2021 Power of Youth Challenge

In 2021, America's Promise funded 374 youth-led service projects as part of the 2021 Power of Youth Challenge. The Power of Youth Challenge is an initiative to provide young people who are making a difference in their communities with direct financial support and coaching to further their efforts. This round of grants was made possible through the generous support of The Allstate Foundation, which is dedicated to empowering youth with the social emotional learning and service learning skills needed to succeed and lead, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, which supports nonprofits around the world that promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society, including organizations that empower young people through service.

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

A Year of Youth-Led Racial Equity Service Projects
Throughout 2021, youth leaders have been working to create more just and inclusive communities with the support of grants from America’s Promise Alliance’s Power of Youth Challenge.
Kathy is creating a platform in which teenage artists in Chicago can showcase their pieces, network with fellow artists, and finally create the representation they deserve. Her goal is to serve the disenfranchised teenage art community while also raising funds to support a local visual arts non-profit. Kathy hopes that this gallery will demonstrate the importance of young, disenfranchised voices in creative urban spaces and encourage artists to continue to express their identity and experiences through visu

August 19, 2021

10 Power of Youth Grant Winners Making a Difference this Summer
Amidst a year and a half of uncertainty caused by a global pandemic, students experienced a school year unlike any other. Remote learning, cancelled extracurricular activities, and virtual graduation ceremonies gave high school students a wholly unique, and unexpected, academic experience. What remained unchanged, though, was the drive of these young people to help their communities.