Youth search for solutions to gun violence, discuss California survey results on armed teachers in classrooms in web chat.
Youth and ethnic media speak on Obama’s immigration reform goals, which could affect approximately two million children in our country.
Looking recently at the news one does not have to go very far to see that gun control and gun violence is a hot topic. With the recent shooting of schoolchildren in Newtown, the gun control debate rages on with renewed vigor. The gun debate has also seen some new policy developments.
More than three years ago, a group of Fresno youths launched an effort to remake the city’s public education system. We knew that too many young people were dropping out of high school and we wanted to stop this epidemic. This youth team called itself SUCCESS (Students United to Create a Climate of Engagement Support and Safety), and we did a tremendous amount of research over the past few years.
On Aug 21, 2012, a celebration at Cecil Hinton center marked two years of community transformation in Fresno with Building Healthy Communities (BHC). This SoundSlide has sights and sounds from the celebration, as well as updates from some of BHC’s community programs.