On November 30th, over 50 Youth Together students gatheredat city hall in Oakland, Ca. and then marched to a local Chevron
gas station to demand more money for education.
Because of laws like proposition 13 Chevron, the largest cooperation in California, enjoys millions from its under-assessed properties and Youth Together and our Kids Count! campaign [...]
Youth Together’s staff, students and board members, along with the Oakland community, speak out against the New Interim Oakland Unified School District Police Chief.
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Saying Good Bye to a longtime Organizer
For the past decade Sagnicthe Salazar has been a part of the Youth Together family. She has grown up with us and become a great leader and teacher to not only the students but to her peers. It is with great appreciation and a bit of sadness that at [...]
Youth Empowerment School is Closing it’s Doors
With the massive budget cuts coming from Sacramento, schools likes Youth Empowerment School (YES) are becoming the front line of the ongoing war on public education. Due in large part to the de-funding of public education in CA and around the country, at the end of the [...]
Skyline OLOP Updates
In the past month, the youth center after school program has seen an increase of students and parents seeking more academic support. As of March 14, 2011 the after-school program currently supports thirty students one on one and over seventy-five collaboratively across campus. OLOP has five college tutors [...]
Our 10th Annual Ethnic Studies Conferences is taking place March 16th, 2011. The vision of the conference is to promote and introduce high school students to Ethnic Studies and higher education, while also introducing them to student organizing and grounding them in their own leadership. We would love to work with you on coordinating a [...]
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Bay Area Students Take the DOE to School
The Federal government has recognized what youth organizers have known for over a decade, that students know the most about what is needed to improve schools. On October 18th, 2010 the Department of Education, in conjunction with the Alliance for Educational Justice and California’s Campaign for Quality Education [...]
As part of the Campaign for Quality Education (CQE), Youth Together, along with other grassroots organizations, rallied and held a press conference on July 13, 2010 on the steps of the Alameda County Courthouse. Scores of people gathered to support the filing of a historic lawsuit known as CQE v. CA. The CQE represents thousands [...]
The city needs to demonstrate the political and economic will behind its call for justice by investing in a long-term strategy for true peace. Youth Together supports the following demands and the organizing and media work being done (by the New Year’s Movement, the SF Bayview, and the African People’s Socialist Party) to win them (click on post to read more):
Rights of Passage: Building Future Leaders. An end of the year celebration honoring Youth Together’s graduating seniors happening May 21st at the Humanist Hall in Oakland.
Over six hundred high school students from throughout the Bay Area will attend Eastbay nonprofit Youth Together’s 9th Annual Ethnic Studies Conference at UC Berkeley. The theme, “Reclaiming Our Past, Fighting for Our Futures,” is a call for students to find strength in their histories as a tool to motivate them towards higher education. Students will participate in presentations and performances centered on race, culture health, media literacy, student organizing and art activism.
Youth Together believes that Quality Education is a Basic Human Right that determines individual and community well-being. We will participate in teach-ins and mobilizations in the SF East Bat that seek the preservation of this right.
The Department of Education recognizes that community engagement and involvement is a critical component in driving turnarounds for a successful effort. Please join us for a visit from U.S. Department of Education. We’ll listen to Director of Community Outreach Alberto Retana to learn about Title I SIG (School Improvement Grant) funds, the four intervention models for turning schools around, and discuss ways to drive reform locally.
Youth Together is proud to announce Shawn Ginwright as a panelist following the film screening of Greensboro: Closer to the Truth. The author, professor, activist, and founder of Oakland based non-profit, Leadership Excellence, will be on hand to discuss his methods of healing and restorative justice with urban youth. Come join us to view a moving documentary as well as hear and dialogue with amazing community activists restoring hope and justice in our communities.
From shutting down rat-infested prisons to improving voting registration and making college more accessible, young people put their energies into extraordinary actions that changed their communities, and the world.
Download Youth Together’s new mixtape! Themed after our slogan, “Peace, Unity & Justice,” we picked songs that have inspired us as organizers and activists.
Youth Together would like to invite you to join us for a very special event, taking place on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 6:00pm at The First Congregational Church of Oakland (2501 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA). Oakland is one of only 6 communities across the country that are participating in an innovative national dialogue project using the film Greensboro: Closer to the Truth to support reconciliation and justice efforts, and Youth Together has been selected to host the film locally.
Please show your support for East Bay youth leaders by making a donation to Youth Together today. Your gift will support our work at Richmond High and at all our school sites.
The community will come out Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 3:30p.m.–5:30p.m. to heal and support each other with a candlelight vigil at Richmond High.
