Join YAC

Join the YLSC Youth Advisory Committee in partnership with UNT Dallas. We meet on the 2nd Saturday of every month.

2021 YLSC

Annual Summit

Every year, YLSC gathers hundreds of students from across the DFW area to talk about race. Join us on November 13, 2021!

We've been around.

Young Leaders, Strong City is designed to elevate the experiences, perspectives, and voices of high school students across the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Our students focus intentionally on identifying opportunities to promote racial justice, equity, and action in their home and school communities to drive lasting outcomes. We engage with youth in partnership and support them as the future, and growing, leaders of tomorrow.

Building Racial Justice, Equity, & Action Across Communities.

Est. 2014

"I felt like I belonged."

- 2019 YLSC Alum

"My Favorite Part of the Day was all of it"

- 2018 YLSC Alum

YLSC IS A CAREFULLY CURATED SPACE

Communicating and Collaborating Across Lines of Difference

Each year, YLSC brings together hundreds of students from public, private, and charter schools to talk about race. Facilitated by local educators, artists, and historians, our programming offers students the opportunity to critically engage with their peers from different backgrounds and identities. Each YLSC program begins by grounding students in their local history and explores their individual concepts of race and identity.