Project Gallery

OUSD Meaningful Student Engagement Project
Da Town Youth Researchers are in their second year of work researching student engagement in Oakland schools.

POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights
Youth are working on a research project in collaboration with POWER's Bayview Organizing Project, which unites low-income residents in San Francisco's last-remaining African American neighborhood to fight for affordable housing, living wage employment, and environmental justice in the midst of corporate developers' attempts to gentrify the community.

Project WHAT! (We're Here And Talking)
After a year of developing a resource guide and trainings for social workers and teachers who work with youth who have parents incarcerated, the Project WHAT! Youth team is traveling around the country giving presentations and workshops.

Stupski Foundation
As part of the Stupski Foundation Youth Voice initiative, youth consultants are working with the foundation's staff members to explore student-identified critical needs for change in public school districts.

Department of Children, Youth and their Families, Youth Empowerment Fund
The Youth Empowerment Fund is a DCYF initiative that gives away over 1 million a year to youth organization in San Francisco. This project is a youth-led evaluation of the impact of their funding.

Donald P. McCullum Youth Court "Focus on Justice"
Nearly thirty young people who have gone through the restorative justice process at McCullum Youth Court will participate in this youth-led research project to look at gender and juvenile justice in their communities.

ACCESS Project
This extensive collaborative project is headed by Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center (LYRIC) and Community United Against Violence (CUAV) and aims to improve access of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth to youth serving organization in San Francisco.

Kids First 2 Coalition
Youth In Focus is a steering member of the Kids First 2 Coalition as it seeks to educate and outreach to the public. YIF is a lead member of the research committee seeking to document the nature and extent of services needed by Oakland youth in order to make a successful transition to "college, work, and life."

American Legion Continuation School
Going on to it second year of the Youth REP Process, American LegionŐs youth congress group will continue running their research project assessing the value of their education.

Sacramento GSAs
Gay Straight Alliance groups across Sacramento will be participating in a youth-led needs assessment for LGBTQ youth.

Cache Creek Continuation School
Students at Cache Creek Continuation school will be infusing the Youth REP project curriculum as a part of their student government class.

South Sacramento Mutual Housing Association
Youth In Focus is helping the SSMHA in their effort to create youth voice throughout local schools in the South Sacramento area.

The MET Chart School
Youth will be assessing a variety of community service organizations, internship locales, and businesses to see if they are youth friendly.

River City High School
Students at River City are looking at educational justice at their school.

Sanger High School La Rosa Program
Students are looking safety on campus and services for students.

TIP of the Ridge - Paradise Unified School District
Students are looking at reasons for youth drug use and how adults and youth can work on the problem.

Stagg High School Joven Noble Program
Youth Matters/Stockton Unified School District - Youth are conducting a needs assessment on what supports Latino students need to succeed at Stagg High School.

People Reaching Out
Youth are conducting a needs assessment at Valley High.