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Para Los Ni�os, founded in 1980, is a nonprofit family service agency designed to raise at-risk children out of poverty and into brighter futures through positive educational opportunities and support involving families and communities. The agency serves more than 3,500 families each year and more than 1,300 children, ranging from 6 weeks to 18 years old, each weekday. Programs and services are located at 15 sites in Pico-Union, Central, East, West, and South Central Los Angeles, and Ontario.
TODEC Legal Center
TODEC Legal Center, Perris was founded as a neighborhood-based initiative to assist families in meeting the critical challenges of becoming self-sufficient. TODEC has served the Perris, Riverside, and San Bernadino areas since 1984. The organization currently serves over 10,000 people annually, having served more than 50,000 participants since its founding. TODEC�s current focus areas include ESL, U.S. history, and citizenship classes through a substantial grant received from the California Department of Education. It also offers classes aimed at promoting self-sufficiency which include adult basic education classes, computer training, upholstery, and basic office skills. Educational programs offered by TODEC target low-income migrant workers, limited-English-speaking people, and families living in poverty.
Valley Community Clinic
The mission of Valley Community Clinic (VCC) is to enhance the well-being of the community by providing quality comprehensive medical, counseling, and health education services with an emphasis on prevention. All services are provided at little or no cost to individuals, regardless of race, beliefs, or ability to pay. The health of a low-income family, a worker without employee benefits, a homeless indigent, or a struggling student affects the well-being of everyone. Thanks to the support and goodwill of individuals who care, VCC has been able to provide a healthier, safer, and brighter environment for all for over 25 years
Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
The mission of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation is to maximize human potential to improve communities by preserving, promoting, and applying the legacy and universal values of civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez. Cesar�s dream for a better and more just world has guided the Foundation�s vision. Through programming, the Foundation strives to empower individuals so that they may fully realize their inherent and unlimited potential to make a difference in their own lives, in their communities, and in the world as a whole. In 1993, Cesar�s family and friends established the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation to educate people about the life and work of this great American civil rights leader, and to inspire individuals and communities to carry on his values and timeless vision for a better world. The organization has increasingly been recognized as a national institution with an ecumenical vision and ambitious programmatic goals. From the fields of the Southwest to urban centers throughout the nation, Cesar�s struggle for justice, equality, and civil rights and the work of the Foundation he inspired are resonating with Americans from diverse walks of life.
National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) Los Angeles
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund is the leading organization that empowers Latinos to participate fully in the American political process, from citizenship to public service. Established in 1981, the NALEO Educational Fund carries out its mission by developing and implementing programs that promote the integration of Latino immigrants into American society, developing future leaders among Latino youth, providing assistance and training to the nation's Latino elected and appointed officials, and conducting research on issues important to the Latino population.
Future Leaders of America
Through a tangible, structured, multi-year program for English and Spanish speaking youth and families, the Future Leaders of America (FLA) addresses the pitfalls of low expectations, low academic achievement, and risky behavior involving sex, drugs, and gangs. For the past 20 years, FLA has developed hundreds of volunteers, graduates of the initial leadership camp, who continue to implement their newfound skills and educate new groups of youth and parent participants. FLA teaches youth specific skills through a peer-to-peer mentorship model that helps them increase academic achievement, engage in their communities, and reach out beyond their existing social group to participate in a broader range of leadership and service learning activities. Youth who complete the flagship Leadership Camp after 8th or 9th grade continue their involvement in FLA by participating in FLA clubs in their high school, attending staff training for volunteers, joining the cadre of volunteer staff to run future camps for new youth and families, as well as coordinating events and workshops in schools, local government, and universities throughout the nation.
North Valley Caring Services
The mission of NVCS is to empower neighborhood residents to build a vision of their community's future and to actively engage in solving local problems.
NVCS provides a safe place for the community to gather, receive services, and share resources. NVCS' goals are to ensure that 1) parents in the community can provide their families with a safe and healthy home environment and 2) that disadvantaged children and youth develop physical health and positive self-esteem; complete their education; participate in wholesome activities; and transition into stable, thriving adulthoods. In addition, NCS offers access to resources and free breakfast & food pantry for homeless and poverty-striken families.
Palomar College - GEAR UP
GEAR UP is a $4.5 million grant funded by the United States Department of Education. GEAR UP offers a variety of services and early intervention programs to help make college possible for everyone. GEAR UP not only helps students, it also has programs for parents and teachers, ensuring success for all.
All 6th, 7th, and 8th grade San Marcos Middle School students participate in the GEAR UP program, with extended services focusing on the 7th and 8th graders. GEAR UP is designed to create a college-headed culture in middle schools, while continuing to serve the students as they proceed through high school graduation. GEAR UP will move with the students from their middle school years to high school graduation in 2011 and 2012. It will work to ensure the students are prepared for and enrolled in the college of their choice or ready for any post-secondary education or a career.
