What happens in the daily life of a Youth First Texas volunteer or youth? You know, when they aren’t in the Big Room on Thursday or at Friday Night Dinner? Most of them have pretty …
“Lower the gates and let Scarborough Faire begin!”
Those are the words you would hear if you were one of the hundreds of people eagerly waiting in line to get into Scarborough Renaissance Festival, a seasonal …
Who? The Youth First Texas Youth Board cordially invite you to attend the Give Em’ Heel Urban Jungle Fashion Show!
What? The fashion show is the largest annual fundraiser event at YFT that is 100% youth-designed and 100% …
Do you believe in equality for all? Do you want to be part of a world record that will document your support for causes ranging from LGBT civil protections and education reform to environmental activism …
Help GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) inform education policymakers and the public about what’s really going on in our nation’s schools by completing the 2011 National School Climate Survey, GLSEN’s seventh national …
In the midst of April, National Poetry Month, the youth of Youth First Texas began sharpening their pencils and preparing for the Poetry Contest. Each youth was asked to submit at least …
Youth First Texas recently learned that the rolling blackouts in late February damaged our telephone system, causing us to miss some calls and preventing us from retrieving any voicemails left in the system. This combined …
On Maundy Thursday, Zoe, Dorian Mooneyham, Aunt Melanie, Chris Rubalcava, Giancarlo Mossi, Oliver Blumer, and I volunteered to go to the Church of the Transfiguration in Far North Dallas to help serve soup as part …
On Sunday, March 6th, 11 youth, accompanied by two volunteers, made their way down to Austin to participate in Lobby Day 2011. Their goal was to talk with as many legislators as possible about the …
SPEAKING UP | Members of Youth First Texas gather in Sen. Florence Shapiro’s office on Monday, March 7, as part of Equality Texas’ Lobby Day efforts. The teens visited lawmakers to tell their personal stories …