Alex Ames

2022 Fellow

Alex (any pronouns) is a Fellow for Seek Common Ground’s Student Action Network for Equity, building power, resources, and community among student organizers nationwide. Alex is a current college student studying policy in Atlanta, and serves as founder, board member, and Organizing Director at the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition. She is a visionary and strategist in the youth-led education justice movement. Alex brings to S.A.N.E. their experience incubating thousands of student organizers, halting Don’t Say Gay legislation, and building victorious pressure campaigns for public school budgets in Georgia.

Skills/Workstreams: Narrative storytelling, coalitions across identity lines, political education programming, and youth-led strategy.

Personal journey: Child of two public school teachers, artist and organizer in Atlanta. Running, painting, reading, writing.