Youth Uprising

Health & wellness: health and wellness programs provide a holistic accessible care in a community setting. Primary health and mental health services are offered onsite. Peer group session offers a variety of group sessions that give youth the opportunity to build positive relationships, and grow alongside their peers. These sessions include wellness wednesday - session for all youth healthy relationships - sessions for all youth healthing circle - session for all youthupcoming groups: young mens group young womens group counseling for healing and health yu is on the forefront of mental health care for transitional agre youth and us helping create new policies and best practices to serve traumatized and violence-exposed youth statewide. We offer youth: individal, group and family therapy clinical consultation outreach and advocacy medicatin referrals case management yus team of case managers (cms) works with members to set and and meet educational, career, and life goals. Cms serve as mentors,life coaches, and advocates and guide and track ongoing member involement. They coordinate with other systems (foster care, juvenile justice, law enforcement) to interrupt cycles of recidivism. The goal is not only engage and retain youth in yu programming, but to move them forward toward their specified goals and life plan. Holistic wellness yu offers weekly alternative health clinics. Yu provides non-western healing arts, stress management and preventative health service. Yoga meditation double dutch physical healthin partnersip with childrens hospital oakland, yu brings adolescent healh care to a neighborhood where none previously existed. The clinic provides preventative and urgent care services, including physicals and immunizations treatment for acute and chronic illness testing for sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy counseling to support youth struggling with sex-and sexuality-related issues preventive heath screening for asthma, diabetes and hypertension.

Arts and expressions the 3,600 square -foot media arts center three vocal/engineering set-ups, a live music room, four video finishing rooms, and a fully equipped computer lab and the center is a regional venue, hosting public events that regularly attract attendees from all over the bay area. The arts and expressions department is embarking to enhance the artistic education and suppor for yu members. Our mission is to empower and inspire every yu student to unleash their creative potential by providing personalized artistic expressions support services and fostering a vibrant artistic community. We aim to create a warm and nurturing environment where students can explore and excel in their chosen artistic disciplines through individualized mentorship, engaging workshops amd access to top-notch resources. With support, we can ensure that out students have the best tools and opportunities to thrive. Funding will go towards acquiring state-of-the-art equipment, securing talented instructors, and providing scholarships for art students in need. Mission: our mission is to guide and empower yu members on their journey towards college, helping them discover their unique artistic voice and navigate the entertainment industry. Objective: through immersive artist residencies and workshops, we will expose students to diverse artistic practices and provide them with invaluable mentorship from renowned artists. By forging partnerships with leading arts institution, we ill open doors to exclusive facilities, mentorship programs and industry connections, ensuring our students have a competitive edge. Our innovative digital platform will connect yu students with a global artistic community, fostering cross-cultural collaborations and providing exposure to new artistic perspectives.

Community transformation community transformation consists of two primary activities, which are leadership development and civic engagement, and social enterprise. Leadership development & civic engagement youth leadership development & civic engagement activities and programs involve youth leaders in improving their community while developing their capacity to become agents of change. Activities range from round-table discussions and participation on public boards and communissions, to community organizaing and public-awareness campaigns. Youth build their understanding of the social and political issues that affect us all and disadvantage some. This knowledge is then used to affect systems change and transform communities.