Youth for Refugee Advocacy aims to encourage dialogue and facilitate activities between American youth and resettled refugees in their communities. To accomplish this, YRA gives talks in schools or different young communities providing a brief overview of what the refugee crisis is and how it impacts their communities. These educational sessions are an essential part of YRA’s mission, as they work to dispel any counterfactual rhetoric or assumptions regarding the nature of the refugee crisis. These educational sessions then present young Americans with existing volunteer opportunities with refugees in their area. Additionally, YRA provides a framework for individuals to present their own volunteer ideas based on their interests. YRA, as a mediator, would be in contact with the refugee agencies in the youth’s communities and organize the initiatives in cooperation with the refugees, agencies, and any affiliated parties. YRA would oversee and fund all accepted initiatives, but they would be run by the youths themselves. The volunteer opportunities, especially those which are student led, are intended to help resettled refugees in adjusting to the United States and to give American youth an opportunity to directly interact with, and thus humanize, some of the individuals affected by the refugee crisis.