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California Fund for Youth Organizing
(A project of the Tides Foundation)
Grantees - Summer 2002
In July 2002, the Advisory Committee of the California Fund for Youth Organizing, a project of the Tides Foundation, awarded $240,000 in general support grants to 12 organizations in areas of California where youth organizing efforts are under-resourced-the Central Valley, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Grants were awarded as follows:
American Friends Service Committee/U.S. Mexico Border Program - $15,000
San Diego
To hire a youth outreach worker for the “Know Your Rights” Campaign which will include trainings and forums on human rights abuses along the Mexican/U.S. border for youth of color.
Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Inc. - $15,000
Los Angeles
To support two student run groups at Gardena and Carson High Schools to wage campaigns that address cultural conflicts in their schools through sensitivity trainings, establishment of a teen center, and by promotion of ethnic studies classes.
Communities for a Better Environment - $15,000
Los Angeles
To build a broad youth movement in Southeast Los Angeles to reduce industrial pollution and improve community health by organizing a yearly environmental justice youth conference, a summer leadership institute, three chapters in local high schools, and toxic tours to see some of Los Angeles’ most contaminated sites.
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment/South Central Youth Empowered Through Action (SCYEA) - $15,000
Los Angeles
To support organizing of SCYEA chapters in six high schools in South Central Los Angeles to increase the number of students who graduate from high school and are prepared to go to college through a campaign to hold schools accountable for A-G course requirements and to run a eight week political education training over the summer.
Fresno Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) - $20,000
Central Valley
To increase the number of GSA chapters from 15 to 25 in the Central Valley; to train gay and straight youth in organizing and advocacy; and, to continue to hold school districts accountable to the AB537 anti-discrimination policy, passed in 2000.
Khmer Girls in Action - $20,000
Los Angeles
To restructure the organization, originally known as the Hope Project for Girls, to fully integrate girl members into all levels of decision-making; to provide ongoing leadership opportunities for members; and, to research campaigns to improve the lives of Khmer girls in Long Beach.
Q-Team - $15,000
Los Angeles
To organize and train lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young people to work on social justice issues; to provide ongoing leadership training to its members, to network with other LGBT youth of color groups nationally, and to convene a summit in Spring 2003.
Sacramento Area Congregations Together (SACT)/Youth Acting Together - $20,000
Central Valley
To build on the success of SACT’s campaign last year that reduced the cost of public transportation for youth; to continue training young people in local religious institutions on community organizing to implement a youth agenda in Sacramento for quality education and after school programs.
San Diego Youth Organizing Communities (SDYOC) - $30,000
San Diego
To support youth members of SDYOC chapters at three low-performing high schools to spearhead a campaign to implement ethnic studies classes; to create educational priority zones for failing schools; and, to facilitate a summer leadership institute.
San Fernando Valley Partnership/San Fernando Valley Youth Organization - $15,000
Los Angeles
To support two youth led groups at local high schools to organize culturally competent campaigns to reduce alcohol and tobacco use; to organize a yearly leadership summit for 500 teens; and, to increase youth involvement in the overall leadership of the organization.
Youth Justice Coalition (YJC) - $30,000
Los Angeles
To mobilize at least 250 young people to address the race and class-based inequities in Los Angeles juvenile justice policies; to challenge the lack of due process and community input in the implementation of gang injunctions and the gang database; to improve conditions at LA County juvenile halls; and, to push the County to develop community-based, owned, and operated alternatives to arrest, detention, and incarceration.
Youth Organizing Communities - $30,000
Los Angeles
To support YOC’s “strike school,” a four-month series of workshops at two East Los Angeles high schools on the fundamentals of community organizing; to host an annual media camp; and to coordinate the statewide Schools Not Jails Network.
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