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HOPE youth launch instagram campaign
HOPE Youth Coalition launches an instagram campaign to advocate for healthier online spaces.
HOPE Youth Coalition launched
The new Youth Coalition ensures that youth voice is included in the movement to create healthy social media environments.
Youth Leadership Institute Acquires YouthWire
YLI welcomed YouthWire, a cutting edge statewide youth media program, into the organization on October 1, 2018.
STAKE Act to Prevent Underage Tobacco Sales Becomes State Law
YLI youth and staff in San Mateo mobilized support for a statewide law to suspend and revoke a store’s license if the retailer is repeatedly convicted of selling tobacco products to minors.
Smoke-Free Cars Adopted
California Adopts Smoke-Free Playgrounds
California Passes Smoke-free Workplaces, Restaurants and Bars
National Youth Philanthropy Assessment Completed by YLI
With funding from the James Irvine Foundation, in 2001, YLI conducted the first scan and assessment of youth philanthropy at a national level. At this time, youth philanthropy gained momentum as an integrated strategy tool. Programs from across the country inside government, community foundations, private family foundations and independent schools began to seek YLI’s support … Continued