Young Women's Freedom Center

A community and social services organization, Young Women's Freedom Center supports young women, trans people, and gender-expansive youth in California. It works with people affected by foster care, juvenile and criminal legal systems, street survival, and violence. Support includes mentorship, leadership development, skills building, healing, training, employment, and advocacy. The organization meets young people in neighborhoods, on the streets, and in jails and detention centers. It also provides fiscal sponsorship, operational support, coaching, and training to projects that center systems-impacted women, girls, and trans people. Its work includes helping participants build personal and collective power, access education and work, and advocate for themselves and their communities.