NAACP Youth Council
Thrive With Us
Your Voice. Your Leadership. Your Community.
You don't have to wait until adulthood to make a difference.
The NAACP Youth Council gives high school and college students an opportunity to develop leadership skills, server their communities, build meaningful connections, and advocate for issues that affect their generation.
Whether you're passionate about education, mental health, racial justice, economic opportunity, community service, or simply want to become a stronger leader-there is a place for you here.
What Does Thriving With Us Look Like?
As a Youth Council member, you can:
Build leadership skills by helping plan meetings, programs, workshops, and community events.
Make your voice heard on issues affecting students and young people in your community.
Server your community through volunteer projects, fundraisers, mentoring, and outreach.
Advocate for change in education, racial justice, health and wellness, and economic opportunity.
Prepare for your future through leadership development, career exposure, scholarships, networking, and educational opportunities.
Connect with other young leaders who want to make a positive difference.
Work alongside community leaders, activists, and NAACP members to address local issues.
Participate in civic engagement through voter education, registration efforts, and community awareness campaigns.
Attend conferences, trainings, and leadership events at the local, state, regional, and national levels.
Turn your ideas into action by helping create programs and initiatives designed by young people, for young people.
Why Join?
The NAACP Youth Council is more than another activity to put on your resume.
It is an opportunity to find your voice, develop your leadership, build your network, serve others, and help shape the future of your community.
High School & College Students - We Want You
Lead. Serve. Advocate. Connect. Thrive.
Join the NAACP Spokane Youth Council and become part of the next generation of leaders creating change.
Join the Youth Council
Tell us what interests you about joining the NAACP Youth Council and what issues you care about.