Started in response to growing interest in YCD’s programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, today YCD Virtual reaches hundreds of teens and educators in over 90 schools and youth organizations annually across the country.

YCD Virtual is designed for high schools and groups outside of Colorado and New Mexico, where YCD offers hybrid in-person and virtual programming. YCD Virtual provides workshops, trainings, discussion groups, and resources to empower teens and educators to advance inclusion and justice in their local school and community.

Students and educators can sign up for YCD Virtual here.

Check out more information about YCD Virtual below, and if you have questions, please contact us!

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Ready to take action to make your school or community more inclusive? Register your school or organization for YCD Virtual today!

Registration gives your group access to all virtual YCD activities for the 2023-24 school year, including weekly activity plans, virtual discussion groups, webinars, and much more!

December 27

Virtual Webinar

Responding to Book Bans and Censorship in Schools

Join this webinar to hear strategies for handling book ban challenges that target youth of color and LGBTQ+ youth.

Confronting Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

Listen to this webinar to hear from Jewish and Muslim community leaders about their experiences with religious and ethnic-based hate and marginalization; the connections between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia; and strategies on how to respond to hate and discrimination when you witness or experience it.

Immigrant Youth Share Their Stories

Hear a conversation between two immigrant youth as they share their immigration stories, and discuss what it was like for them to adjust to life in the United States. This conversation features Angel, who immigrated from Mexico at age 3, and Raima, who immigrated from India at age 10.

How to Start (or Improve) a Youth-Led Inclusion and Justice Club

Whether you are a student or educator, whether you are just starting a club or group or have an existing one — YCD provides a helpful series of exercises and ideas so your group can organize, find resources, and create an action project to advance inclusion and justice.

Native Youth Activists Speak Out

In this video we hear from Mason Estes, Leala Pourier and Lily Joy Winder about their activism work to advance racial, indigenous and environmental justice, as well as a group conversation about what celebrating Indigenous People’s Day is about, how they spent the day, why it’s important, and why it should be much more than one day.

Understanding Youth Homelessness

In this webinar we explore what causes young people to become homeless in the first place, learn about their experiences while unhoused, and also discuss strategies that help young people find housing again.

Reparations 101

In this webinar we explore the history of Black Americans in this country and the inequities they have faced, and then turn to discuss reparations — or reparative solutions — being offered to address this history of oppression.

Combatting Attacks on and Protecting Trans and LGBTQ+ Youth

Join YCD and guest speakers to hear about the recent spike in anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in state capitals across the country in 2023 — and more importantly, how to combat or push back against these attacks.

#ActuallyAutistic: Understanding Autism and Neurodiversity

There are so many stereotypes and misunderstandings about autism and neurodiversity, often perpetuated by groups that claim to support autistic people but are led by non-autistic people. Listen to this session, hosted in partnership with the Asperger/Autism Network (AANE), to hear from three panelists who are actually autistic about their experiences, and what everyone needs to know to be better allies to the neurodivergent community.

Check out the growing list of schools and youth organizations that have participated in YCD activities in recent years!