Turn what you care about into a strategy for change.

MOVE is built by and for young people providing the knowledge, tools, and guidance to understand civic challenges, develop stronger strategies, and take meaningful action.

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Built by young people who know what it feels like to care deeply—and not know where to start.

Why MOVE

Young people are not apathetic. The systems around them have not adapted.

Young people are already questioning, organizing, communicating, and building communities in new ways. But many institutions still treat them as audiences, beneficiaries, or occasional consultants instead of decision-makers.

The problem is not a lack of interest. It is a lack of meaningful opportunities, accessible tools, strategic support, and real power.

Young people care.
Their participation may not always look like traditional engagement.
Access is not influence.
Being invited into a room does not mean having power within it.
Energy needs strategy.
Caring about an issue is the beginning—not the complete plan.

From intention to action

A clearer path from “I care” to “I know what to do next.”

Knowledge

Understand the forces shaping your civic space.

Discover lessons from real youth movements and civic experiences. Learn how people organize, communicate, adapt, and create change in different contexts.

Strategy

Turn your understanding into a practical plan.

Diagnose the problem, map power, identify allies, define objectives, build narratives, manage risks, mobilize people, and evaluate progress.

Action

Get personalized guidance for your next move.

Use CIVIS, MOVE's AI civic coach, to reflect on your challenge, strengthen your decisions, and identify practical next steps.

CIVIS

A GENERATION IN CONSTANT MOTION

Change starts wherever you are.

Every node is a young person choosing to act. When young people across the world move together, local action becomes a global force.

One ecosystem. Three ways to move.

The MOVE platform.

Knowledge

The Unwritten Rules of Civic Space

A collection of 6 practical lessons drawn from youth movements and civic experiences across different regions. It explores what helps collective action survive, adapt, communicate, and create meaningful change. It includes the case study of Serbia, Nepal, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua and Kenya. Different stories, different contexts but yet similar challenges.

Before you use these resources

Interested in using MOVE's resources in a workshop, classroom, organization, or project? Please contact us beforehand at heymoveorg@gmail.com and tell us how you plan to use them. Keep all author credits and MOVE branding intact. Redistribution, translation, adaptation, sale, or publication under another name requires prior written permission from the relevant rights holder. Third-party materials retain their respective rights.

Antes de utilizar estos recursos

¿Quieres utilizar los recursos de MOVE en un taller, clase, organización o proyecto? Escríbenos previamente a heymoveorg@gmail.com y cuéntanos cómo piensas utilizarlos. Conserva los créditos de autoría y la identidad de MOVE. La redistribución, traducción, adaptación, venta o publicación bajo otro nombre requiere autorización previa y por escrito del titular de los derechos correspondientes. Los materiales de terceros conservan sus respectivos derechos.

Key themes

Participation does not require permission
Collective action outlasts individual efforts
Digital spaces are civic spaces
What people cannot understand, they cannot defend
Movements need a vision, not only a demand
Adaptation is essential

Strategy

Youth Engagement Playbook

A practical toolkit that helps young people understand their context, map their ecosystem, design strategies, mobilize people, communicate effectively, assess risks, and learn from action.

Before you use these resources

Antes de utilizar estos recursos

Five areas

Understand the Context
Know Yourself and Your Ecosystem
Build Your Strategy
Mobilize and Communicate
Learn and Adapt

ACTION WITH GUIDANCE

CIVIS

Meet your AI civic coach.

CIVIS helps young people think through civic challenges, test ideas, reflect on risks, strengthen strategies, and identify practical next steps.

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What CIVIS is

A thinking partner that asks better questions
Guidance adapted to your context
A way to turn reflection into action
Not a replacement for human judgment
It will never tell you what to do or believe

Your next move starts here

How it works.

Start with what you care about
Identify the issue, challenge, or change you want to address.
Understand your reality
Explore the context, people, institutions, power relationships, risks, and opportunities surrounding the issue.
Build your strategy
Select the tools and learning path that match your experience, time, and goals.
Make your next move
Use what you have learned to choose a realistic action, test it, learn, and adapt.

Start My Journey

Choose where you are

You do not need to have everything figured out. Start where you are.

I care about an issue, but I do not know where to begin.

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Start with Quick Start

Time: Approximately 30 minutes

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I have an idea or campaign and need a stronger plan.

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Build a Campaign

Time: Approximately 2–3 hours

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I am ready to develop a comprehensive strategy.

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Enter the Strategy Lab

Time: Complete strategic journey

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CIVIS

AI Civic Coach for the next generation of leaders.

Not sure where to start?

Let CIVIS help you find your next move.

You do not need to have everything figured out. Tell CIVIS where you are, what you are trying to change, and how much time you have. It will help you identify the Playbook level that fits your needs.

ASK CIVIS →

Personalized guidance. Clearer questions. A stronger next move.

Built differently

Not another project designed for young people without young people.

Youth-centered by design

MOVE begins with the realities, language, questions, and needs of young people.

Strategy, not just inspiration

It moves beyond motivational messages by providing practical tools for real decisions.

Context before templates

MOVE does not assume the same solution works everywhere. Understand your reality before taking action.

A space to experiment

Question, test ideas, make mistakes, reflect, and find your next move without needing all the answers first.

Built by young people who understand what it means to care deeply, navigate uncertainty, and search for a meaningful way to act.

The story behind MOVE

It started with a question about youth apathy. The research revealed a different problem.

MOVE began with a question: Why are so many young people described as apathetic or disengaged from democracy?

Conversations, research, and experiences with youth activists across different countries revealed a different reality. Young people are not indifferent. Many are already participating, organizing, communicating, and creating alternatives—but traditional institutions often fail to recognize these forms of engagement or provide meaningful pathways for leadership.

MOVE was created to help close that gap by making civic knowledge, strategic tools, and personalized guidance more accessible to young people who want to create change.

You already care. Now decide what comes next.

Explore the knowledge. Build your strategy. Make your next move.

Find Your Next Move

Try CIVIS

A space to question, experiment, make mistakes, and find your next move.

Turn what you care about into a strategy for change.

Young people are not apathetic. The systems around them have not adapted.

Young people care.

Access is not influence.

Energy needs strategy.

A clearer path from “I care” to “I know what to do next.”

Knowledge

Strategy

Action

Change starts wherever you are.

The MOVE platform.

The Unwritten Rules of Civic Space

Youth Engagement Playbook

Meet your AI civic coach.

How it works.

Start with what you care about

Understand your reality

Build your strategy

Make your next move

You do not need to have everything figured out. Start where you are.

I care about an issue, but I do not know where to begin.

I have an idea or campaign and need a stronger plan.

I am ready to develop a comprehensive strategy.

Let CIVIS help you find your next move.

Not another project designed for young people without young people.

Youth-centered by design

Strategy, not just inspiration

Context before templates

A space to experiment

It started with a question about youth apathy. The research revealed a different problem.

You already care. Now decide what comes next.

From a fellowship in Washington to a global platform.

Eva Sierra

KEEP MOVING.