Watts Century Latino Organization
The Watts/Century Latino Organization (WCLO) was formed in August 1990 to work to improve the quality of life for all Watts area residents and to ensure that the special needs of the growing Latino population are addressed. WCLO targets needs ranging from government accountability to locally-based service programs. Presently, the organization is working to create a community center, establish a neighborhood watch program, develop programs to improve inter-ethnic relations, and establish neighborhood citizenship classes to promote full participation in the political process. WCLO has established a partnership with city council and other government officials to ensure outreach to the community, has drafted notices in Spanish; and organized hundreds of residents to attend community meetings.
Acci�n Latina
Acci�n Latina is a nonprofit, San Francisco-based organization founded in 1985 to promote social change and cultural pride in the Latino community. It produces a bilingual newspaper and an annual Latino music festival, and coordinates a journalism project for community youth. Its projects are a training ground for young people educating them on cultural traditions, increasing their social awareness, and inspiring them to serve the community. Acci�n Latina is a volunteer-based collective committed to excellence in Latino education, art and culture. Its office is located in the Mission district, San Francisco's historic Latino community.
Associated Students Organization
The ASO cultivates an experience in student government. By becoming a part of the team, students receive transcript recognition and a great r�sum� builder. When joining the ASO, the possibilities are endless. Students have opportunities to participate in regional and national conferences in locations such as Washington, D C and experience politics in action. By joining the ASO, students become a part of an experienced team dedicated to promoting student interests on local and national levels.
City Year, San Jose/Silicon Valley
City Year San Jose is a full-time program (M-F, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.). During the program volunteers serve as teachers� aids, mentors, and role models in either an elementary school or middle school in San Jose. City Year volunteers also run after school programs and tutor children individually and in group settings. The benefits of the program include:
� $230 weekly stipend � Free monthly VTA passes � Health insurance � Child care � Loan forbearance � $4,725 education award when you complete the program � Weekly leadership development workshops � Opportunity to give back to your community
Data Center
Data Center exists to build the capacity of a broad-based social justice movement that embodies, embraces, and honors diverse cultures to create the new systems and institutions essential to building a just and equitable world. The DataCenter's mission is to provide social justice advocates, especially for the poor and people of color, access to strategic information, analysis, and research skills that will help them conduct more effective campaigns..
Early Academic Outreach Program
Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) is an academically-challenging college-preparatory program for students who have the potential for college, but who need a little help getting ready. From elementary school on, students work with EAOP counselors and participate in challenging, rewarding academic programs that provide the extra academic edge which many students in private schools take for granted.
Latino Scholastic Achievement Corporation (LSAC)
Latino Scholastic Achievement Corporation (LSAC) helps youth develop and improve college essay-writing skills.
MEChA de CSUN
MEChA de CSUN has been existing since 1968 when it was originally founded as the United Mexican-American Students (UMAS). Under El Plan de Santa Barbara, the organization changed their name to MEChA and has been one of the most active student organizations on campus since. MEChA is the official recognized organization of the Chicana/o Studies Department at CSUN and continues to be on the forefront of many issues, most recently with the attacks on EOP and its disadvantaged students and the struggle against further fee increases in the CSU, UC, and Community College systems.
Current Events
MEChA, Calexico High School
This organization participates in various types of community service. MEChA has fundraised for el Teleton in Mexico, an event that raises money for disabled children, and for the tsumani relief. Additionally, the organization provides the elderly in the community with entertainment and company. Overall, MEChA's mission is to encourage tolerance and respect both within our high school and among our community members. MEChA�s members and the community are also encouraged to embrace their Hispanic Heritage by learning more about it.
Chicano Federation of San Diego County
Established in 1969, the Chicano Federation of San Diego County (CFSD) is a multipurpose organization serving the Latino community. CFSD's service area covers the entire county, and while the primary target population is low-income Latinos, services are also available to non-Latinos. CFSD's mission is to promote the self-sufficiency of San Diego County residents by building partnerships and providing education, economic development, advocacy, housing, and social service programs. CFSD's main service departments are youth and family services, senior services, child care services, housing and community development, leadership training, and advocacy.
Barrio Logan College Institute
Barrio Logan College Institute (BLCI), a 501 (c)(3) organization, has provided college preparation programs for underserved students in elementary school through high school for the last seven years. BLCI efforts focus on both first- and second-generation immigrant Latino families who live in the San Diego community of Barrio Logan.
More than 200 people, including youth- who attend 21 different schools- and their families, access BCLI�s services which include college preparation, educational enrichment, and support services. BCLI�s elementary, middle, and high school programs focus on college preparation including educational achievement using a holistic approach that is tailored to each student's unique psychological development, style of learning, and culture. BCLI�s parent, mentor, and technology programs weave additional personal support and innovative training methods into the educational programs. BLCI creates the village it takes to prepare a child for college, believing that when a child goes to college his or her life is transformed, and that this transformation ripples throughout their families and communities for generations. Thus, preparing kids for college has become BCLI�s passion and mission.
