Everyone is encouraged to sign up! No matter your experience or background, there's a place for you in Student Voice's work. Below is our three-step process.
Join a community of students fighting for equity in our schools.
Select a program to see program features and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).
The Student Voice Ambassadors Program guides a cohort of 14 students from across the United States through the design and execution of a community-based project focused on an education justice issue that interests them.
Submit a project proposal that addresses injustices in your school and community and receive one-on-one mentorship and resources to accomplish your project.
Receive a $1,000 stipend for participation in the program, as well as access to optional paid opportunities with Student Voice partners.
Build community with your fellow Ambassadors across the country who care about justice in our schools and world and who are engaging in similar work.
The Student Voice Organizing Fellowship trains 25 high school students from across the United States in education justice organizing and leadership development.
Receive access to education justice-centered political education and organizing trainings and grow as an activist and advocate.
Receive a $1,000 stipend for participation in the program, as well as access to optional paid opportunities with Student Voice partners.
Build community with Organizing Fellows across the country and receive 1:1 mentorship from Student Voice team members.
The Student Voice Journalism Fellowship is a cohort of 18 students from across the United States passionate about reporting on issues within their local and national school communities.
Explore injustices in your school and community through narrative and receive opportunities to write about equity issues you've experienced or taken action around.
Receive a $1,000 stipend for participation in the program, as well as access to optional paid opportunities with Student Voice partners.
Explore different forms of journalism, including op-ed fundamentals, state and local politics, and data journalism, through monthly units and learn from industry professionals.
The Student Voice Learning Lab is a training series open to all K-12 students across the United States that introduces the fundamentals of how education systems work and how students can be a part of addressing structural inequities in our schools.
Engage in ongoing trainings about how structural inequities have shaped our schools and how youth power can address them, hosted twice a month on Zoom.
Receive resources and mentorship from the Student Voice team and access to optional paid opportunities to engage with Student Voice partners through panels and events
Feel like you're the only student who cares about justice in your school? Join Student Voice's tight-knit national community of students who care about equity in schools.
Thank you for your interest in joining Student Voice! This form will close at 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on August 22nd, 2021. Students who sign up will hear back from Student Voice after Labor Day (September 6). If you have questions, please email Evon Mahesh, our Programs Director, at evon@stuvoice.org.
The Student Voice Ambassadors Program, Journalism Fellowship and Organizing Fellowship are only open to current high school students attending U.S. schools, but the Learning Lab is open to all interested young people.
If there are accessibility needs you would like us to accommodate for this sign-up form (e.g. submitting in video format, an audio recording of the sign-up form questions), please email Evon Mahesh, our Programs Director, at evon@stuvoice.org with your request.
A document with all the questions included in the sign-up form is available here for your reference.
