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.
Zachary Dryden
(zdryden)
YP4 Staff Member
Florida State University
2009 Fellow
Zach is a recent graduate from Florida State University with a bachelor's degree in political science. An active student leader, he has served as the director of the Pride Student Union, where he helped to establish the LGBTQ Student Resource Center. In this capacity, he also co-founded and served as chief organizer for the Coalition for an Equitable Community, an alliance of students and organizations dedicated to expanding the university's nondiscrimination policy to include protections on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. During this time, Zach also worked for Refuge House, a local domestic violence and rape crisis center, where, among other things, he helped develop a social justice program for college-aged participants. Before joining the YP4 staff, Zach was a Class of 2007 fellow and served on the YP4 Steering Committee.
Zachary is a member of:
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- Civic Engagement (members)
- Community Organizing (members)
- Economic Justice (members)
- Education (members)
- Environment (members)
- High School Network (members)
- International Human Rights (members)
- LGBTQ Issues (members)
- Native American Issues (members)
- People of Color (members)
- Progressive Student Organization/Alliance (members)
- Progressive Trainings (members)
- Progressive Website/Blog (members)
- Public Health (members)
- Student Government (members)
- The Courts (members)
- Veterans and Military Families (members)
- Women's Issues (members)