# Future Coalition

Future Coalition is an American nonprofit organization resourcing movement-building solutions led by and for young people addressing the needs of their communities.

## History

Future Coalition was incubated by March On as their "youth arm."

### Leadership

Activist and social entrepreneur Katie Eder founded the organization and currently serves as the Board Chair.
Corryn Grace Freeman, a Florida-based social activist, joined as the organization's Executive Director in May 2023.

### Coalition

Future Coalition first launched as coalition of over 60 youth-led activist organizations focused on issues such as gun violence prevention, climate change, and social and racial justice.
The organizations from the coalition included 18by Vote, National Youth Rights Association, Bridge the Divide, Sunrise Movement, Box the Ballot, Students for Gun Legislation, Chicago Fuerte, Coalition of Students, DC Teens Action, Embracing Green, Global Minds, Indivisible Students, iMatter, March For Our Lives National, Moco4Change, March for Our Lives, National Die In, National School Walkout, Orange Generation, Parents Promise to Kids, Platform, Redefy, Shattering the Silence, Student Voice, Team Enough, Triangle People Power, Youth Empower, Zero Hour, and 50 Miles More.

## Campaigns
### Walkout to Vote

In September 2018, Future Coalition launched the #WalkoutToVote, a campaign with the goal of getting every eligible young person to vote in the 2018 midterm elections by encouraging them to walk out of their classrooms on election day and march to the polls to cast their ballots. Over 500 individual student-led walkouts took place in schools across the country. The campaign was supported on social media by Hillary Clinton, Snoop Dogg, Piper Perabo, Sarah Silverman, Bobby Umar, Debra Messing, Jane Lynch, Jon Cooper, Eric Swalwell, and HJ Benjamin and was credited with influencing high voter turnout among young people in the 2018 midterms.

### September 20 Climate Strike

Future Coalition was involved in helping organize the September 20 Climate Strike, an international strike and protest led by young people and adults held three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC on September 20 across the US and world to demand action be taken to address the climate crisis. The event is one of the largest climate mobilizations in US history. The event is a part of the school strike for climate movement.

### Earth Day Live

Future Coalition coordinated Earth Day Live, a three-day livestream celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in the United States.

### Vote With Us

Future Coalition coordinated the Vote With Us campaign to promote early voting in the 2020 United States presidential election. The campaign featured in-person events across the country and a virtual rally featuring notable celebrities and voting activists.

### March On for Voting Rights

Future Coalition and other notable civic organizations coordinated March On For Voting Rights is a mass mobilization on August 28, the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic March on Washington organized by March On and other notable civil rights leaders in response to Senate Republicans blocking the For The People Act.