Empower DC Youth: Help Urban Alliance & SMYAL

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Every year, we raise over $5,000 for the local youth. This year we will be donating all proceeds to Urban Alliance and SMYAL.

Please considering donating the cost of class or what you're able to the youth of the DC area. Read more about the organizations below.

Urban Alliance

Urban Alliance connects students to equitable, inclusive careers through paid high school internships, mentorship, and professional development. We work with schools and employers to address systemic barriers to economic mobility for young adults of color and to bridge the gaps between education and workforce development for all young people.

Since 1996, Urban Alliance has connected 6,000 young adults, primarily from communities of color, to paid internships and trained 21,000 more young adults in workforce skills across the greater Washington, DC area (including Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, and Northern Virginia).

SMYAL - Empower LGBTQ+ Youth to Thrive

We actively work to create a world where queer and trans youth thrive through affirming programs and services designed to develop critical life skills, build community, and foster a sense of belonging.

Since their founding in 1984, SMYAL has provided LGBTQ+ with safe, affirming, and empowering spaces where they can be fully themselves. And while the needs of LGBTQ+ youth have evolved over the last four decades, SMYAL’s dynamic work to best support young people has also evolved to meet the moment.