Your voice. Your future. Your city.

Youth Justice & Leadership

The Philly Youth Hub is a place to learn the system, build your voice, and lead change with other young people.

Learn the system

Understand courts, youth rights, school advocacy, public policy, and how decisions get made.

Build confidence, teamwork, communication, accountability, and the skills to move an idea into action.

Turn lived experience and community knowledge into youth-led projects, campaigns, events, and solutions.

Connect with a youth-centered Participatory Defense space for support, advocacy, leadership, and collective power.

Learn how young people can identify an issue, build a message, speak with decision-makers, and organize responsibly.

Practice telling your story safely, presenting ideas, facilitating conversations, and speaking with confidence.

Map community strengths, invite people into action, plan meetings, and build lasting teams.

Learn courtroom roles, common stages, respectful court support, and how to prepare useful questions for counsel.

Explore how laws, budgets, agencies, and public decisions affect young people and neighborhoods.

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Explore law, criminal justice, social work, policy, advocacy, reentry, organizing, research, and public-service careers.

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Connect with trusted adults and justice professionals who can share guidance, skills, and career perspective.

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Support outreach, youth events, resources, communications, Hub projects, and community education.

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Verified internship opportunities will be posted with eligibility, dates, responsibilities, and application details.

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Celebrate young leaders only with informed permission and the privacy level they choose.

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Create explainers, interviews, art, videos, event ideas, and campaigns shaped by young people.

Attorney / lawCriminal justiceSocial workPolicyAdvocacyReentryCommunity organizingResearchPublic service

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