The group was founded in 2008 and has already hosted events such as: the Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition Queer & Allies Summit and the Second Chance Prom.
MSSC trains students and allies to make schools safer, while fighting for long-term policy change.
During their 2010 Queer Youth and Allies Summit, MSSC screened the Southern Poverty Law Center film "Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History.
MSSC believes that it is impossible to make schools safe without giving young people a voice; for this reason, the coalition is entirely youth led.
QYAB is made up of diverse high school and college age youth activists from across the state.