Barrios Unidos
The California Coalition of Barrios Unidos began as a community-based peace movement in the violent streets of urban California in 1977. Incorporated as a non profit organization in 1993, the national office of Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos established the mission to prevent and curtail violence among youth within Santa Cruz County by providing them with life enhancing alternatives. Over the past 25 years Barrios Unidos has developed a model that seeks to reclaim and restore the lives of struggling youth while promoting unity among families and neighbors through community-building efforts.
C-Beyond
C-Beyond exists to develop youth leaders who realize their individual and collective power to organize and create unity for the good of all people. It educates youth of color, low-income youth, young women, disabled youth, and LGBTQ youth in Concord and Bay Point/Pittsburg, California. C-Beyond believes that oppression affects everyone and is dedicated to fighting it in all forms, and continues to promote respect and unity for the liberation of all people.
Cl�nicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc.
Founded in 1970, Cl�nicas de Salud del Pueblo works to provide direct access to comprehensive, quality, primary, and preventive health care for underserved residents of the Imperial and Palo Verde Valleys of southern California. It operates six rural health clinics that provide walk-in medical services at an affordable cost. Its services include family planning, health education, Women and Infant Care (WIC), nutrition, social services, transportation, and a Boys & Girls Club.
Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County
The Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County is proud to serve the community of the greater Silicon Valley for more than 30 years. The Council is a nonprofit, community-based agency that provides a variety of comprehensive services and serves as the community child care link for families and child care professionals who live and work in Santa Clara County, California. The agency's mission is to promote the availability and accessibility of quality early care and education for all children in Santa Clara County through services to child care providers, parents, children, and the community at large.
Darin M. Camarena Health Center, Inc.
Founded in 1978, the Darin M. Camarena Health Center is a health care facility which provides exceptional medical and dental care services, educational services, and some social and community development services for people with limited service access in Madera County, California. Camarena Health Center spearheaded the development of a successful fixed-route transportation system within its target area. The Center provides an early literacy program entitled "Reach Out and Read" and is also spearheading a community-wide teen pregnancy prevention project. Successful business and strategic planning are the hallmarks of its program development processes: Camarena is at the forefront of a federally-funded pilot project to bring computerized health records into community health centers.
Chicano/Latino Youth Leadership Project, Inc.
The mission of Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, Inc. (CLYLP) is to enhance and further develop the leadership potential of California�s youth as they prepare to become the future leaders of the state and the nation. CLYLP seeks to fulfill its mission by strengthening students� knowledge of state and local politics; emphasizing the importance of cultural and family values; inspiring students to realize their academic and professional potential through individual and group interaction with business, community, and political leaders; and encouraging students to continue their education by attending college and providing them with the information they need to ensure success at the postsecondary level.
Delhi Community Center
Delhi Community Center is a nonprofit organization founded in 1969 to work with the diverse Latino community in developing leadership capacity and increasing participation in enhancing the community's health and social well-being. The Center accomplishes this by providing leadership training; family support services; HIV/AIDS education, prevention, and intervention; English-as-a-Second-Language; computer classes; science academy for youth; health access service for children 0-5; parenting classes; business training; cultural events; senior services; recreation services; citizenship workshops and classes; homework centers; and immigration counseling and assistance.
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) is a nonprofit organization, which was founded in 1986 to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees in Los Angeles. As a multiethnic coalition of community organizations and individuals, CHIRLA aims to foster greater understanding of the issues that affect immigrant communities, provide a neutral forum for discussion, and unite immigrant groups to more effectively advocate for positive change.
National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) Los Angeles: Latino College Leadership Institute
The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) is a human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry, and racism in America. NCCJ promotes understanding and respect among all races, religions, and cultures through advocacy, conflict resolution, and education.
National Latina Health Organization
The National Latina Health Organization (NLHO) works toward the goal of bilingual access to quality health care and self-empowerment of Latinas through culturally-respectful educational programs, health advocacy, outreach, research, and public policy.
Harvey Mudd College: Upward Bound
Harvey Mudd College: Upward Bound provides weekly academic tutoring in necessary subject areas at Harvey Mudd College and at high school sites.
Eastbay Spanish Speaking Citizens' Foundation
The primary purpose of Eastbay Spanish Speaking Citizens' Foundation (ESSCF) is to promote socioeconomic and educational opportunities in the Hispanic community of Oakland and the East Bay. The organization's mission is to "empower the individual and community to improve the quality of life while enriching our culture." ESSCF provides bilingual-bicultural family support services that include: advocacy and information, social services, citizenship and immigration services, youth development services, cultural arts, and Aztec Scholarship program.
