Upcoming Opportunities: New Mental Health Study, Political Impact Panel, & Advocacy Manager Position
We’re excited to share three exciting opportunities that illustrate the strengths of Alliance for Girls’ model:
Uplifting the voices and leadership of girls and gender-expansive youth of color
Building community amongst youth-serving organizations through connection, collective care, and resource sharing
Building our collective power to change systems, institutions, and policies so that girls and gender-expansive youth, particularly youth of color, are valued, respected, and safe.
Check out our upcoming events and offerings below! Whether you’re a youth-serving organization, young person, parent, policymaker, or champion, there are ways you can be a part of our critical work supporting youth and the girl-serving community.
Youth Mental Health & Safety Study
Alliance for Girls’ Youth Mental Health and Safety Study has officially launched! This study is a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) project led by girls and gender-expansive youth of color in the Bay Area. The project explores how young people understand and experience mental health and how their sense of physical, emotional, and spiritual safety affects their well-being.
Youth researchers are guiding every stage of the process—from shaping the research questions to collecting, analyzing, and sharing the findings. The goal is to ensure that the voices of girls and gender-expansive youth of color are centered and that the resulting insights lead to real, community-driven solutions that improve safety and mental health supports.
Here are several ways you can contribute to the study:
For girls and gender-expansive youth of color:
Take the Survey (translated versions will be available soon!).
Share the Survey with your friends and peers.
For youth-serving organizations and schools: We’re looking to partner with organizations that are also committed to uplifting youth voices and want to engage their youth in the study.
Share the study with your youth. We can provide outreach materials that you’re welcome to share at your discretion. Youth can choose to participate in a short, anonymous survey (15–20 minutes) and/or a group or individual storytelling session where they can share their experiences in a supportive, youth-centered space.
Consider hosting a group storytelling session. We’re inviting organizations to host an in-person, small group storytelling session that is fully facilitated by trained and experienced AFG staff and youth researchers. Youth participants receive incentives for their time, and the session can be scheduled based on the availability of the organization and youth.
By opting into either of these opportunities, your organization will be acknowledged as a contributor in the study.
For questions and/or to explore being a research partner, reach out to our Director of Participatory Research, Irina Núñez, at irina@alliance4girls.org.
Virtual Panel Event: Political Impact on Girls & Gender-Expansive Youth on March 25th
Join AFG for an important and timely discussion on March 25th, 10am-12pm PT, on the shifting policy and funding landscape impacting girls and gender-expansive youth in California and beyond. This event will bring together leaders across policy, funding, advocacy, and youth programs to unpack key challenges, uplift successes from the past year, and explore strategies for action.
Our 2026 Political Impact Survey gathered the stories and needs of more than 40 youth-serving organizations and their young people. Be the first to hear about key findings from the survey, including funding impacts, staff morale, organizational resilience, and youth activism. Together we’ll strategize how we can leverage this data to demand greater resources and support for our young people and the organizations that serve them.
For questions, reach out to our Director of Community Engagement, Kailin Chou, at kailin@alliance4girls.org.
We’re Hiring: Advocacy Manager Position Open
Are you an experienced advocate and organizer who’s excited about centering youth voice, building collective power, and challenging the status quo? Are you looking to join a highly collaborative team that believes in leaning into shared power and decision-making?
Alliance for Girls is hiring! We’re looking for our next Advocacy Manager to lead AFG’s work to change systems, narratives, and policies at schools, locally, and in California, based on what girls and gender-expansive youth of color say they need to thrive. This role includes engaging and mobilizing a powerful, intergenerational community of 120+ youth-serving organizations and their young people across the San Francisco Bay Area and LA County.
All applications received on or before Sunday, March 15th, will be prioritized during the initial screening process. We aim to start interviewing candidates in late March, with the goal of filling the position by mid-to-late April.
We hope to connect with you soon!