We aim to organize youth to become agents of change in their neighborhood. Young people usually have the time, the energy, the will, the basic skills, and the right to participate and help improve the quality of life in the places where they live. What they lack is appropriate space, support and recognition. Two girls discuss their designs
girl thinking
brazilians cleaning up

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Girl leads brainstorming session

contact us
yan@media.mit.edu

The
YOUNG
ACTIVISTS
NETWORK

seeks new members for its volunteer task force to develop new tools, activities, and support materials as we expand in 2004.
Two boys consider photos from their tour of Charlestown

We work in partnership with existing initiatives and focus on youth participation, concrete community challenges, and contextualized uses of technology. Read more in a paper on YAN.

Mentor Ali helps youth edit video
YAN helps transform existing community technology centers into community empowering spaces that offer the basic technical and human resources necessary to foster sustainable youth-led social change.

Girl works on bumper sticker design

Bumper sticker design, slogan