Youth Organizing
Organizing high school youth to get involved and take action in their communities.
Join us this Spring 2026!
Are you a high-school youth in San Francisco? Do you care about housing, getting involved in your community, and growing your leadership skills? Fill out the interest form and a staff will get back to you.
Youth MOJO
Youth MOJO (Movement of Justice and Organizing) develops the leadership of Chinese high school youth in San Francisco, with a focus on social issues such as healthcare, education, immigration, and workers’ rights. Youth leaders develop leadership, communication, advocacy and organizing skills. Our program aims to empower youth to make a positive change in their community!
During the summer, youth have an opportunity to participate in the Youth MOJO Summer Program and the Youth Leadership Retreat, where members develop and strengthen their leadership, public speaking, communication, advocacy, and organizing skills. Youth members develop leadership, communication, and advocacy skills to make positive changes in their community!
Meeting Info
During the school year, MOJO meets every Friday, 5pm-7pm at the CPA Office (1020 Kearny St).
In the summer, MOJO typically begins with a 3-day, 2-night Youth Leadership Retreat (YLR).
For the rest of the summer, MOJO meets 3x/week at the CPA Office.
Enoki Collective
The Enoki Collective is a program for young women and trans, gender nonconforming youth (TGNC) to explore the intersections of gender oppression, race, class, and culture. Youth will build their leadership and facilitation skills, learn and build their analysis in different topics and find healing and community with like minded peers. Topics include feminisms and patriarchy, history of women’s rights, reproductive justice, LGBTQ identities, healthy relationships and boundaries, and more. We welcome all those who are ready to dismantle patriarchy and toxic masculinity in our community!
Meeting Info
In Spring 2026, Enoki meets 1x a month on Mondays, 5pm-7pm.
Young Men’s Circle
Young Men’s Circle (YMC) is a space for young Asian American cis men to connect with one another about their experiences and tie those experiences to systems of oppression and the potential impact they can make towards gender justice. Through YMC, young men will have a peer learning space to develop their leadership for the sake of their own healing and transformation; redefining masculinity and vulnerability on our own terms.
Meeting Info
In Spring 2026, YMC meets 1x a month on Mondays, 5pm-7pm.
Common Roots
Common Roots is a joint project of CPA and People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER). It was founded in 1998 as a collaborative leadership program serving low-income Chinese and Latinx youth in San Francisco.
Chinese and Latinx youth have led campaigns advocating for environmental justice, safe working conditions, community gardens, and transit justice to fight against the structures of environmental racism that our communities face. Youth also engage in hands-on learning at community gardens and farms, connecting to our cultural and ancestral knowledge of food, land, and medicine.