The ForYouPage.Org Manifesto

A Movement of Youth Agency and Collective Flourishing

Preamble

We are the youth of 2023, scrolling through feeds at 3 AM, feeling disconnected in a hyper-connected world, watching ice sheets melt and mental health crises surge while being told our anxiety is just "part of growing up." But we know a deeper truth: our struggles aren't weakness, but a signal that this world needs to change. And we are the ones with the power to change it.

Our Vision

We create a world where every youth has the collective resources, resilience, and power to be a changemaker in their own community. Where authenticity triumphs over conformity, agency over powerlessness, and compassion over divisions. We envision a world where scrolling through #FYP shows youth in action - helping at shelters, growing community gardens, organizing protests, speaking truth to power - where social media becomes a canvas of our generation being kind, fierce, and simply real.

Our Core Values

Agency: Our power comes not from capital or credentials, but from our radical commitment to ourselves and each other's flourishing

Authenticity: No filters, no pretending we've got it all figured out, no changing ourselves to fit with others. First step to changing the world: Be who we are.

Compassion: In a world built on division, choosing to be kind is radical. Non-violent communication isn't just a buzzword - it's how we build something new

Openness: No gatekeeping power or hoarding resources. What we learn, we share. What we build belongs to all

Joy: They expect us to be constantly producing, competing, consuming. Instead, we choose party

Our Theory of Change

Personal flourishing drives collective transformation

Our journey isn't a straight line. It starts with the radical act of taking care of ourselves - of saying "my well-being matters" in a world that treats us as metrics. But that's just the beginning.

Every time one of us finds our voice, we help others find theirs. Every community garden we plant, every protest we organize, every mental health support group we run proves that youth agency can transform our world.

Individual → Community → Movement

This is how we move: From individual healing to collective power From Instagram activism to real-world change From isolated struggles to united movement From surviving alone to flourishing, together

Call to Action

To every youth feeling powerless, every advocate working in isolation, every changemaker seeking community: You belong here. Together, we're building more than an organization - we're creating a new way of being where personal flourishing drives collective change and youth lead the transformation of our world.

Our Pledge

We pledge to remain true to these principles, to prioritize people over systems, to value authenticity over conformity, and to build power through compassion and connection. We are ForYouPage.Org, and this is our commitment to each other and to the world we are creating.

This manifesto is a living document, shaped by the collective wisdom of our community and the evolving needs of our movement.

This document is revised on Dec 2024. Founding Original Manifesto is available here.