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.
In the News
Jul 30, 2007
Religious Bonds Divide Some Parents, Kids
USA Today, July 8
Reem Rahman, 2007 Fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, appears in this cover article about young people who are more overtly religious than their parents.
There Goes the Neighborhood
WireTap (reprinted widely), July 17
In this article, 2007 Fellow Laura Hadden confronts the escalating dilemma of gentrification.
Starting an Online Revolution
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Former Communications Specialist Jamia Wilson moderated the panel “Starting an Online Revolution,” in which panelists Elizabeth Brookbank, Ezra Callahan, Ginny Hunt and Tom Matzzie discussed issues surrounding online organizing. Watch the video.
Yearly Kos Youth Panel
Future Majority, July 24
Future Majority notes that YP4 Program Director Shaunna Thomas and 2006 Fellow Adam Conner will participate in the panel “Building the Progressive Youth Movement” at this year’s YearlyKos Convention.
Around the Tubes: 7/26/07
Future Majority, July 26
Future Majority mentioned Young People For’s new Progressive Academy Online course, Social Sector Issues 101, and the fact that it has been advertised on Facebook.