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View fullsize It's been a year, folks! ❄️ The staff of Carolina Youth Action Project are now on Winter Break, so we won't be responding to emails or attending events during this time to prioritize rest, wellness, and time with loved ones before starting back up in
View fullsize Today, we give a glorious farewell and send off to our dear Julie (@chicken10ders), Campaign Organizer for our Safer Schools without SROs campaign and devoted Millie parent. 🌹❤️ We know Julie will continue to bring her warmth, wisdom, and care into
View fullsize HEY! There's still time to rsvp for NEXT TUESDAY, Sept 27, 7-9PM EST ☕ Youth leaders interested in attending can use the link in our bio to RSVP ✨ Please email Julie or Tess with any questions: ju@scyouthaction.org + tessa@scyouthaction.org 💕 As a
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View fullsize Submissions are closed (yes, we are still SOBBING over all the talent from our young people!) and acceptances are being sent out this week! 💫✨ We're so excited for you all to see the final project in November. Look out for some upcoming events and
View fullsize Y'ALL!!!! 💞 We are so excited with all the submissions coming through! Because we noticed a large burst of folks rushing to get things in, we wanted to extend the deadline two weeks. Please share and let young folks in your life know they now have
View fullsize 💜 [Img 1: jessamine flower background with beige text box that reads “In just the last few months, we have been scared to lose our rights to our bodies, had to grieve our elders in Buffalo, our friends in North Charleston, and our children in
View fullsize As news continues to come in, both locally and nationally, about threats to our bodies, rights, and movement work, we are leaning into the feelings of overwhelm, anger, frustration to fuel us in the work we do. If you want to tap into the skills inte
View fullsize We are SO excited to be gearing up for our 2022 Youth Leader Institute! 💫 The Youth Leader Institute (YLI) aims to equip girls, trans youth, and gender nonconforming youth ages 14-18 from Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester Counties with the skills
View fullsize we are so excited to announce the launch of JESSAMINE, our annual literary/art zine for trans youth, gender nonconforming youth, and girls in South Carolina!! 🤩 to find more information and to submit, please visit scyouthaction.org/zine 🌸 submissi
View fullsize THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! 💚🧡💚 We raised over $2K during the holidays towards getting our new office set up for future in-person programming and community events!!! You can still donate any time or become a monthly donor by visiting scyouthaction.org/
View fullsize The CYAP office will be officially ✨𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑✨ for Winter Break until January 18th! Our fundraiser $10k for 10 Years of CYAP is still in full swing with nearly $2k donated so far!!! We’re so grateful to each and every one of you. Please con
View fullsize On this day 10 years ago, Carolina Youth Action Project was incorporated as a small team of organizers under Girls Rock Charleston. It was through celebrating individuality, people of color, queerness, activism, art, and joy that this organization co
View fullsize a happy belated birthday to another one of our virgo bbs, harper! harper has been a part of our youth leader institute and has worked as a youth lead within our 2021 STRATEGIZE! cohort! 💖❣️ here are some belated birthday warm and fuzzies we have f
View fullsize ✨Join our Sex Ed Peer Educator Cohort ✨ In the spirit of creative resistance and youth power, and in order to meet our own campaign demands, the Carolina Youth Action Project is diving into direct action against the current state of affairs in rega
View fullsize For July, and in August as well, CYAP's work will be centered around meeting organizational needs. 💝During this period, our Core Team will be working to immerse ourselves in our core values and our grounding trinity, to complete ongoing strategic pl
View fullsize 💓💓Happy belated birthday to our youth leader Erin!! 💓💓We are so blessed to have this wonderful cancer in our midst! Here are some if the many things that we appreciate about Erin: ♥️ ERIN! You were such a joy to get to know and I look fo
View fullsize Happy Birthday to Makayla 🤩Makayla has been with CYAP for like 3 years 💗 and has been through all three YAA cohorts. Here are some of the things we appreciate about Makayla: 💛 Happy birthday Makayla!!!!! You’re SO brilliant and I am always
View fullsize 🎉CYAP MERCH RAFFLE🎉Like this post 💕 & tag a friend who you wanna watch our livestream with in the comments to enter 🌈 then tune in on Sunday June 13 to see who wins and learn all about CYAP's Merch Store Relaunch! We are relaunching our merc
View fullsize 🎉Sending birthday wishes to Eli 🎉 We had the pleasure of getting to know Eli this year in our Activate Cohort! 💛💛Here are some things we appreciate about Eli: 💚Happy happy birthday Eli!! You have such a beautiful and caring soul! I have loved a