Youth Together
Organization Details
| Name | Youth Together |
| URL | http://www.youthtogether.net/ |
| Phone number | 510.992.3817 |
Organization Description
| Service(s) description | Youth Together operates One Land, One People Centers on high school campuses that provide academic support, leadership development, and college and career readiness services to students. The Lead Student Organizer program trains a total of 15 youth (Lead Student Organizers) in the areas of student organizing, ethnic studies, and educational advocacy, and diversity and inclusion strategies. Lead Student Organizers provide core programming - peer tutoring, graduation and dropout prevention workshops, Unity Day/Week (campus specific event with adult and youth lead workshops and community building activities using the arts and culturally specific practices to encourage multiracial collaboration and peace). In addition, Youth Together works with community partners to provide youth identified, services such as - spoken word workshops, dance, martial arts, cultural arts (e.g. Dia De Los Muertos altar making). The LSOs from all schools collaborate to produce the Ethnic Studies conference: a day long regional event highlighting the contemporary and historical contributions of communities of color to the United States. |
| Program impact | Youth Together services help students of color create pathways of success for healthy transitions to adulthood. Our students are positively impacted by our programs because they experience an increase school connectedness, achieve the requirements for graduation, receive college and career readiness skills, develop cultural pride, and act as leaders in their school communities and beyond. |
Community programs are organized into categories known as Community School Elements. All community programs associated with Youth Together are listed below and each program may be provided at 1 or more schools. You can use the 'Show Details' buttons to learn more about each program.
Expanded Learning (1 program)
Programs that provide additional opportunities to practice the skills students are learning in the classroom and to cultivate the study habits and mindset needed to succeed in school.
Family Engagement & Support (1 program)
Programs that help bridge OUSD staff with the communities they serve, incorporating the experiences of all families, such that all stakeholders become authentic co-owners of our schools.