El Centro del Pueblo
Founded in 1974, El Centro del Pueblo's mission is to provide social services such as counseling, drug prevention, social rehabilitation, employment, outreach, education, health services, and youth services in an effort to improve the quality of life in the diverse communities of Los Angeles County. El Centro is expanding its programs to include economic development, and will be purchasing a building for mixed-use commercial, low-income housing, and recreation space. El Centro's constituency is 98% Latino.
El Concilio del Condado de Ventura
El Concilio del Condado de Ventura is a nonprofit Latino advocacy and multiservice community organization. El Concilio provides a variety of services to the Latino community, including Youth for Success Program, Male Responsibility Program, Healthy Families Program, substance abuse education and prevention, HIV/AIDS education and prevention, and citizenship/naturalization services. In addition, El Concilio's community development component offers advocacy, community problem-solving, leadership development, organizational empowerment, research, and strategic planning services to the community.
El Proyecto del Barrio
Founded in 1970, El Proyecto del Barrio is a nonprofit organization providing bilingual/bicultural comprehensive community services and advocacy in the areas of drug and alcohol prevention and treatment, job training and employment, primary health care, and education. Their primary target population is Latino and other economically-disadvantaged youth and adults in the San Fernando Valley. El Proyecto's programs and services also include health education, family health care clinics, a prenatal service center, youth services, an early intervention program, an outpatient drug-free program, and a community resource center.
Mariachi Scholarship Foundation
Mariachi Scholarship Foundation�s mission is to enrich cultural diversity in area schools by providing culturally-relevant activities for local students. The Foundation provides training in mariachi music to students, helps build self-esteem of all participating students, and enhances student's educational experience through performance and exposure to positive community cultural events and experiences.
Join Hands Save a Life
Join Hands Safe a Life (JHSAL) is a community-based youth service program designed to be a community effort to enhance the lives of youth in North County San Diego. The program�s goal is to help relieve stress in the lowest-income families by providing free services for their children. JHSAL was formed to combat the growing number or juvenile gang, drug, and crime problems. JHSAL also serves approximately 300 children a year, mostly teens, through a number of sessions, events, and services available at no cost.
La Cl�nica de La Raza
Founded in 1971, La Cl�nica de La Raza is a community health care center that exists to improve the quality of life and health status in the East Bay by offering low-cost quality health care services for multilingual and multicultural populations at 22 locations in three counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties) with many of its patients served in the City of Oakland. La Cl�nica's comprehensive services include: pediatrics, family medicine, women's health care, mental health services, dental and vision care, and health education. The clinic offers these services regardless of people's ability to pay for insurance coverage. To most effectively serve the diverse community of the East Bay, La Cl�nica hires health practitioners who fluently speak Spanish, English, Chinese, as well as Hindi, Arabic, and Amharic. It also makes a concerted effort to recruit doctors, nurses, health educators, and other providers who come from the same cultures of its patients.
La Familia Counseling Service
La Familia Counseling Service is a community-based organization providing a broad range of human services with emphasis on community education and mental health. La Familia provides mental health counseling to low-income Hispanic residents in the San Francisco area. In addition, it provides counseling and community services, intensive treatment for children, youth programs, AIDS education, and services for persons with developmental disabilities.
The Lighthouse Community Charter School
The Lighthouse Community Charter School (LCCS) opened in the fall of 2002 in the Fruitvale-San Antonio neighborhood of Oakland, California. LCCS serves an ethnically diverse, primarily low-income K-12 student population and their families. The school�s mission is to prepare students for higher education or the career of their choice by equipping each child with the skills, knowledge, and habits to be successful in the 21st century. LCCS is guided by the principles that students must engage in a rigorous curriculum based in real-world projects and problems, that families must be involved in the school at every level, and that teachers must be constant learners in their pursuit of student achievement in becoming self-motivated, competent, lifelong learners. The school offers a family resource center that is coordinated by parents and provides needed resources and learning opportunities for families. In addition, community partnerships ensure that the school is better equipped to serve its students, families, and teachers.
Public Allies
Public Allies advances diverse young leaders to strengthen communities, nonprofits, and civic participation.
People United for a Better Oakland
PUELBO, in conjunction with the City of Oakland, has undertaken a survey of Oakland residents to determine the quality of their interactions with the police. Professor Sam Walker will oversee this effort and evaluate the results, based on his analysis of the data collected.
Mexican Heritage Corporation
The Mexican Heritage Corporation (MHC) of San Jose is an arts and cultural organization founded in 1988 whose mission is to affirm, celebrate, and preserve our rich cultural heritage by promoting the arts, building the community, and advancing social and economic development. MHC annually presents one of the largest International Mariachi Festivals in the United States, and provides several programs throughout the year which target Latino youth and families. MHC recently opened a $32 million cultural center.
Mujeres Latinas de Stanislaus
Mujeres Latinas de Stanislaus was founded in 1978 by a group of women who wanted to make a positive impact on the lives of women in Stanislaus County. Each year they raise money and give out scholarships to deserving students who attend college. They also coordinate annual women�s leadership conferences, mentorship projects at local schools, multicultural events and activities, and various other community service activities that benefit women and their families in Stanislaus County.
