Organizations for Youth Activists

Tuesday September 8, 2009, by Susa Nahmias

- Planned Parenthood. In Georgia, Planned Parenthood has a Teen Action Group for peer education, teen pregnancy prevention and community service program for teens ages 15-18.

- Advocates for Youth recently launched their new interactive, youth-driven activist website called Amplify Your Voice.. Georgia is one of the five states Advocates for Youth is focusing on. Together with The Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP) and its State Youth Leadership Council, they have the Georgia State Activists

- Advocates for Youth also has the Youth of Color Initiative which is partnering with Helping Our Teen Girls - HOTGIRLS here in Georgia.

- Georgia Parents for Responsible Health Education. While we do not have a specific youth activist group, we know a lot about sex education and we have contacts in many schools in the Atlanta area and around the state. We can put you in contact with other teens, parents or politicians…