The gentrification of the Mission District brought a "gang list" that affected young people in a 60-block radius, limiting their freedom of movement and association. Vicente Garcia used his 2007 Young People For fellowship to organize the community to stop the gang list.
What do you stand for?
Young People For (YP4) is a strategic long-term leadership development program that identifies, engages and empowers the newest generation of progressive leaders to create lasting change in their communities.
Our yearlong fellowship program for college students kicks off with a five-day National Summit in Washington, D.C. and provides organizational and financial support for executing meaningful social justice work.
Find out how you can get involved.
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The National Summit has concluded!
Our newest class of fellows — 150 innovative leaders from 86 campuses in 29 states — came together at the National Summit from February 12–16.
Fellows met other young progressive leaders from all over the country, learned powerful strategies and tactics for creating sustainable social change, and stayed up late brainstorming, spitting poetry and sharing conversations.
» Read and share reflections — and see pictures — on the blog...
Making real change today...
More than 100 of our fellows designed and carried out Blueprint for Social Justice projects in 2008.
See what they've been working on.