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2020 Grantees | Youth Power Fund

2020 Grantees 67 Sueños 67 Sueños works with marginalized undocumented youth and youth from mixed status families affected by high rates of violence, mass incarceration, deportation, and poverty. Using political education, trauma healing, activism,...
29 Sep 2021

Youth Power, Youth Lead: Stories from the Youth Power Fund

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
Leadership, Culture and Community
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
September 29, 2021 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
How many times do we hear “the youth are our future”? Our guess is that each of us hear it, or think it, a lot. The Youth Power Fund operates from the participatory stance that youth organizers see their future in front of them and know what they...

Resources from Why Summer Matters: Challenge & Opportunity in Summer Learning for Children & Youth

Publication date: 
03/2013
The impact of summer learning loss on young people’s academic achievement is astounding. Research from Johns Hopkins University has shown that two-thirds of the achievement gap between low-income and middle income 9th graders is attributed to the differences in their summer learning experiences in elementary school. Despite this shocking fact, there hasn’t been clear direction about solutions. This briefing presented compelling new research about quality-summer programming in California that is having a measurable impact on students' achievement.
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Resource Type 
Presentation
Audience 
Program Staff
Topic(s) 
Income Inequality
Funding Area 
Youth Organizing and Youth Power
Education
13 Jan 2020

The Wisdom of Youth: Equity Centered Solutions to Prevent Youth Homelessness

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
January 13, 2020 -
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Northern California Grantmakers
Adolescence and young adulthood are critical developmental times in a person’s life, and experiencing housing instability and homelessness at this stage can have lifelong negative impacts. Many adults who experience chronic homelessness first became...
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Event type 
Briefing Program
Funding Area 
Youth Organizing and Youth Power
Economic Justice
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

California Funders Announce New Fund To Support Youth Organizing for Social Change

Release Date: 
12/02/2020
SAN FRANCISCO -- Today a group of Northern California foundations launched the Youth Power Fund , which supports nonprofits that organize young people in the region and advocate for social change. In the current political climate in our nation, the...
22 Jan 2020
25 Jun 2020

Shaping the Moment into a Movement: Black Youth Voice and Leadership

Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice
June 25, 2020 -
10:00am to 12:00pm
Zoom Meeting
Hear from Black youth leaders and directors about the needs and priorities that are essential to shaping this moment into a movement. Understand the legacy of youth organizing and its contributions to the current moment and future possibilities...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Funding Area 
Youth Organizing and Youth Power
Policy Advocacy
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

Resources for Bay Area Health Funders Group | The Next Generation: Youth Mental Health

Publication date: 
05/2020
The lives of youth and families across the Bay Area have dramatically changed in the past month, and adjusting to a new way of learning and living is hard. For young people, being away from schools, friends, and relatives can intensify feelings of isolation and anxiety, which negatively impacts their mental health. Before this crisis, mental health among young people was widespread and undertreated, and many young people who accessed mental health care did so through a school setting. As we emerge from this crisis, our systems that interact with youth will need to work in new ways to support...
17 Mar 2021

Recovery and Beyond: Youth Organizing for a Better and More Equitable Future

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
March 17, 2021 -
10:00am to 11:30am
Young people are the keepers of our future and when they are organized, they are a force to be reckoned with. In 2019, a network of foundations and individual donors who value the role of youth organizing in creating and advancing more equitable,...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Next Gen
Funding Area 
Youth Organizing and Youth Power
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
07 May 2020

Bay Area Health Funders Group | The Next Generation: Youth Mental Health

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
May 7, 2020 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Zoom Meeting
The lives of youth and families across the Bay Area have dramatically changed in the past month, and adjusting to a new way of learning and living is hard. For young people, being away from schools, friends, and relatives can intensify feelings of...
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Event type 
Briefing Webinar
Topic(s) 
Bay Area Health Funders Group
Geographic Location 
SF Bay Area
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
10 Jun 2019

An Update on the California Children’s Trust

Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
June 10, 2019 -
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Northern California Grantmakers
The California Children’s Trust (the Trust) formed in 2018 to reimagine California’s behavioral health system for children. It is intended as a three-year initiative to build a broad-based coalition that advances a fundamentally different approach...

Critical Choices in Post-Recession California: Investing in the Educational and Career Success of Immigrant Youth

Publication date: 
06/2014
This Migration Policy Institute report examines the educational experiences and outcomes of first- and second-generation immigrant youth ages 16 to 26 across California’s educational institutions, encompassing secondary schools, adult education, and post-secondary education.
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Research
Audience 
Program Staff
Topic(s) 
Immigration
Funding Area 
Youth Organizing and Youth Power
Education
Communities: BIPOC

Breakout Session: Youth Power

Young people are creating the world they want to live in by reimagining and transforming communities and systems. Through their activism, youth organizers are at the heart of intergenerational justice movements as leaders on the front lines and agenda setters for lasting change. Foundations that partner with young people and share power in a meaningful way that recognizes their leadership skills, move philanthropy to be more inclusive and equitable. 

Date & Time: 
05/02/2023 -
1:45pm to 3:00pm

Resource Guide: Supporting Undocumented Youth

As a nation of immigrants, the United States has benefited tremendously from the talents, values, and contributions of newcomers to our shores. In the face of immense barriers, many undocumented youth have exhibited exemplary perseverance, work ethic, and leadership. Yet hurdles and challenges remain. Many educators, counselors, and school leaders have expressed interest in learning how to better support all children so that they can achieve educational and economic success – regardless of actual or perceived immigration status. Informed by research and promising practices, the U.S...
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Resource Type 
Research
Toolkit
Topic(s) 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Funding Area 
Economic Justice
Education

Breakout Session: Navigating Youth Recovery from COVID-19

All of our futures depend on supporting young people now —especially Black, Indigenous, and People of Color youth who have experienced the most severe impacts of the pandemic. Times call for philanthropy to act together and share power with Bay Area youth to counter the educational, social, and emotional losses from more than a year without in-person learning at public schools.

Date & Time: 
05/05/2022 -
10:00am to 11:15am

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