Youth Organizer Leadership Program

Program Type: Leadership development and training program (not a grant opportunity)

Young men and women come together to build leadership skills, share youth-led strategies, and gain support for personal, professional and career development goals through a six-month program.

Part of: Positive Youth Justice Initiative: Organizing for a Healthy Justice System, managed by The Center at Sierra Health Foundation

Program Focus Areas

• Holistic Healing: Learning healing practices and teachings rooted in different cultures
• Building Knowledge: Learning the history of the criminal justice system, mass incarceration of communities of color, successful and failed program models, current trends, campaign strategies, and innovative approaches
• Storytelling and Advocacy: Preparing to practice expertise with full confidence when advocating for systems transformation
• Career Development: Training and support for those early in their leadership and/or career track in systems transformation, and those looking to advance to the next stages of their educational or career opportunities
• Networking and Mentorship: Growing circles of influence and opportunity, and sharpening skills in networking with high-level mentors from different sectors
• Real World Experience: Opportunities to intern or shadow someone in the field in specific areas of interest

Eligibility

• Age: 16-22 years old
• Must have expertise navigating the justice system
• Must live in one of the Positive Youth Justice Initiative counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, or Santa Clara
• Must desire to be a leader in their county and in the state
• Must have been connected to the local Positive Youth Justice Initiative advocacy activities for at least six months

Contact Information

The Center at Sierra Health Foundation

• Address: 1321 Garden Highway Suite 210, Sacramento, California 95833
• Phone: (916) 993-7701
• Email: impact@shfcenter.org