Causes: Adult & Child Matching Programs, Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Children & Youth, Education, Educational Services, Youth Development Programs

Mission: Young Storytellers sparks creative self-discovery through storytelling. Our programs highlight young people as the center of their own narratives, emphasize that their stories matter, and celebrate their unique voices as the ones telling them.

Results: In elementary school, we use storytelling to help young people explore their creativity and imagination. In middle school, we use storytelling to explore their goals for the future and what challenges might stand in their way. In high school, we use storytelling to explore the impact their voice can have in their community - and, more broadly, the world. Young Storytellers works towards a future where young people experience, through the stories they write, the impact that their thoughts, feelings, and words can have on the world in which they live. We raise voices, one story at a time.

Target demographics: Young people from fifth grade to high school

Geographic areas served: Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Austin, Denver, Little Rock

Programs: Script to Stage, a storytelling program for fifth graders designed to explore creativity and imagination; Collaborative Stories, a collaborative storytelling program for fifth graders designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; Day of Story, a one-day workshop to develop connection and excitement around storytelling; Middle School Monologues, a monologue program that helps students understand goals and obstacles; High School PSAs, where students identify issues and learn how to address them.