ACT UP!
Central Valley Youth Organizing Conference
October 25-26, 2003
Fresno State, University Center
Hook up to organizing skills, tools and tactics.
Build with youth activists across the state.
Strategize on how to expand the movement for youth
justice in your region and throughout California.
More.
The Youth Justice Institute (YJI) promotes, strengthens,
and mobilizes the human and collective potential of
underrepresented communities of the Central Valley through
research, education, organizing, and leadership development.
The Institute strives to create systemic change in the
educational, health, and juvenile justice systems.
Toward this vision YJI:
• Promotes
alternatives to juvenile incarceration and equitable
systemic changes in arenas such as education,
law enforcement, media, and health
• Increases
civic participation of youth and adults in
institutions that affect their daily lives
• Builds
pride, voice, and unity among underrepresented
youth through community education, organizing, and participatory
research
• Establishes
partnerships among organizations engaged in
issues of educational equity
• Strives
to become a funding source for organizations
whose programs carryout the goals of YJI
Today YJI celebrates:
• A
collaborative effort promoting alternatives to juvenile
incarceration. Initial efforts include a Central Valley
youth organizing convening, supported by the California
Fund for Youth Organizing.
• Hmong
Community Education Task Force (HCETF). YJI sponsors
and supports HCETF, a leading effort in bringing Fresno’s
Southeast Asian community together with governmental,
educational, and law enforcement agencies to address
common concerns.
• Youth
Grassroots Organizing (Youth GRO). YJI spearheaded Youth
GRO to promote equity in education for youth of color,
immigrants, and other underrepresented groups in the
Central Valley. By documenting local issues and perspectives
on educational equity, youth action researchers from
three Central Valley communities impact regional efforts
to improve educational opportunities for all.
QUOTE: "Teens want to be valued. We want to stand
up and want adults to listen. If people listen, what
we have to share will benefit many other youths’
lives."—Michelle, Teens Supporting Teens,
Woodland, CA
Past and current funders include the
James Irvine Foundation and the California Fund for
Youth Organizing.
For more information
Contact Manuel Perez at manuel@youthinfocus.net
or at (530) 758-3688.
Join us in supporting the vision.
If you are interested in becoming a funding partner,
contact Mark Miller at mark@larkspring.comor
at (916) 638-1733.
A project of the Central Valley Partnership for
Citizenship—engaging immigrants, migrants, and
refugees in the civic life of California’s Central
Valley
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