The Ethiopian American Youth Initiative is a nonprofit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. The Ethiopian American Youth Initiative (EAYI) will be a nation-wide association of Ethiopian and American youth with the intention of promoting Ethiopia in a new light, fostering the importance and knowledge of Ethiopia in culture, history and science and supporting youth-related efforts in Ethiopia. EAYI is a non-political, non-religious youth-based organization which prides itself on being an Ethiopian organization that strives to create a united youth movement for the betterment of Ethiopia.