Ash's Fundraiser for Maven Youth

For over a decade, Maven Youth has provided LGBTQ+ youth with free tech-driven leadership programs, mentorship, and safe spaces where they can thrive. Our youth gain skills, community, and hope. We don’t just offer resources; we build futures where queer youth lead with confidence.  

Right now, LGBTQ+ identities are under relentless attack—from legislation erasing our stories to rhetoric that paints our existence as a threat. For young people, this isn’t just political noise; it’s a direct assault on their safety, dignity, and futures. When schools ban queer history, when healthcare is criminalized, and when drag story hours are labeled 'dangerous,' what message does that send to LGBTQ+ youth? If the outcry for 'protecting kids' were genuine, why are queer children—already vulnerable to homelessness, mental health crises, and violence—being stripped of their right to thrive?         

With the country's increasing tension and companies less willing to work with Queer organizations we need your help more than ever, $1,000 dollars going along way to continuing providing free tech-education to disenfranchised youth.        

Will you donate $5 to $25 to help us reach our $1,000 goal to fund education in tech?         

Maven Youth exists to rewrite the narrative: no young person should have to choose between their identity and their dreams. By centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC youth in tech and art, we’re not just cultivating artists—we’re building a more inclusive, vibrant creative industry, one success story at a time.