On Deck This Summer
🌱 Young people everywhere are invited to participate in Youth250 programs, activated locally in all 50 states and online.
📣 Organizations, leaders, institutions and media can host programs, feature youth voices, use the Youth250 Toolkit and Gen Z Scorecard, and join Civic Season and the inaugural Youth Takeover Day.
For Organizations and Leaders
Join in hosting the programs above, or explore these tools to help you inform, inspire and include the next generation –in the 250th and beyond.
Launched in Teen Vogue on July 4, 2025 with 30+ prominent co-signers, we called on institutions to "bring us in" to every room where decisions are made.
What We've Built
As the U.S. turns 250, young people’s stories and perspectives add an important lens to our national story – and we need their voices to help younger generations discover this anniversary.
Young people are looking for ways to contribute to civic life. Find a role, opportunity or platform through Youth250.
Our Impact
About Youth250
As we mark 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, the largest youth generation in American history is entering adulthood – taking up the mantle of active, engaged citizenship.
This generation will shape our future. What if we invited them to? What if young people led the U.S. 250th, not as an afterthought, but as architects, narrators and beacons of culture – telling our nation's story, guiding our institutions and writing the next chapter?
With Youth250, we're increasing youth contribution, influence and visibility – and strengthening our institutions' resilience and trust at the same time.
FAQ
Wait, what even is the 250th?
Why should we commemorate the 250th?
Why should young people be involved in this moment?
We haven’t thought of doing anything for America’s 250th, why should we?
I wouldn’t call myself patriotic, is this program for me?
Key Champions
Press & Contact
FOR PRESS, BRANDS AND SUPPORTERS
Please contact Alex Edgar at Alex@HistoryMadeByUs.org for our press kit, sponsorship information and other partnership inquiries.
It doesn't stop here…
All of the United States' founding documents will cross the quarter-millennium milestone in the next 15 years, as all of Gen Z and Gen Alpha step into adulthood. To inspire future generations to understand, sustain and improve American democracy, we’ll need to build the institutional muscle to connect with youth – not just for the 250th, but for the next 250.
