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Creating Possibilities of Support for Youth

How do you support young people when you may not understand what they’re experiencing? When parents and families call YES Institute asking for resources to learn more about what their child is going through around gender and orientation, we invite… Learn More

Grateful

YES Institute recently lost a friend this year. We dedicate this holiday season to honoring Toby Devan Lewis’ kindness. We share our heartfelt gratitude to Lewis’ legacy and her family.

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Giving With a Purpose Your financial contributions to YES Institute are vital to sustain and build our innovative programs. YES Institute invests 92% of every dollar directly into our educational programs, which means your donation is going directly to support… Learn More

Facing our Bullying Behaviors

What would you do if your friends began to pick on the new girl in your school?
Middle Schoolers at NSU’s University School confronted their own actions and openly discussed their behaviors in an assembly last week.

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Exploring Allyship

Members of YES Institute’s Youth Advisory Leadership Council (YALC) participated in a workshop on “Disability and Queer Communities in North Macedonia” led by Angel Dimitrievski, a Community Solutions Program Fellow with the International Research Exchange (IREX). 

Mental Health Matters

In April 2022, a CDC report found that rates of suicide in Florida had grown faster than much of the nation between 2019 and mid-2021. State health officials have acknowledged that Florida gay, transgender, and questioning youth face elevated rates of mental health challenges and suicidal thoughts.

Reclaiming Macho

This dialogue brought in Sony Music Group employees across North & Central America to examine their own lens of machismo, ask themselves how they experience masculinity, and hear from one of our volunteers,