Advocating for Children and Youth

At Promise the Children our mission is to increase public support for the healthy development of our nation’s youngest citizens with regard to policies around public education, nutrition, healthcare, and comprehensive sexuality education. We enlist adult allies and give them the tools to advocate on behalf of school-aged children and youth, as well as construct and facilitate curricula that support educating youth to advocate for themselves.

Through our website you can find out the latest in policy development and events regarding children and youth through our news and issues pages. Under resources, you can find valuable tools for advocacy such as recommended templates, curriculum guides for youth workshops, and volunteer opportunities. Our blog includes written commentary by our staff as well as guest youth bloggers and our youth page is packed with resources for our younger audience.

We welcome donations to fund:

• Our research of public policy and legislation regarding accessible health care, childhood nutrition, preschool and k-12 public education, and comprehensive sexuality education
• Development our advocacy curriculum and facilitation of workshops for youth and adult allies
• Our outreach to our adult allies and youth through phone, email and our website
• Our coalition work with partners to increase our public impact