Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Youth on Root
Legal Name (if Different): Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE)
Also Known As: Youth on Root, a Fiscally Sponsored Project of SEE
Mailing Address: 23564 Calabasas Road
City: Calabasas
State: CA
Postal Code: 91302
Main Phone: 8025358340
Main Fax:
Organization Website: www.youthonroot.org
Employer ID Number: 95-4116679
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)(3)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 02/05/2024
Requested Amount: $10,000

Project Title: "Seeds of Change" Youth Environmental Justice Summit
Project Description:

Youth on Root’s (YoR) annual “Seeds of Change Summit” brings together high school aged environmental justice leaders from across California as delegates for their communities. The Summit is entirely free, including financial support for travel and accommodations. YoR believes that youth on the frontlines of environmental harms have the most lived experience and therefore the highest expertise, making them the ideal leaders of the Environmental Justice Movement. We believe that youth are not the leaders of tomorrow; they are the leaders of today.

Frontline youth from California, who are overwhelmingly low-income youth of color, have long been and continue to lead the fight to protect and save their communities from the ever increasing and ever present threat of climate change and those who perpetrate the crisis. But they need our help. By uplifting their efforts and providing resources for education, connection, and leadership, YoR’s programs elevate those with the most lived experience and expertise with environmental justice to the highest levels of leadership in the movement. By centering and celebrating the achievements of those with the most to lose, we stand the best chance of winning the ongoing fight against the climate disaster.

The Summit’s goals are to create an empowering space for youth to collaborate and organize around the most pressing environmental justice issues impacting their communities, gain exposure to higher education institutions and career opportunities, and connect with other frontline youth. This creates immediate youth empowerment, connection, and solidarity in the short term. In the long term, frontline youth are centered in the movement and greater environmental field as those with the most knowledge and expertise to provide critiques and solutions to environmental concerns, ensuring that the highest paid positions of leadership in the field are held by those with the highest likelihood to implement lasting solutions.

Total Project Budget: $62,000

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Individual Donors, Grant funds from Justice Outside and BEA

Project Duration: Annual two-day Event, Fall 2024
Geographical Area Served: California, USA
Age Group To Be Served: 14-19

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.):
Contact First Name: Rachael
Contact Last Name: Meyers
Contact Title: Program Director
Contact Phone: 802-535-8340
Contact Email: rmeyers@youthonroot.org