The Youth Section of North America
co-creating community, art, and opportunity through collaboration and spiritual striving
The mission of the Youth Section of North America is to create spaces for young people to meet and collaborate with others looking to connect, take initiative, and live with intentionality.
The Youth Section is inspired by anthroposophical ideas, and we strive to create opportunities for young people to discover how their gifts can be given to a world that needs them.
What is the Youth Section?
What does the Youth Section do?
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Study Groups and Community
We host weekly book studies on zoom, working with various spiritual texts, guided by the interest of the current group. Right now (early 2025), a group meets on Mondays working with How to Know Higher Worlds by Rudolf Steiner.
There are in-person study groups, classes, and opportunities in various local hubs.
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Annual Conferences
This year’s Summer Conference is Courage: From Idea to Initiative - August 3-7, 2026, in Fair Oaks, CA. We hope to see you there!
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Travel Support and Global Network
The North American Youth Section is part of a global network of young people. There are many opportunities to make connections across the world. We support young people to travel to and attend anthroposophical conferences to make connections with this global network.
COURAGE
from idea to initiative
Annual Youth Section Conference 2026
Come partake in changing the world! Calling young adults to this hub of courage—for initiative and for the task at hand.
Meristem in Fair Oaks, California
More Information:
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Participants:
young adults
Dates:
August 3-7, 2026
Who is a part of the Youth Section?
We are a peer-led, co-creative group of young people who believe that an anthroposophical worldview is an invaluable tool to help us find our way. Our organizing team is currently around 15 folks from around the USA, and our gatherings welcome many more.
We are Waldorf School alum, though not all of us! We are farmers, artists, teachers, students, tech bros, arts administrators, Camphill co-workers, filmmakers, musicians, librarians, professors, and more.
Anthroposophy is a non-religious spiritual stream which found its form in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the early 20th century. Centered originally in large part around the work of Rudolf Steiner, anthroposophy today informs movements from agriculture to academia, the arts, natural sciences, social and political forms, and more.
Anthroposophy in Context
