
Are you a middle school or high school student that wants to become an activist, but are confused about where to start? Join our groups designed to explore this question and others. This program will introduce you to the ideas and methods of social change. We’ll examine why change-making is important, how you can go about making change (in many different ways), and explore how your specific talents, ideas, and interests can align for effective change-making. If you’re feeling overwhelmed about the state of the world as it is, confused about where to focus your efforts, interested in how you might be able to make an impact, or just curious about social change, this course is for you! Registration is open for our next semester, and if you're already involved in activism work, we would LOVE facilitator applications. To apply, see the "Join Us" page.
Groups of up to 10 Students
Participation Fees
We are keeping groups small to invite discussion and foster community. Groups will meet once a week for roughly 75 minutes, or a hour and 15 minutes.
Meetings will be online over Zoom. Links will be provided after registration.
Enriching Discussions
Basic Participant Fee: $50*
Participant & Sponsor Fee: $100
If you have the means, please consider sponsoring
a fellow student's costs.
*If this fee is not an option for you, we ask that you pay what you can to support our work. However, we completely understand if you cannot pay these fees.
Meetings will consist of activities and discussions revolving around a weekly topic, ranging from personal stakes to change-making strategies.
Each group will have a duo or trio of facilitators —meaning a young person involved in activism work and with education experience, who has been previously involved with YSCF.
What Participants Say
I feel like this course has given me the confidence to go about making change.
Participant
Fall 2020
This has been the experience of a lifetime, and I'll use what I have learned to create a better place!
Participant
Spring 2021
Before I thought I was too young to make change, but now I know there are small ways and big ways an 8-year-old can make change.
Participant
Fall 2020
YSCF provides a unique opportunity to become educated before acting out. This is so useful because if you think about it, you learn how to become a scientist before you become one. Here, you learn to be an activist before you become one.
Participant
Fall 2020
This course proved to be the highlight of my year. Before I took this course, I knew that I wanted to make change, but I had no idea how... and YSCF helped ground me.
Participant
Spring 2021
I am not as afraid to take something on that I want to change because I know what tools to use now.
Participant
Fall 2020
Before this course, "change" was just an abstract concept that seemed somewhat unattainable. This course gave me actual, tangible strategies.
Participant
Spring 2021
Hearing other peoples' ideas also helped me understand how we all think and how all our ideas are so different yet will still work together to sculpt a better future for all of us.
Participant
Fall 2020