Youth

A Letter from America’s Children

Dear U.S. Media, Democrats, Republicans, Independents and to the concerned Americans who poured out into the streets to protest Donald Trump’s cruel and faulty immigration policies, What about us? We understand and applaud your response to this administration’s malevolent separation of immigrant families from their children—policies and practices so un-American and shocking that they have come to dominate the national conversation. Your immediate, visceral response to evil spurred you into action. But there is another evil, a pervasive, chronic and unrelenting wickedness that we, your children, live with every day. We are being shot down on the nation’s streets, locked

We Must All Invest In Our At Promise Youth

As the Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety and the Select Committee on The Status of Boys and Men of Color, I have visited many jails and prisons.  Regardless of the facility, I always leave with the belief that we can and should do more to change the path that leads these men, women and youth to incarceration. 

Press Conference For A Youth Development Department

Jan. 17 Advancement Project California, a civil rights organization that champions greater equity and opportunity for all Californians, along with Legacy LA, Big Citizens Hub, and Self-Help Graphics & Art, will host a press conference on Wednesday, January 17, 9AM-10AM, at Self Help Graphics and Art located at 1300 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90033, to unveil their Blueprint for Youth Development – Los Angeles report. This report provides a geographic analysis of the highest need youth in Los Angeles, an evaluation of the city’s youth development spending in FY 2017-18, comparisons to youth development funding and strategies in