We are a global community of youth activists and adult allies

Our mission is to accelerate the process of young people influencing, designing, and transforming their learning experiences and education systems.

Started in 2020

YxY began as a 3 day learning experience to evolve our conscious activism, radical reimagination and co-creative action to transform our education.
Now we are aiming to ignite a global movement to transform our learning and education!
We believe in a liberated world where education is an experience that serves all of us as young people, as well as our communities and the planet.
Let’s take a step towards love, belonging and embodying an intentionally anti-oppressive world together.
Our Vision
Our Vision
Our Vision
Our Vision
Our Vision
Our Vision
Our Vision
Our Vision

Our Vision

To build a world where learning serves everyone: us, our communities, and the planet!
Theory of Change
Theory of Change
Theory of Change
Theory of Change
Theory of Change
Theory of Change
Theory of Change
Theory of Change

Theory of Change

We believe that in order to transform our education at scale, globally, and rapidly enough, we need a youth-led, adult-supported (r)evolution of our education.

The Current Problem:
Dominant Industrial Education System 

Designed To Serve Our Economies

Social Fractures

Rooted In Colonial Ideology

Core practices

Raising young people's awareness about the role of education in perpetuating the status-quo.
Creating prefigurative safe spaces (i.e. spaces where we practice showing up as if the future we wish to create is already there) for young people to connect, learn, and be in solidarity with one another.
Supporting young people in reclaiming their learning and in influencing and designing their education systems.
Support young people in being creators of a New Story instead of perpetrators of the Old (and destructive) Story of Separation
Building and joining broad alliances towards the transformation of education.
Tapping into the essential organizing power of Story by making the New & Ancient Story of Interbeing (in the words of Buddhist teacher and author Thich Nhat Hanh) visible and by exposing the destructive powers of our current Story of Separation
Utilizing systemic and ecosystemic approaches to societal change

Co-Organized By

Manuela Maudet Ceron
Manuela Maudet Ceron
She / Her
Social Media Manager
Jorina Sendel
Jorina Sendel
She / Her
Fundraising Coordinator
Erioluwa Adeyinka
Erioluwa Adeyinka
He / Him
Executive Director/ Co-Founder
Ila Malhotra Gregory
Ila Malhotra Gregory
They / Them
Ecosystem Weaver and Gardener
Mohini Govender
Mohini Govender
She / They
Knowledge Gardener
Ron Berlinski
Ron Berlinski
He / Him
Systems Developer

In Co-Creation with our Hosts

Meet our team of youth facilitators for the youth activist programs.
Meet The Hosts

With Gratitude to the following Contributors

Ron Berlinski, YxY Host and Activist, for the design of this awesome website.

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Estefanía Cardona Forero, Olatomiwa Isaac Olusesi, and Success Yole Areeveso for serving on our Core Operations Team in preparation for our second annual Learning Festival. We additionally thank Estefanía for her original vision and leadership of the Youth’s Voice, our youth-led magazine and her project developed in our Global Actions Circles program.


Antoine Beland for serving as a Host Mentor throughout our Global Action Circles program and Core Team member for the entirety of our first year as an organization.


Jessica Spencer-Keyse for co-creating the foundation of our YxY community and process.


Curriculum for Life for their fiscal sponsorship and co-creation of our Global Action Circles program!


Huddlecraft for their partnership in co-designing our Global Action Circles program.

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Ernest & Rose Samuels Foundation for their grant that is making possible all of our 2022 Activist Programs.

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COLT for the design of our branding and awesome YxY logo.

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