I Have A Future

Founded in 2008, I Have A Future (IHAF) (www.ihaveafuturema.us) is a social justice organization of youth organizers and allies who build power to win youth jobs and end mass incarceration through transformational leadership development, direct public action, and policy change. IHAF is a fiscally sponsored project of MCAN (mcan.us).

I Have A Future is a strategic policy and narrative campaign to move toward justice in each arena, and eliminate structures that are preventing low income, and young people of color from accessing true economic opportunity. Our main issue campaigns include the Campaign for Full Youth Employment and the Campaign to End Youth Criminalization.

I Have A Future engages teams of youth (ages 14-19) in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan and uplift their voices and amplify opportunities to strategize and practice the skills of direct public action and policy change.

Our victories in the past 13 years include securing $24 million for YouthWorks jobs programs, increasing the minimum wage to $15/hour, blocking a discriminatory “teen sub-minimum wage,” passing phase one of juvenile record expungement, and raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction from 7 to 11 years of age. We continue to organize our constituents and use the Rally to push the momentum for youth justice. 

We Are the I Have A Future Movement! Video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/jaz1CZbL4vQ