Get Involved

If you want to work with youth in your community contact some of the following local Bay Area organizations:

Youth Outlook (YO!) a monthly newspaper by and about young people, which also syndicates articles to newspapers across the US YO! connects young people with each other and gives adults a window into the constantly changing cultures of youth. YO! is a project of the Pacific News Service (PNS), an international network of writers, scholars, and journalists. 415.438.4755

www.pacificnews.org/yo/

Youth Making a Change (YMAC) The goal of YMAC is to make San Francisco a city where ample resources are available to children and their families, where childrenâs needs come first, and where families thrive. 415.641.4362

www.colemanadvocates.org

Youthline is a noon to midnight, seven-days-a-week confidential telephone service operated by youth.Youthline provides information about youth programs and services 415.77.3399 toll free 1.888.977.3399

Youth Speaks is a community of teenage poets and writers. 415.643.9364

www.youthspeaks.org

Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center (LYRIC) Serves lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth through peer based educational and leadership activities 415.703.6150

www.lyric.com

Youth Radio trains youth in broadcast and media advocacy. 510.841.5123

www.youthradio.org

Bay Area Teen Voices is the west coast chapter of a national magazine with writing and feature stories by young women. Teen Voices conducts writing workshops in schools and community centers. 415.981.7815