NORTHBROOK, Sick., Might 23, 2025 – Seventy-nine percent of Gen Zers acknowledge the worth of neighborhood service, and communities thrive when youth like Abrianna Morales are geared up with the fitting alternatives and sources. On the TIME100 Impression Dinner: Leaders Shaping the Way forward for Philanthropy, The Allstate Basis named Abrianna the inaugural recipient of The Allstate Basis Younger Changemaker Award.
Abrianna is a nationally acknowledged advocate for survivors of sexual assault. She based the Sexual Assault Youth Support Network, a nonprofit that empowers younger survivors, and has labored tirelessly to raise the subsequent technology of youth leaders in sufferer providers. This yr, Abrianna was named a 2025 Rhodes Scholar, and plans to start collegiate analysis in philosophy, politics and economics on the College of Oxford to strengthen her coverage and advocacy work.
Abrianna has been concerned with The Allstate Basis’s youth empowerment program since 2023, attending companion convenings, contributing to the Basis’s “Leveraging the Potential of Youth Service” analysis report and co-editing the “In Our Own Voices”report. She additionally led an Allstate Basis youth empowerment workshop at SXSW EDU earlier this yr.
“I’m grateful for this award and urge different youth to make use of their unimaginable creativeness and abilities to serve their communities,” stated Abrianna. “Youth are all the time envisioning a greater world, and organizations like The Allstate Basis are uniquely positioned to present younger folks the instruments wanted to make that imaginative and prescient a actuality.”
“As a younger changemaker myself, I do know the worth of empowerment and investing in these concepts to create significant affect by youth service,” stated Alex Quian, head of youth empowerment at The Allstate Basis. “We’re dedicated to supporting Abrianna’s and different younger leaders’ journeys to encourage much more youth throughout the nation to serve their communities.”
Learn extra about Abrianna’s inspiring work in TIME’s characteristic here.
Sixty-two p.c of Gen Z imagine they’ll change the world. That’s 42 million youth prepared to enhance their communities. The Allstate Basis is working throughout the nation to equip youth with the instruments and assist they should lead.
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About The Allstate Basis
The Allstate Foundation empowers folks and communities to thrive. Established in 1952, we take a trust-based strategy to philanthropy that facilities the wants of the nonprofit and the stakeholders they serve. By means of daring actions and provoking folks to behave, we empower youth to serve, disrupt the cycle of relationship abuse, and enhance entry to thriving-wage careers. We amplify all company and agent volunteer efforts by our Serving to Arms match and grant applications, assist communities earlier than and after disasters and develop nonprofit leaders and boards by the Nonprofit Management Middle. Be taught extra at www.allstatefoundation.org, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
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