Multicultural Area Health Education Center (MAHEC)
Multicultural Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is a nonprofit agency whose mission is to promote family-oriented, primary health care in medically-underserved areas of the Hispanic community in Los Angeles through education interventions. Services provided are: clinical training sites for graduate/undergraduate students, continuing education activities for health professionals, a health careers awareness program, a Spanish-language course for medical personnel, community health education, and advocacy on the urgent needs of the Hispanic population. MAHEC operates a demonstration leadership project linked to a community health educators (promotores) effort.
National Latino Arts, Education, and Media Institute
The National Latino Arts, Education, and Media Institute was founded in 1978. Through its component, the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee, the Institute promotes educational achievement in the Chicano/Latino communities of Los Angeles through weekend motivational conferences for high school students. The conference covers six major workshop topics: Identity and Culture; Gender Issues; Self-Development and Self-Esteem; Personal Futures; Leadership Skills and Assuming Responsibility; and Community, City, and Self.
PUENTE Learning Center
Puente Learning Center provides classes to approximately 2,000 students each day in Boyle Heights, with another 800 attending classes in South Los Angeles. Courses are offered in the following program areas: Pre-School Readiness, Charter Kindergarten, After School Enrichment, High School Tutorial, English as a Second Language, Spanish as a Second Language (South Los Angeles only), Adult High School Diploma, Job Training, Computer Applications, Public Speaking, and Reading Academy.
Puente Project
The Puente project consists of a high school and community college program. The goal of the high school program is to increase the number of educationally deprived students who stay in school, enroll in college, earn college degrees, and return to the community as leaders and mentors to future generations. The goal of the community college program is to increase the number of students who transfer to four-year colleges and universities, earn degrees, and return to the community as leaders and mentors to future generations.
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) mission is to enhance personal growth and development by teaching self-confidence and career building skills that will enable youth and their families to lead self-fulfilling and productive lives. YOU provides computer training, an alternative high school, media and technology program, family support programs, a parent education academy, a community garden, and tutoring and homework assistance.
Youth Media Council
Launched in April 2001, the Youth Media Council(YMC) is a Bay Area-based youth organizing, leadership development, media capacity-building and watchdog project dedicated to developing youth-led strategies for media justice. YMC believes that youth and other marginalized communities need the tools, resources, strategies, and skills to become strong and effective media spokespeople and advocates for social justice. Made up of representatives from twenty of the Bay Area's most vibrant progressive youth organizations, the YMC aims to strengthen youth-led campaigns for racial and economic justice.
Youth Empowerment Center
The Youth Empowerment Center (YEC), founded in April 2000, strives to build strong youth leaders and strong youth organizations to work for social justice in the Bay Area and beyond. YEC provides fiscal sponsorship, as well as technical assistance on financial management, fundraising and organizational development. YEC is also a movement center located in the Prescott Neighborhood of West Oakland, and serves as a vital gathering place for youth and community activists and artists from all over the Bay Area. YEC was founded in Spring 2000 by four youth-serving projects: C-Beyond, a youth-organizing project in Concord, CA; the School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL), a training center for young people; Underground Railroad, an arts and culture youth project; and Youth Force Coalition, a network of youth organizations that works to end the prison industrial complex.
SOUL - School of Unity and Liberation
The School of Unity and Liberation�s (SOUL) mission is to serve as a training center to develop a new multi-racial generation of young organizers - especially young women, young people of color, queer youth, and low-income youth - who will have the skills and the vision they need to help liberate oppressed people. These young leaders need to be trained in organizing skills to mobilize their communities. SOUL strives to support the growing youth movement - designing political education, organizing skills.
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1974 by a group of engineers employed by the city of Los Angeles. Their objective was to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the Hispanic community. The concept of networking was the key basis for the organization. SHPE quickly established two student chapters to begin the network that would grow to encompass the nation, and even reach countries outside the United States. Today, SHPE enjoys a strong but independent network of professional and student chapters throughout the nation.
Familia Center
Familia Center is the only Latino community-based family resource center serving low- income residents of northern Santa Cruz County. The mission of Familia Center is to promote a sense of empowerment to those who struggle with poverty, exclusion, and racism. Familia Center is extremely responsive to the needs of low-income Latinos and functions as a "one-stop-shop" of services for local families. In addition to providing families with a number of direct services at the site, Familia Center offers information and referral to facilitate its clients' access to other community resources. The Center works closely with other community organizations specializing in nutrition, hunger
Barrio Action Youth and Family Center
Barrio Action provides quality programs designed to serve residents in the Northeast area of Los Angeles. Barrio Action works with people of all ages with a special emphasis on helping high-risk and at-risk youth and their families to break the vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and social deprivation. The goal of Barrio Action is to increase individuals� understanding of choices in life, create a commitment to education, and build their ability to cope with peer pressure and other challenges that face those served by Barrio Action. The program seeks to provide youth and their families with the tools for a healthy and nurturing family life, social skills, renewed dignity, and self-esteem.
