Alex Ames

Founder, Youth Organizing Strategist Georgia Youth Justice Coalition

Alex Ames (any pronouns) is a student, organizer, social movement scholar, and founder of the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition. Currently, they lead youth organizing strategy with the Partnership for Education & Equity Rights, supporting 12+ state coalitions for racially just school funding. Alex cut their teeth organizing thousands of students in victorious campaigns for labor-allied student mental health infrastructure, stopping Don’t Say Gay, reversing school board gerrymandering, executing mass political education campaigns in 50+ school districts, defeating book bans and vouchers, building student power, and securing the largest public education budget in Georgia’s history. Alex lives and works in Atlanta.