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Young Aspiring
Americans for Social & PoliticalActivismWe are here to support you every step of the way
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Self Awareness Civic Engagement Civic Literacy
We are here to redefine the standards to pull down the barriers.
Welcome to ...
YAASPA!
Young Aspiring Americans for Social & Political Activism
Founded in 2010 by Dr. Mackey and her husband, YAASPA was created to address the challenges youth face in navigating academic and career development in the social sciences. While career pathways in STEM, business, fine arts, and health sciences have been established, few initiatives focus on fostering self-efficacy for youth pursuing social justice careers. YAASPA fills this gap through community organizing, advocacy, and programs such as civic engagement courses, scholarship fairs, social sciences and policy institutes, and partnerships with colleges & universities. By fostering academic and career self-efficacy, racial identity awareness, civic literacy, and engagement, YAASPA empowers youth to become co-creators of their futures rather than passive participants in labor market-driven pathways.
Dr. Janiece Mackey
Co-Founder & CEO
The opportunity to explore academic and career development in the social sciences
opportunity to come together from varying school districts to deepen their knowledge, self-efficacy, and connections
Years of being in business and impacting change
Disbursed annually to increase youth’s economic mobility
Reported increase in awareness of identity
Report increased awareness of how to support their own mental health
More About Working With Us
Work With Yaaspa
We have a lot of great programming to assist in refining our youth down the path to their greatness, want to get involved with us? Here’s how:
Bring our expertise to your school
We Create a Course for You
Do you have jobs for our youth?
Workforce Development Opportunities
The Subject Matter Experts are the Youth
Youth Council Development
Do you have something to teach?
Become an Industry Partner
From the Mouth of Babes
What Are Our Youth Saying?
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“I learned more of vocabulary and ways to deal with my emotions instead of anger, and I would utilize this in school when talking about race and trying to educate people.”
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“Yes, I’ll especially use mental health to make sure that the people close to me are doing well. I’ll also use skills like public speaking to stand up for my family and community and encourage them to also speak up.”
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“I think mostly all the presenters that came and visit us have taught me a lot more about business and the laws that came and I got to interact and learn more things about something that I was personally interested in pursuing.”
Contact
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PO Box 202092
Denver, CO 80220