Youth activism has been a powerful force for change and progress. When young people step up and speak out, they bring fresh perspectives, boundless energy, and unshakeable determination in the march toward justice.
Through learning that teaches honest history, introduces servant leadership (an approach that focuses on leadership in service of the community) and eases entry into the movement for justice, we aim to help young people realize their power to shape the future.
Youth LFJ offers action toolkits, learning journeys, book reviews and resources for young people and adults working to support them. We will continue adding resources to this page.
[Updated Oct. 2025]
Learning, Reflection and Action
Change Starts Here (With Me): Day of Action Toolkit
This Day of Action Toolkit engages young people in the movement for justice to understand nonviolent direct action and participate in action for change in their communities.
Introduction to Action Planning: Toolkit
This toolkit facilitates an introduction to action planning, offering a structure for planning individual or collective action for change.
Reading for Justice: Books for Teens and Young Adults
We offer some of our favorite book reviews for teens and young adults to encourage learning, reflection and action.
The Civil Rights Movement: 10 Key Concepts
These 10 key concepts and main points encourage us to think critically about the complexities of history as we learn about and from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
Why Public Schools Matter
Public schools are an ideal and vital mechanism for achieving a thriving democracy. This is the first of three articles on public schools as a common good, which explore the possibilities and threats to public education.
Media Literacy Is Vital for Informed Decision-Making
Media literacy — being able to access, analyze and evaluate information for accuracy and reliability across a variety of mediums — is crucial for us to make informed decisions.
End Poverty. PERIOD.
Breanna and Brooke Bennett, student activists and founders of Women in Training, explain the impetus for their work to provide free menstrual products to all menstruating students.
For Students, By Students
Youth activists co-create a scalable anti-racist curriculum with an emphasis on action to aid in the national fight for justice.
ChangeMakers for an Inclusive and Just Future
LGBTQ+ youth activists from the ChangeMakers Leadership Institute advocate for inclusive education and community resilience in the face of oppressive legislation in Florida.
Learning from the Civil Rights Movement
The resources in this series can help us learn from our history and examine today’s justice issues to answer the questions: “How can I make a difference?” “How can we make a difference together?”
Civics For Democracy
To strengthen democracy in the United States, we must understand the systems of government, politics and the media. And civics literacy is crucial if our nation is to achieve an inclusive, multiracial democracy. The resources in this series can help to develop the civic knowledge, skills and dispositions essential for responsible democratic action. Lee Anne…
Resisting Hate in Education
This series offers strategies for prevention, intervention and response to hate and bias in education and communities.
Support Democracy and Education Justice
To build a multiracial inclusive democracy requires educating for liberation and civic and political participation across the South and the nation.
