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• California Youth Connection .
• California Youth Connection (CYC) is a non-profit advocacy/youth leadership organization for current and former foster youth ages 14-24, who because of their experience with the child welfare system, now work to improve the foster care system in California. CYC was founded on the principle that policy makers and administrators can benefit from the input of youth that have experienced first-hand the impact of foster care policies and social work practice.
• CYC is looking to expand the participation of foster youth in its organization. They can use youth that have any ideas regarding improving foster care. ... the Families First Foster Family Agency is located at 2291 W. ... org   .
• This year four youth and two adult supporters attended the event. Two potential adult supporters also attended the adult supporter training offered at the three day conference.
• The "Day at the Capitol" weekend took place on February 2-4. ... Issues this year included ILP Allocation, AB427, which deals with expanded transitional housing opportunities and monthly financial stipends for emancipated foster youth who are attending college or vocational training, and the importance of mentoring for foster youth.
• The youths also speak at public events and to different organizations to raise awareness about CYC youth issues and to recruit new members.
• Those ideas could possibly turn into major pieces of legislation and laws for other foster youth that will follow in your footsteps. ...
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• Youth Educators work in partnership with adult staff to produce an online ‘zine, Youth Voices. They create workshops to train communities in California about issues that affect 12-24 year olds, like adultism, teen pregnancy and violence. Each year, hundreds of youth and adults from all over the Western United States, attend the Taking Action conference that youth and adults from CCY and Western States Youth Services Network (WSYSN) plan together.
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• California Youth Crisis Line a 24/7, toll-free hotline; for youth and their friends and families to help young people receive the support and referrals they need to address critically important issues. We have over 5,000 local referral options in our California database and our staff and volunteers are trained to address issues such as homelessness, running away, parental or family violence, HIV/AIDS and other STD's, depression, anger, and other topics of importance to youth who need to talk. We currently receive over 20,000 calls per year from youth and parents from everywhere in California. ...

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• Board of Prison Terms - serves as California's adult parole board. ...
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• California Department of the Youth Authority - provides institutional training and parole supervision for juvenile and young adult offenders. ...
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• California Department of Corrections - operates state prisons, conservation camps, a variety of community correctional facilities and supervises parolees during their re-entry into society. ...
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• In April 1940, a young California photographer working for the National Youth Administration documented the lives of the youth of California, gripped by depression as they prepared for the coming war. ... The images that make up Partridge's "California Youth" series are held by the National Archives.
• Imogen Cunningham: A Private Gallery During the 1930s Rondal Partridge' mother, the California photographer Imogen Cunningham, documented the destitute citizens of Oakland's "Hoovervilles," the tent cities where the homeless and indigent were forced to live. ...

• California Youth Camp.
• Redlands, California.
• California Youth Campers enjoy the beautiful setting of the University of Redlands, a respected coeducational institution founded in 1907. ...
• Comfortable living accommodations are provided in modern, air-conditioned dormitories (there is adult live-in supervision), with meal service available in the campus dining hall. ...
• Participants in this year's Camp can plan to visit the "Magic Kingdom" of Disneyland, and Universal Studios, where Hollywood comes to life. Additional activities in Southern California, including a trip to the beach, will also be on the schedule. ...
• Double-occupancy dormitory room with linens provided; adult live-in supervision; 19 meals per week in the campus cafeteria (on full-day excursions, students buy their own snacks and dinner) .
• Supervised excursions to famous California attractions; please see the program schedule for exact destinations .
• Program administered by experienced Youth Camp staff .

