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.
Shaunna Thomas
(sthomas)
YP4 Staff Member
A founding YP4 staffer in 2005, Shaunna is honored and proud to now be responsible for the internal management of YP4. Before joining Young People For, Shaunna was the executive director of Bike & Build, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to raising money for and awareness of affordable housing issues through cross-country cycling events. Prior to that work, Shaunna campaigned and raised money for the Democratic candidate in the 2004 presidential election, where she was a witness to and part of the growing power of the youth progressive movement. Believing in the ability of young people to make positive social change in their communities, Shaunna dedicates her time to Young People For, sits on the board of Bike & Build, Inc., and serves as a coordinating committee chair in the Generational Alliance. Shaunna is a native Southern Californian and a proud alumna of the University of Colorado, Boulder.