Fuerza Joven
Fuerza Joven is a project that helps to develop the creative talents of youth between the ages of 12-18 in the subjects of writing, music, acting, and art. A main outcome of the project in recent years has been the publishing of a supplement targeting youth issues like teen pregnancy, teen suicide, drug abuse and youth crime. But it has also included original youth artwork and poetry. Fuerza Joven is an Accion Latina project.
Accion Latina is a nonprofit, San Francisco-based organization founded in 1985 to promote social change and cultural pride in the Latino community. Accion Latina produces a bilingual newspaper, an annual Latino music festival, and coordinates a journalism project for community youth. These projects serve as training grounds for young people, educating them on cultural traditions, increasing their social awareness, and inspiring them to serve the community. Accion Latina is a volunteer-based collective committed to excellence in Latino education, art, and culture
Power Of One East LA Youth Workforce Services
The Power of One East LA Youth Workforce Services is a collaborative made of community-based organizations in East Los Angeles, California. This group seeks to direct youth toward excellence by educating and training them to be successful in their lives and careers. The Power of One celebrates youth achievements by advocating for youth rights, needs, and dreams. While the organization favors teamwork to provide a solid base for individual and collective success, youth are empowered to make informed decisions on their own.
Upward Bound
AltaMed Health Services Corporation
Founded in 1969, AltaMed Health Services Corporation provides medical care to socially and economically diverse communities, and administers one of the largest community-based, long-term care programs for the elderly in California. AltaMed is a community-based, comprehensive health care center in East Los Angeles with a 95% Hispanic clientele. It also provides multispecialty medical services, case management programs, adult day health care, and substance abuse treatment, and conducts an AIDS prevention and awareness program.
Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc. AE Chapter
La Familia of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc., a brotherhood composed of undergraduate, graduate, and professional men internationally, established on December 26, 1931, is the Oldest Existing Latino Fraternal Organization. We dedicate ourselves toward the empowerment of our Latino community by providing intensive social and cultural programs and activities geared toward the appreciation, promotion and preservation of the Latin American Culture.
As an organization whose roots stem back to the late 1800s, we cherish and live by the ideals set forth by our forefathers. In this manner, Phi Iota Alpha distinguishes itself from other Greek lettered organizations. Our organization prides itself in the ability to motivate people, develop leaders, and create new ways to unite our community. We challenge ourselves in supporting and developing a strong network for the advancement of our people. To this end, each member swears loyalty not only to himself but also to a greater cause, his people and Latin America. Hispanic Empowerment Association of Roseville
Cesar E. Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and Education Fair on Saturday, March 18, 2006 at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA
The Hispanic Empowerment Association of Roseville (HEAR) will sponsor the 6th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and Education Fair for any 6th to 12 graders and their parents. The educational fair with have college recruiters and information designed to empower families to become stronger advocates for their children's education. The Conference will take place at Sierra College located at 5000 Rocklin Rd. in Rocklin, CA., about 18 miles east of Sacramento � the State Capitol. 1,000 sixth to twelve graders attended last year and 500 parents. The event is free and pre-registration is not required but suggested. Pre-registration is available by downloading conference information at http://www.hear2000.org . MEChA de CSULA
Cal State University Los Angeles Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan (M. E.X.A.). M.E.X.A. is a student organization committed to the empowerment of our gente and the liberation of Aztl�n.
As Mechistas, we believe that self-empowerment can truly be sought through cultura, historia, education, and political involvement. Through self-empowerment, our people will rise above oppression, and racism. Thus, as Mechistas, we will dedicate ourselves to taking our educational destiny into our own hands. This will be accomplished by spreading Chicanismo in the spirit of companerismo and by recognizing that the destiny of the movimiento will be determined by each Mechista accepting responsibility for carrying the movement forward. Empowered Latin@s in Action
Empowered Latina/os in Action is an inclusive, student-driven, Pomona College organization, open to students from all the 5-C�s, striving to maximize opportunities for Chican@s/Latin@s. We work to bring cultural, social, and political awareness and change to the greater 5-C community in solidarity with other underrepresented groups.
MESA
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement is an academic enrichment program that serves educationally disadvantaged students. MESA is one of the country�s oldest and most successful programs that nurtures and unleashes student performance in math, science and engineering. MESA offers a variety of curricular and extracurricular services that prepares students to attend four-year institutions and pursue degrees in math, science, engineering and computer science.
