We committed $350,000 to support young changemakers and youth-led groups by providing essential financing and resources to support their get out the vote efforts.

Future Coalition hosted a multi-day photography exhibit at The Shed, a legendary venue in New York City. Featuring the photos of over 12 BIPOC young leaders, the event engaged over 500 attendees across two panel discussions. Held intentionally between the Fashion Week and Climate Week, this exhibit represented the power of bringing together art, activism, and fashion.

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Climate change is not a problem of the future but of the present, and it is marginalized communities across the world that are feeling the brunt of its impact. Tokala is a photo/video series highlighting the intersectionality of climate and social justice centering BIPOC frontline youth organizers and the stories of the regions/communities they are fighting for. The intention of the series is two fold: to uplift frontliners in a powerful and optimistic light while simultaneously supporting their work via our Youth Direct Action Fund (YDAF). A flexible, for youth, by youth granting fund organizers can utilize for campaign support, direct actions, direct services, material requests and research projects. Our hope is that this project will not only provide awareness to the work that frontline organizers are doing but also encourage others to make use of the resources for similar work happening daily across the country.

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March On For Voting Rights

In the months prior, 48 states had introduced 389 bills that amount to shameful, outright voter suppression, and many have already become law. These laws suppress voting methods that enrich our democracy and lead to high turnout. Racist, anti-democratic voter suppression laws amount to rigging the game. But in America, elections are not a game—and lives depend on their outcomes. That’s why we marched on August 28, 2021, on Washington, Atlanta, Miami, Phoenix and 101 cities across America, and why we won’t stop until Congress passes federal voting rights protection for all.

Future Incubator Launches

Future Incubator is a nonprofit startup incubator program that gives youth-led and grassroots groups the professional tools, skills, and relationships needed to run successful, lean organizations and lead powerful social movements.

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#votewithus

#VoteWithUs turned out young people, women, and communities of color—the New American Majority—and helped lead to both the largest early vote and the highest youth voter turnout in history. The #VoteWithUs bus tour traveled to eight different states, joining with local leaders and organizers to reach out to young voters and Black voters and encourage them to vote. On National Vote Early Day, Future Coalition led a nonpartisan coalition in hosting a massive #VoteWithUs virtual rally and 11 same-day, on-the-ground mobilizations. #VoteWithUs also included hundreds of local and virtual events inviting voters to drop off their mail-in ballots.

Virginia Statewide Elections

Anchored on the campus of Norfolk State University during their homecoming weekend, this was a Get Out The Vote series of activities designed to encourage young people and newly registered and drop off voters in the surrounding area to vote. The four days of activities included: two free events (Homecoming Saturday and Election Day Tuesday) offering food, music, giveaways, community outreach and shuttle rides taking students to the polling location; door knocking; literature drops; radio advertising; and texting.

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Climate Strike Coalition

Future Coalition has been coordinating the US Climate Strike Coalition, an intergenerational, youth-led coalition of over 500 climate and social justice organizations, since July 2019. The Coalition was created to provide space for collaboration between youth-led climate justice organizations and bridge the new wave of the youth climate justice movement with adult-led organizations and leaders who have been building the movement for the last many decades. Together, the coalition organized the September 20, 2019 climate strike in the US, the largest ever youth-led climate mobilization in our country. The coalition went on to coordinate the November 29 and December 6 strikes in 2019 as well as Earth Day Live, the three-day strike that went digital due to COVID-19.

Walk Out to Vote

Future Coalition mobilized students across America to walk out of school on election day and march to the polls to cheer each other on as those eligible cast their votes, contributing to record youth turnout. In Shorewood, Wisconsin, hometown of many Future Coalition founders, 91 percent of the population voted–the city’s highest turnout ever.