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WE GOT US™ — A NATIONAL YOUTH MOVEMENT.

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Young people are not just in need of services. Young people are part of the solution.

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✧ HEAL ✧ CREATE ✧ LEAD ✧ ADVOCATE ✧ TRANSFORM

SEE THE MOVEMENT IN ACTION

WATCH THE STORY

Hear directly from the young people, educators, and community leaders helping turn healing into leadership and ideas into action.

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WE SHOW UP. WE SUPPORT. WE BUILD. WE GOT US.

It Started When We Listened

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The We Got Us Movement was born from a collective realization: youth are not just in need of services. We are part of the solution. Our story began with a simple act of listening—gathering the voices of young people across our communities to create a national platform for peer-to-peer mental wellness and civic engagement.

“We are the change we have been waiting for.”

— The We Got Us Movement

HEAL

Young people receive tools to understand their emotions, recognize signs of distress, support

their peers responsibly, and connect one another to trusted adults and professional resources.

CREATE

Youth use music, poetry, writing, storytelling, theater, movement, visual art, and digital media as

tools for healing and advocacy.

LEAD

Young people become Peer Mental Health Ambassadors, mentors, researchers, facilitators,

organizers, and community representatives.

ADVOCATE

Students study the issues affecting their schools and communities, develop policy

recommendations, and bring their ideas to decision-makers.

TRANSFORM

Young people turn lived experience, research, and advocacy into programs, public campaigns,

policy proposals, and legislation.

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THE IMPACT

We are transforming the national conversation on youth mental health through peer-led action and civic engagement.

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Students to Washington, D.C.

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Safe Spaces Created Nationally

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Cities with Youth Leadership

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Youth-Driven Policy Change
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From Safe Spaces to Capitol Hill

OUR CITIES

We are building a national network of peer-led wellness hubs in communities across the country.

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EAST ORANGE, NJ
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NEWARK, NJ
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CLEVELAND, OH
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BIRMINGHAM, AL
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BOSTON, MA

YOUTH VOICES

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“WE ARE THE SOLUTION TO OUR OWN WELLNESS. TOGETHER, WE CAN LEAD THE WAY.”

“CREATIVE EXPRESSION IS OUR POWER. WE ARE CREATING A FUTURE WHERE EVERY VOICE IS HEARD.”

“TOGETHER, WE ARE A MOVEMENT. WE ARE LEADING, ADVOCATING, AND TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITIES.”

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“WE ARE NOT JUST IN NEED OF SERVICES. WE ARE THE SOLUTION. WE ARE THE FUTURE.”

“TOGETHER, WE ARE A POWERFUL FORCE. WE ARE HEALING, CREATING, AND LEADING THE WAY.”

“WE ARE THE SOLUTION. WE ARE THE FUTURE. WE ARE THE POWER OF YOUTH VOICES.”

WE GOT US DAY

We Got Us Day is our national celebration of youth-led healing and collective power. Join us as we transform our communities through peer-to-peer wellness, creative expression, and civic engagement.

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Bring We Got Us to Your City

Join our national movement in your local community. We are building peer-led mental wellness hubs and civic engagement centers across the country.

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