To continue, we need your help.
NEW VOICES FOR YOUTH was founded by the Leagues of Women Voters in Palo Alto and South San Mateo County in 2004.
In 2019, we found a new fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund, a 501(c)3 headquartered in Richmond, California. All donations to New Voices for Youth are tax-deductible but because we are not a 501(c)3, they must be made to the Social Good Fund for its project, New Voices for Youth.
Our annual budget is approximately $35,000. Every year we raise funds to cover the operating costs for the next year. Online donations go directly to the New Voices for Youth account in the Social Good Fund and are tax-deductible.
Many thanks for your donations on our behalf!
You can also send us a check:
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Make checks out: Social Good Fund
Please write in the memo line: New Voices for Youth
Send checks to: New Voices, 655 Oak Grove Avenue #848, Menlo Park, CA 94026-2244.
Or, contribute online, above. Either way works and generates many thanks for your help!
NV4Y students, surveyed after they participated, say:
"I feel like video can touch more people than I thought."
“I feel like I helped the community by putting an issue out there and actually spending time on this particular issue to bring awareness to the community itself.”
“It opened up thoughts and questions about society in general.”
"I really loved being a part of this program and I am more than thankful to have met all the wonderful students and mentors."
Rafael Avendaño, Executive Director, Redwood City says:
“Community based organizations should partner with New Voices For Youth because they lift the voices of young people in spaces that help shift, shape and update policy.
New Voices For Youth allows youth voice, choice and leadership to be present in the narratives of stories that young people create to make a stronger society.
Partnering with NV4Y means partnering and believing in stories from young people, let us also remember that the first form of history is story. This is why I believe in the mission of NV4Y as partner.”
Menlo Atherton High School's Student Support Coordinator, Miki Cristerna, says:
“New Voices provides both technical and inspirational guidance to students looking for an avenue to explore local, national and worldwide social issues.
By engaging youth in socially conscious multi-media projects, they are given an opportunity to have their voices heard in a multitude of platforms.
Menlo-Atherton High School is incredibly fortunate to have the local Leagues of Women Voters and New Voices for Youth as community partners on our campus.”
Warren Slocum, San Mateo County Supervisor, District 4 says:
“NV4Y offers youth in our community the chance to have their voices heard through video. I am proud to support their work and their videos are moving!”
Our Partners & Supporters
Our partners believe in our mission, which is to provide students with media production training in order to create their own original documentaries on issues of importance to them. We believe that when youth experience the power of making a difference through media arts, they are more likely to get politically involved. And, if youth are involved, it is generally not long before they involve their parents, relatives and friends.
It is our collective belief that New Voices For Youth will help students:
practice civic engagement
register to vote
inspire others to vote once registered
educate audiences on the issues of importance to students including the necessary information to affect real change
reach the broader community, especially those from underserved communities.
