ABOUT US

including in New York, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Hawai’i, California, Washington D.C., and beyond, NSJECS aims to provide youth with stories, histories, and socio-political curriculum against the grain—knowledge dismantling patterns of systemic oppression, while highlighting each region’s unique social justice ecosystem, landscape for community organizing and advocacy, and issues at the core of the region’s foremost movements.

apply for our scholarship today! iN ADDITION TO RECEIVING NEEDS-BASED FUNDING, STUDENTS SELECTED FOR THE nsjecs PROGRAM WILL JOIN A NATIONWIDE nETWORK THAT MEETS ONCE A MONTH, EXPERIENCING CUTTING-EDGE GUEST SPEAKERS, SOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING SESSIONS FACILITATED BY SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE ACTIVIST MOVEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE u.s., AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH SCHOLAR TO SHARE ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY’S GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING EFFORTS.

nOT ONLY DOES THE COHORT BRING TOGETHER STUDENTS, ADVOCATES, AND ORGANIZATIONS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO CONNECT AND MUTUALLY BUILD SUPPORT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EACH SCHOLAR WILL SPEND DEDICATED, SELF-GUIDED TIME LEARNING FROM, INTERVIEWING, PARTICIPATING IN, AND CONTRIBUTING, IN FLEXIBILE CAPACITY, TO ONE OR MORE CHOSEN SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN THEIR CITY OR STATE THROUGHOUT VARIOUS MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM, PRODUCING A CREATIVE REPORT TO SHARE OUT AT THE END.

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