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👋🏾 We see your passion, let's channel it

That’s the vibe everyone in and around Next Up shares and reflects. Around here, we rally around our commonalities and celebrate everyone’s differences. In other words, you’ll find your people here. Through our opportunities there’s room for you to learn, grow, and see how far our collective voice for the greater good can go.

WE CENTER BLACK YOUTH

INDIGENOUS YOUTH

YOUTH OF COLOR

QUEER & TRANS YOUTH

LOW-INCOME YOUTH

DISABLED YOUTH

IMMIGRANT YOUTH

WE CENTER BLACK YOUTH INDIGENOUS YOUTH YOUTH OF COLOR QUEER & TRANS YOUTH LOW-INCOME YOUTH DISABLED YOUTH IMMIGRANT YOUTH

WHAT YOU CAN GROW & BUILD

An understanding of our collective power

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Knowledge of grassroots organizing

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Self-determined and autonomous movements

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Opportunities to stand in our identities

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Real change for the most marginalized

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Internship
Election Organizer 🗳️
Internship

Each election cycle, we look for Election Organizers to contact Oregonians ages 18-29 and help them make their vote-ready plans for election day.

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Internship

INTERNSHIPS

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COHORTS

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Cohorts, Youth Philanthropy, Job
Youth Philanthropy Academy Facilitator Fellowship
Cohorts, Youth Philanthropy, Job

Help facilitate the first academy and you’ll expand your leadership development skills, learn about the history and impact of philanthropy, and career and mobilization opportunities in the nonprofit sector.

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Cohorts, Youth Philanthropy, Job
Cohorts, Youth Philanthropy, Job
Youth Philanthropy Academy
Cohorts, Youth Philanthropy, Job

Join our first-ever 2025 Youth Philanthropy Academy where you and 50+ other participants will decide how to distribute $250,000 to Black-led organizations to create a liberated future for all.

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Cohorts, Youth Philanthropy, Job
Cohorts
community action team ⚡️
Cohorts

Our action team is all about youth-led social change. In this cohort, you’ll meet with a collective of young adults monthly to work on issues your cohort cares about the most.

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Cohorts
Cohorts
Youth Action Team ⚡️
Cohorts

Our action team is all about youth-led social change. In this cohort, you’ll meet with a collective of teens monthly to develop grassroots organizing skills and collaborate on policy solutions to address youth issues.

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Cohorts
Cohorts
UPTURN Leadership Academy 🌱
Cohorts

Want to make actual change in your community? Our 4-week paid cohort teaches the basics of community-centered work that encourages building collective power, all while you learn how to organize around an issue and show up for your people.

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Cohorts
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