The MESA Schools Program was established in 1970 at a high school in Oakland, California and has grown to serve over 350 schools statewide. The CSU Fullerton MESA Program has been serving students in grades 6-12 for over 20 years and currently serves over 1400 students in six area high schools and eight intermediate schools. Latin American Society (LAS)
The Latin American Society is an active student organization that sponsors, in conjunction with the Latin American Studies Program, many educational and cultural programs on campus. It also provides students with the opportunity to work and socialize with each other and the faculty. The Program is noted for its history of major conferences on topics related to Latin American issues that have brought distinguished authorities and regional leaders to discuss topics of current importance. Latin American Studies majors may join the campus chapters of Golden Key or Phi Kappa Phi national honor societies which are open to qualified students in all academic disciplines.
El Centro Chicano
Founded in 1978, El Centro Chicano is a vibrant student center that enhances Stanford's cultural and intellectual life by providing valuable resources to students, community members, and to over 20 student organizations. El Centro's programs provide Stanford students the opportunity to explore Chicano and Latino culture, history and traditions. Through academic enrichment and recognition programs and leadership opportunities, the center helps students excel academically, personally, and professionally.
Intercultural Community Center
The Intercultural Community Center serves as Occidental College�s primary co-curricular resource for diversity education and social justice programming. Guided by a vision of an inclusive, democratic community across and beyond campus "borders," the ICC works to educate interculturally aware, socially responsible, and diverse leaders within an environment that supports all students. The ICC collaborates with student cultural clubs and organizations, academic departments, residence halls, and members of the surrounding community to sponsor programs that examine, celebrate and appreciate identity, pluralism, and democracy. The ICC trains intercultural leaders in the art of informed dialogue and diversity research with the intent of raising awareness as well as sparking discussion about the relationship between multiculturalism and social justice.
College of Behavioral & Social Sciences Student Resource Center
The mission of the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences is to provide and promote teaching, scholarship and service that enhances appreciation and understanding of the behavioral, social and natural mosaic of life on earth and promotes active engagement in shaping the world.
Generation Green Club
The Generation Green Club is sponsor by the USDA Forest Service under the California Consortium (K-12 outreach program). Generation Green encourage unrepresented minority to obtain higher education and community service. Students through middle school to High school learn leadership, public speaking and professional rapport. The Generation Green Club offers them the opportunity to go camping and learn about our natural resources as well as learn about career opportunities, as well as taking part in their communities� events and volunteering. In addition the students are able to participate in the annual leadership camp in Sacramento State Fair, where they are able to boost self confidence, educate peers about fire safety and work along side Forest Service professionals. The neat part about the program is that it becomes a bridge between smart unrepresented minority students and institutions of higher education.
Mujeres Ayudando La Raza
A community service based, non-profit student organization that promotes Latina/Latino student retention at California State University Sacramento. Mujeres Ayudando La Raza provides a support system for new freshman students or transfer students.
Chicanos for Progressive Education
Chicanos for Progressive Education (CPE) was established in 1991 as a response to the lack of a Chicano Studies program at USC. In the fall of 1991 a group of USC students felt the need for a new organization that was solely committed to the education and retention of Latina/os. Upholding the motto of "Empowerment through Education", CPE strives to increase the number of Latina/o students seeking and obtaining higher educations through various high school outreach efforts. Specifically, CPE works to impact the negative statistics of Raza students attending universities and community colleges through an active mentorship program co-coordinated with the USC Rossier School of Education and the maintenance of a scholarship fund. The three pillars of CPE are: Outreach, Mentorship, and Scholarship.
Ivy League Project U.S.A.
The Ivy League Leadership Project U.S.A. is a campus based program based in Parlier, California. It serves to recruits gifted and talented Chicano Latino students in CA, AZ, and TX and encourage them to consider Ivy League Institutions. We are currently in our 16th year of existence and have over 98 students who have been accepted or graduated from East Coast Schools.
Reunification Support
Assist youth, 12-19, linking to required and/or requested services. Most of the population I serve is transitioning from residential care to "home".
Redwood Community Health Coalition
The Redwood Community Health Coalition is a network of 18 community health centers in Marin, Napa, Sonoma and Yolo counties. RCHC clinics are the medical home for over 150,000 people. Our mission is to improve access to and quality of health care to underserved and uninsured people in or region.
La Raza Student Association -California State University Long Beach
The purpose of La Raza Student Association (Raza defined as: people who identify with the Chicano/a Latino/a cultural heritage or experience) at California State University Long Beach is to meet the social, cultural and academic needs of Raza students on campus. Since 1968 through struggle and determination, La Raza Student Association has served to support, educate, and empower students through cultural celebrations/activities, educational workshops, and the promotion of social justice on and off campus. It is vital that we have an organization that focuses on our struggle on university campuses and which gives support to the struggles in our community. La Raza Student Association exists to promote personal and political guidance to the Raza community on campus. La Raza aims to maintain an atmosphere of hermandad and familia in an environment that many time may seem alien to us. La Raza promotes unity and respect for each other because we are all Raza!
