youth group

American  

noun

1. an organization of young people, as for social purposes, usually under the sponsorship of a church, political organization, or the like.

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Etymology

Origin of youth group

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

There, he would become a pillar of the community, building a youth group that Suleiman participated in.

From Salon

The former Black Panther leader, who died in 2016, battled drug addiction during the Shakur family’s years in Marin City, Calif. There’s a moment in the book before the aspiring emcee and Public Enemy fan joins Bay Area funk-rap group Digital Underground in 1990, where he is invited fly out to Atlanta to become the chairman of a civil rights youth group, the New Afrikan People’s Organization.

From Los Angeles Times

"Before, we used to go to Burkina to harvest maize, wheat and cereals... Now we don't cross the border," said Abdelrahman Ouattara, a youth group leader in the village of Tougbo.

From Barron's

“They’re really making a lot by thinking ‘How do I take an athlete that maybe was a diamond in the rough or maybe it wasn’t in the youth group and get them moving up the chain?’”

From The Wall Street Journal

At a youth group in Poole, Dorset, young people said their devices helped them stay in touch with friends and feel safer, but could also increase anxiety and peer pressure.

From BBC