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Healthy Online Platforms for Everyone (HOPE) is a coalition to address social media ads and messages around alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and other substances. In 2018, San Mateo County Health contracted Youth Leadership Institute to create and lead the Healthy Online Platforms for Everyone (HOPE) Coalition to bring together prevention leaders across the state to understand how alcohol and substances messages reach youth’s social media feed. Since its implementation, HOPE Coalition carries out quarterly General Coalition meetings for prevention leaders, youth-serving organizations, and youth to mobilize campaign projects. https://yli.org/program/hope/ https://www.youthforhope.org/

Social Media has shaped us in so many ways unimaginable, especially young people who become online at an early age. The HOPE Podcast centers on our lived experiences, and with every issue, we imagine how we can design social media platforms to meet the needs of young people online. The HOPE Podcast is created by Edward Thomas, Sanjna Hegde, Rushil Ladhawala, and Vaibhava Rajesh, four youth activists discussing the positive and negative aspects of social media and exploring their own relationship with technology. The HOPE Podcast is a collaboration between Youth Leadership Institute HOPE and #GoodforMEdia. In Season 2, we invite you to join us on the podcast and host your own episode! what to expect: 3 Month Commitment and bi-weekly meetings 3 Workshops: Orientation, Script 101 and Recording 101 Be paired with a mentor Paid Opportunity! Deadline: March 12, 2025