Youth Volunteering
In CCL, you are never alone in taking climate action. There are several ways that you can get involved from the local, state and national levels. Discover a group of supportive individuals to help you get started in taking climate action.
CCL Youth Teams
If you are looking to work with youth or students around your own age, consider joining a CCL chapter with a Youth Team. Not all chapters have a Youth Team, so you may have the opportunity to initiate a CCL Chapter Youth Team in your area. It’s important for you to know that CCL does not have stand-alone youth chapters, but welcomes youth teams that are part of chapters. See below for a list of current CCL Chapter Youth Teams.
Arizona
Phoenix
California
Fresno
Lake Tahoe Area
Long Beach – South Bay Youth Team
Long Beach – South Bay
San Francisco Youth Team (In Progress)
San Francisco
San Mateo County
Silicon Valley North Youth Team
Silicon Valley
Marin County
Hawaii
State of HI
Illinois
State of IL
Massachusetts
State of MA
North Carolina
North Carolina State Youth Team (In Progress)
State of NC
Raleigh – Durham
Oregon
Portland Youth Team (In Progress)
Portland
Texas
Austin
Washington
Washington Youth Outreach Team
State of WA
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Youth Action Team (In Progress)
State of WI
No local team? Start one!
If you would like to start a CCL Chapter Youth Team, reach out to or learn more through the CCL Youth Leader Action Toolkit.
CCL National Youth Action Team
Are you looking to work with and engage other youth all across the country in order to build political will for a livable climate? Join the CCL National Youth Action Team (YAT)! The CCL National YAT focuses on supporting youth under 18 to be active, engaged, and empowered in building political will for climate solutions. We welcome young people and their adult allies to join us!
Here’s what the CCL National Youth Action Team is up to:
- Creating resources to support youth to take climate action
- Creating a collaborative, supportive national youth network
- Training youth to lobby
- Helping start chapter youth action teams
- Providing individual and group guidance to youth on ways to get involved with CCL and to take climate action
- Providing youth opportunities to showcase their knowledge and encourage peers to take action on climate change
- Developing and using social media and marketing strategies to encourage and drive climate actions
The CCL National Youth Action Team holds two video calls a month. On the first Sunday of the month, our youth-led Working Teams get together; these calls are for youth only. Every third Wednesday of the month we hold an educational call focusing on timely topics, and these calls are for youth and adult allies.