Amachi Ambassadors is a specialized youth organizing, advocacy, and leadership development program for high school students impacted by parental incarceration, which:

• Equips students to become civically engaged and champion education reform and system change
• Amplifies youth voices
• Enriches the educational experience of students

The objectives are for students themselves to lead efforts to:

• Raise awareness, concern, and responsive actions in schools and the community around children and families with incarcerated loved ones;
• Dispel debilitating stigmas and prejudices related to familial incarceration; and
• Improve institutions that directly affect their lives