Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | 2pm ET / 1pm CT / 12pm MT / 11am PT  / 10am AK

Co-Sponsored by Grantmakers for Thriving Youth

Too often, workshops on youth leadership in homelessness organizations start from the premise that philanthropy, governments, or nonprofits set the table first—inviting young people in later with limited power. What if funders instead fully backed youth-led grassroots organizing for housing justice and the issues young people prioritize themselves?

Youth and young adults are politically activated worldwide, many entering movement work through elections or campus protests. Supporting youth organizing has always been wise, but today it is both a strategic and moral imperative. This webinar will feature analysis from the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing, followed by Our Time to Act, to situate youth organizing within housing justice. Together, we’ll explore how philanthropy can reorient to back young people shaping the world they will inherit.

Speakers 

• Nicole Lillie (she/her) | Executive Director, Our Time to Act
• Laura McCargar (she/her) | Executive Director, Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing
• Michael Durham (he/him) | Director of Networks, Funders Together for Housing Justice  

Objectives  

• Differentiate between youth-led organizing and youth-informed advocacy
• Understand the prerogative to support recently politicized youth activists 
• Describe the connection between youth housing justice and broader movements  

Registration

This call will last 60 minutes.  Please RSVP for this webinar using the button below. You will receive your unique Zoom link once a Funders Together staff person has approved your registration. 

Please note: Participation in Funders Together programming is limited to foundations, community foundations, grantmaking staff at United Ways, corporate giving programs, individual philanthropists, venture philanthropy and other non-traditional philanthropic giving entities, philanthropy-serving organizations, and members of Funders Together. Government funders and staff at organizations where grantmaking is not the primary function are not eligible to participate. Funders Together reserves the right to deny participation to individuals we believe do not meet participation eligibility criteria. If you have questions about your eligibility, please reach out to Rachelle A. Matthews (RAM), Director of Membership and Programs.

Technology

This webinar will take place via Zoom meetings. Registration will be open until September 24. If you do not receive your Zoom link or have technical issues logging into this call, please reach out to Michael Durham: [email protected]

This call will last 60 minutes.