Transforming Our Economy So Young People Can Thrive

A fundamental cause of social inequity is our capitalist economic system, which serves the needs of industry and corporate profits over the needs of the people who live and work here. In our vision, a just society creates safety by supporting us all with policies that help us meet our most basic human needs and ensure that we have equal access to employment, livable wages, and health care. Increasingly, young people find themselves in poverty due to crushing student debt, impacting every aspect of their lives, including their ability to start a family. URGE believes that young people deserve economic policies that allow them to grow and thrive.

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Support the Young People’s Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda 

Nov 16, 2024

Our view of liberation is a world in which we can live with justice, love freely, express our gender and sexuality, and define and create families of our choosing. The Young People’s Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda is a bold agenda that centers the needs and voices of young adults, particularly those who are LGBTQIA+ and people of … Read More

Advocates, Artists, and Students Rally for Reproductive Justice in Atlanta

Oct 22, 2024 / Press Release

Atlanta — On Saturday, October 19, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, and URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity, Representative Dr. Jasmine Clark (HD 108), and local activists and artists came together in Atlanta to celebrate the voices of young Latine, Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), … Read More

URGE Activists Attend Advocacy Day in Montgomery Alabama to Have their Voices Heard by Legislators

Apr 09, 2024 / Press Release

MONTGOMERY, AL – Today, URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity, in partnership with Alabama Campaign for Adolescent Sexual Health (ACASH) and AIDS Alabama, convened for Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy Day at the State House in Montgomery. Advocacy Day was attended by over 100 activists having their voices heard by their state legislators.   URGE, … Read More