Reality Changers
The mission of Reality Changers is to provide inner-city youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with the resources to become first generation college students by supplying academic support,financial assistance, and faith-based leadership training.
Vision and Goals: Once accepted into the program, students are expected to maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above, pass random drug tests, and attend the weekly tutoring program. Reality Changers provides scholarships for qualified students to UCSD's summer program ($3,500), Princeton Review ($1,100), and Forest Home ($500). Declaration of Purpose: We are the REALITY CHANGERS: Agentes de Cambio. We are agents of POSITIVE change in the world that surrounds us. We get good grades because we are going to college. We are polite, courageous, and above all, honest. If we are not, please tell us so and we will correct our behavior the first time that we are told. We seek to always inspire others with our words because we desire to be positive influences at all times. We do not pull people down, but instead, we lift each other up. We hold ourselves accountable to God, our family, our group, and ourselves. Others may choose to accept reality. God willing, we choose to transform it. We show up, work hard, and tell the truth. We are the REALITY CHANGERS: Agentes de Cambio. Colectiva Chicana
Colectiva Chicana is a political organization, space, group, fighting for Women issues in particular Chicana issues. This collective is a place of knowledge and growth over Chicana issues and Political identity.The individuals of the collective strive to educate and empower one another through different means.
El Centro Chicano
Our vision is to provide culturally competent academic support and advisement to students during their time at Stanford. We offer guidance, academic support and leadership opportunities that focus on creating mature, aware and socially responsible individuals who advocate and dialogue for equity and social justice. Our goal is to provide a safe, educational environment, which fosters personal growth, academic success, leadership development and cultural engagement for all Stanford students, faculty and staff. El Centro Chicano serves to unite/catalyze Chicanos and Latinos at Stanford into a proactive community that creates an environment which celebrates and promotes the history, contributions, intellectual heritage, education, growth, and empowerment of all Chicanos and Latinos, here and beyond.
Barrio Action Youth & Family Center
Our Mission To work in partnership with youth and their families, seeking to increase their understanding of life choices available to them including a personal commitment for renewed dignity and self-esteem.
Our History For over 30 Years, Barrio Action Youth & Family Center has served residents of El Sereno in Northeast Los Angeles with quality, results-oriented programs. We work with people of all ages, with a special emphasis on helping high-risk and at-risk youth, young adults and their families. Since 1977, we have provided more than 20,000 youth and families the tools to:
Anderdson Valley Unified School District
As a School Counselor at a very small rural high school. we are planning to send 3 students this summer to Chicago for the July Conference and hopefully on their return we will form a Lideres Group at our school which is 65% Mexican farm worker children. Our school has been rated among 500 of the best high school in the nation for test scores, low income, and AP courses.
Pepe Serna Productions -Breakthrough Improv
Breakthrough Improv
Oakland Raza Leadership
Mujeres Ayudando La Raza
We as the founding members of Mujeres Ayudando la Raza (M.A.R.), in accordance with the University of California at Davis, have established this non-profit organization for the purpose of creating a network of support for Chicana/Latina students. Our objectives are to promote academic excellence by aiding in the retention of our members in the University. Mujeres Ayudando la Raza is also committed to the welfare of Chicanas and Latinas in the community as well as the Chicano/Latino population as a whole. Through our community involvement, we strongly encourage the awareness of culture and heritage. Simultaneously, we emphasize the diversity that exists within the University and the community.
Latino Heritage Club
Latino Heritage is a student club in Foothill College in Northern California which main focus is to embrace Latin American Culture around campus and to be role models for future college students. Our dedication to the club has taught us, that we are a generation where change is able to happen and we want to be part of it. Throughout the school year we plan and execute events around campus that will bring more awareness about Latino Culture. Our biggest event of the year �Latino Heritage Month� which is celebrated trough May has been of great success over the past couple of years. During the months of May and June we also go to local high schools around the bay area to talk to current high school students to get them motivated to go to college. We guide them through a series of workshops such as; filling out samples of college applications, financial aid, and summer internships. Latino Heritage Club also focuses in giving back to the community. We participate in community events that will set an example to other clubs around campus. We tried to have a different community Activity each month. In the past we have participated in earth day by getting together with the community and picking up trash. We have also gotten together with the environmental Group in our campus to go out and plant trees around parks. We have also participated in the May 1st National rallies for Immigrant and workers rights in San Jose Ca. Latino Heritage Club are a college club where anyone can become a leader. All you have to do is to have your mind set and be ready for change!
Lambda Theta Nu
Lambda Theta Nu Sorority Inc.'s purpose is to promote Latinas in Higher Education. At the University of California, Santa Barbara, our organization is very involved with the community. On a national level, we host and assisst community service events. Locally, we are involved as well by promoting Latino Leadership as within the students of Santa Barbara's school district.
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Liderazgo es la habilidad de ir hacia adelante rapido en un camino dificil, sin miedo y determinado.
