We are honored to support the Anti-Racist Youth Leadership Institute (AYLI) with a third year of funding for their phenomenal work in convening a collective of youth-serving organizations to build anti-racist organizing skills with young people, while fostering wellness, networking, and relationship building between multiple generations of anti-racist organizers in Albuquerque. AYLI uses an intersectional approach to leadership development and social transformation. Their curriculum and programming accounts for the compounding effects of multiple identities, including gender, race, class, and sexual orientation. While the majority of AYLI’s participants self-identify as young women of color, they serve youth across the gender spectrum, and believe it is essential to work with a diverse group of young people in order to build relationships across differences, and develop a stronger coalition. This coming year, AYLI hopes to deepen their work and partner with Albuquerque Public Schools to provide after school, anti-racist programming.
AYLI Continues Building Anti-Racist Organizing Skills with Young People
