Youth Development and Civic Engagement

The Campaign for Black Male Achievement partners with the Democracy and Power Fund of OSI’s U.S. Programs to support the Young People's Project (YPP) and their Jackson, Mississippi, operations for development of a state-wide network of math literacy workers and school-based math literacy partnerships that function as educational and organizing hubs. 

YPP's mission is to use math literacy as a tool to develop young leaders and organizers who radically change the quality of education and life in their communities so that all children have the opportunity to learn, and reach their full human potential. YPP's Mississippi strategy fosters the development of a broader intergenerational coalition of students, teachers, and community organizers around youth-focused policy advocacy issues. 

Support of this effort advances the campaign's priorities of engaging young black males in youth organizing and leadership activities, in addition to advancing the campaign's goal to improve educational outcomes for black males, and advances the Democracy and Power Fund’s priorities of engaging and mobilizing youth and communities of color, and to build the collective power of individuals and organizations to develop and demand solutions that advance open society in the United States.

Mississippi |  $400,000 (funding split with the OSI Democracy and Power Fund) |  3 years |  www.typp.org