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title: How the Colorado Youth Congress is empowering high school students to fight for racial justice
description: News:The power of getting together, even through a Zoom, is a power Sam Battan wanted to unleash when he created Colorado Youth Congress in 2017.
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# [How the Colorado Youth Congress is empowering high school students to fight for racial justice](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/how-the-colorado-youth-congress-is-empowering-high-school-students-to-fight-for-racial-justice)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 03/15/22

The power of getting together, even through a Zoom, is a power Sam Battan wanted to unleash when he created Colorado Youth Congress in 2017. Battan recruits 40 students from high schools around the state for an after-school leadership program students and staff refer to as "CYC." Sammy Kidane is a senior at DSST: Byers Campus. He said that CYC has taught him how to be an organizer and how to connect with others on issues racial justice.

Read the full [9News story here](https://www.9news.com/article/news/education/colorado-youth-congress/73-ec9fedeb-df41-4442-890b-0d58d9b3477d).

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