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ABOUT THE ReGenerations FRAMEWORK
In 2006, FCYO embraced the ReGenerations framework in response to a major question that faced the field of youth organizing: How can we help create a sustainable social justice movement? The framework underscored that a pro-active and preventative response to the loss of social justice leaders was to build a social justice leadership pipeline – starting with youth – in order to build a “re-generating” base of social justice leaders and a more vibrant and sustainable social justice movement. ReGenerations: Youth Leadership in Environmental Justice (ReGen: EJ) was our first ReGenerations initiative; a multi-year program that responded to the critical need for youth leadership development in order to create a sustainable environmental justice movement.
Through funding support, peer exchanges, national convenings and evaluation, the ReGenerations frame allows FCYO to explore how to build effective models of leadership and sustainable social justice organizing across many different sectors and also to observe how cohorts of groups form and maximize a learning community. ReGenerations: Leadership Pipeline and ReGenerations: Healthy Communities are an evolution of this framework.
Please click on the links above to read more about our ReGenerations Initiatives.
Looking Forward: Youth Leading the Way Toward a Sustainable Planet
Looking Forward: Youth Leading the Way Toward a Sustainable Planet
(Click here to download the Report.)
We are pleased to release our report “Looking Forward: Youth Leading the Way Toward a Sustainable Planet”, which captures lessons learned from our grantmaking intiative, ReGeneraions: Youth Leadership Expansion for Environmental Justice (ReGen/EJ). Through ReGen/EJ, a three-year grantmaking initiative that supported grassroots and youth-led efforts in environmental justice, FCYO provided grants, technical assistance, and convening opportunities to a cohort of grantees. This report provides case studies in two key areas – climate justice and clean water – and highlights the multiple impacts ReGen/EJ made on individual young people, organizations, the environmental justice community, and mainstream environmentalism. FCYO is honored to have served the 11 organizations of the ReGen/EJ cohort and to serve the movement for environmental justice. We celebrate the victories and significant accomplishments within the environmental justice movement, and through this report, reflect on the significant contributions and leadership that have come from young people.
FCYO releases 2010 Youth Organizing Field Scan
FCYO conducts national field scans using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research to document trends, challenges and opportunities. Field scans provide an opportunity to inform FCYO’s strategy and to help advocate for the field of youth organizing.
We at the Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organiz
ing are very excited to announce the release of our 2010 Youth Organizing Field Scan. Please click here to download the publication.
Many thanks to the organizations who participated in our surveys and regional conversations. For a full list of participants, please click here.
