18th Annual Youth Activism Gathering - Rome, ME

REGISTER HERE: www.tinyurl.com/2018YAG The Youth Activism Gathering (YAG) is a three day, youth centered, youth organized event that includes workshops, music, great food, and more! This is a safe environment for people -- of all races, genders, sexes, classes, sexual orientations, and ability statuses -- to come together to explore important issues and take action on them. Youth in this context means teens up to mid-twenties! Examples of activities from past years: – Group Icebreakers – Creative Bake-Offs – Dance Parties – Punk Shows – Workshops – And more Confirmed Workshop topics for this year include: !Special Guest Speaker: Ramona Africa! -Student Action Around Gun Violence -Intersectionality -Consent 101/Sexual Health (including issues w/ coming out safely as transgender) -Anti-Oppression -How to Make Organic Butter at Home -Beehive Collective: True Cost of Coal (poster presentation) ​-Militarism Around the World & Police Militarism in the US -Pine Tree Youth Organizing on Youth Movement Building -Safer Binding & Know Your Rights for Transgender Youth -Collaborative Arts -Fowsia Musse on FGM Around the World -Building Diverse Groups/Coalitions -The Work that Reconnects -How to Make a Zine -Organizing as a Mentally ill or Neuro-Diverse Person -Self Defense -Mindful Queer Collective Backpacks for Homeless Youth (pack stuffing party) ​...activities to be listed soon! We will update this page once the workshop schedule has been finalized. If you have any questions, or are interested in helping to organize the event, please contact [email protected] or [email protected] To receive packing lists, updates as the event draws closer, and to have your dietary and/or accessibility needs addressed you need to be sure to pre-register. COST: We ask people to pay 0-$100 for each day of the YAG. All are welcome no matter what you are able to pay. If you and your family don’t have a lot of money, feel free to pay on the lower end or pay nothing. If you and your family have more money, please consider paying more and taking part in class solidarity. WHAT IS CLASS SOLIDARITY? Class refers to where you and your family fit into the world regarding finances (for example: poor, working class, middle class, wealthy). The YAG is put together on a shoestring budget so we can make sure it is accessible to all. If you and your family are people who can pay more for you to go to the YAG so others can pay less, please consider doing so. If you do so, you will be taking an action of solidarity and making the YAG more accessible for people who cannot afford to pay much. We understand that not all families are supportive of activism and not all people have conventional families they can rely on. If this applies to you, don’t sweat it. Leave the family out of it and come join us! No matter what you pay for the YAG, there is no judgment. Pay what you can but most importantly come! To pay your registration fee online click the link below, and email us at [email protected] to confirm you have paid. Click here: www.tinyurl.com/YAGFEE2018