WHO WE ARE
A SPACE FOR YOU TO GROW
We're tapping into the existing power that all low-income youth and youth of color have
to make grassroots change. We're en route to environmental justice.
Our People
Candice Youngblood founded YoR in 2020 to create what she needed growing up: a community where frontline youth can conceptualize, contextualize, and combat environmental racism. Youth on Root has three equal branches of leadership: Executive Director, Rachael MeyersJones, Advisory Council, and Youth Advisory Board.
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Candice Youngblood
FOUNDER
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Rachael MeyersJones (she/her)
Executive Director
Shout Out to Our Staff
Youth on Root’s core staff team is made up of a small yet mighty group of youth organizers with lived experience with environmental justice and a passion for empowering youth. While their names and faces are not featured here, our programs wouldn’t exist without them, and we celebrate their leadership and dedication to the Youth Environmental Justice Movement. Each member of our team plays a vital role in designing, implementing, and supporting programs that make a real difference in the lives of young leaders. The same goes for our amazing student workers and interns over the years from places like Cal State East Bay, Ohlone College, and UCLA.
Youth Advisory Board
Youth on Root is not only a youth-centered organization, but a youth-led movement. Our Youth Advisory Board is the heartbeat of our work, without whom Youth on Root would just be a good idea. These youth organizers are the experts of their communities, and it’s their vision for environmental justice that guides everything we do.