• US Youth Soccer adidas All Star team off to Europe.
• The 18-player roster is comprised of some of the top players in the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (ODP) and many are among the U. ...
• Four players - New Jersey State Youth Soccer Association's Yael Averbuch, South Carolina Youth Soccer Association's Lindsey Beam, California Youth Soccer Association - South's Caroline Dew, and California Youth Soccer.
• U-17 Women's National Team at the 2002 US Youth Soccer ODP Thanksgiving Interregional In Boca Raton, Fla.
• Additionally, Dew, Gina Farias-Eisner, and Heather Young all played for the California Youth Soccer Association - South '85 state team at the 2003 US Youth Soccer ODP National Championships, while Averbuch and Elizabeth Reed.
• both played for the New Jersey State Youth Soccer Association '85 state team that finished second at that event.
• The US Youth Soccer adidas All Stars will play Recklinghausen on April 21 before facing its toughest opponent on the tour - FCR Duisberg - at R. ... Duisberg features six players from Germany's National Team as well as national team players from several other countries including Poland and Holland, and is the only team that beat the US Youth Soccer adidas All Star team during its 2001 tour.
• Roster for the 2003 US Youth Soccer adidas All Star Team that will travel.
• April 18-28 to Europe to compete against top international youth clubs.
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• One of the most critical problems facing state policymakers, business leaders, parents and the community today is ensuring that access to information technology becomes a reality for California's children. In order to effectively confront this challenge, however, there first needs to be a better understanding of California's young people and their computer world. ...
• To provide a baseline briefing about how far along California is in providing young people with access to computers; .
• The California marketplace is undergoing a transformation that will require all California children to be "technologically literate" by the time they graduate from high school. ...
• 38 percent of the current California workforce are information-based workers -- and the fastest rate of growth of jobs in California is within the information-based sector. ...
• There is a lot that we do not know about California's young people's access to and use of technology. ...
• While significant data are available regarding what technology equipment is available in California's schools, there is very limited information on how young people actually use this technology. ...
• Although national studies show a growing disparity between those who have access to technology and those who do not, there is very limited data for California. ...
• There is no systematic inventory of computing resources in local communities throughout California -- with data on public libraries prominently absent.
• Focusing on what is known, while some schools in California have had success in providing their students with access to new technologies, many California schools are drastically behind in technology access and planning -- with major barriers being the lack of staff development, technical support and funding. ...
• California ranks 45th among 50 states in student-to-computer ratio, with 14 students for every computer -- compared to the national rate of 10 students for every computer. When only multimedia computers are counted, the student-to-computer ratio in California rises to 37 students for every computer -- compared to the national figure of 24 students for every computer. ...
• Only 2 percent of teachers in California are trained to use network technology in the curriculum. ...
• 9 billion over four years to ensure that California children have full access to technology in the classrooms.
• 51 percent of households in California own a personal computer, compared to 40 percent nationwide. ...
• Only 30 percent of Latino households in California own a computer. ...

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• The River City Youth Soccer League is comprised of 9 recreational soccer clubs representing neighborhoods throughout Sacramento County. ...
• The River City Youth Soccer League (RCYSL) is affiliated with the California Youth Soccer Association (CYSA) which is affiliated with the United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA), the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), and the Federational Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
• River City Youth Soccer League (RCYSL) is a non-profit corporation supported through player registration fees and donations.   Our goal is to provide an opportunity for youth players of all skill levels to participate in soccer programs.
• Date                Boys             Girls              Location.
• April 3              12:30-2:30    3:00-5:00      Larchmont.
• April 4*            12:30-2:30    3:00-5:00      Larchmont.
• Date              Boys             Girls                   Location.
• May 1            12:30-2:30     3:00-5:00          Larchmont.
• May2             12:30-2:30     3:00-5:00          Northgate.
• May 15           12:30-2:30     3:00-5:00          Larchmont.
• Tryouts for U15-U19 teams will be held April 14 and 25.
• The River City Youth Soccer League is comprised of 9 recreational soccer clubs representing neighborhoods throughout Sacramento County. ...
• The River City Youth Soccer League (RCYSL) is affiliated with the California Youth Soccer Association (CYSA) which is affiliated with the United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA), the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), and the Federational Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
• River City Youth Soccer League (RCYSL) is a non-profit corporation supported through player registration fees and donations.   Our goal is to provide an opportunity for youth players of all skill levels to participate in soccer programs.

• California Youth Connection .
• California Youth Connection (CYC) is an advocacy organization for and by current and former foster youth, ages 14-24, of California. ... CYC was developed as an outgrowth of California Independent Living Programs and is modeled after the Canadian Youth In Care Network, which featured strong localized efforts to organize foster youth to advocate for their rights. ... There are 20 current chapters throughout the state of California. CYC gives the foster youth a voice. ...
• California Youth Connection promotes the participation of foster youth in policy development and legislative change in an effort to improve the foster care system and strives to forge collaborations with decision makers to improve social work practice and child welfare policies. ...
• To educate the general public and policy makers about the unique needs of foster youth and to increase awareness of their concerns. ...
• To create partnerships in which both youth and adults share responsibility for the success of the organization. ...
• To support youth leadership at all levels of the organization, including local chapters and the statewide office. ...
• To monitor legislation and act as advocates for foster youth. ...
• To build a national and international advocacy network of current and former foster youth. ...
• To promote a positive image of foster youth.
• My intentions for this community project were to get the foster care youth of Glenn County more involved in CYC, by setting up our own local chapter. Prior to beginning to set up the Glenn County's CYC Chapter, I had to go through an introduction and training to be certified to be a CYC Adult Supporter. ... I was there to support them and guide them, but CYC is all about the foster youth and the meetings were theirs to run. ... I felt that CYC played a very important part in the foster youth of California and with more active members, I thought that we could make more of an impact on the policy makers and towards legislation that CYC lobbies for and against. ...

• California Links.
• Bloomsburg (California) Panthers Pop Warner Football - Midget Football League. ...
• Fontana (California) Bucks Football - Official site for the Fontana, California Pop Warner Bucks youth football team.
• Murrieta Valley (California) Pop Warner - Information about the youth football and cheerleading organization.
• Santa Ynez Pirates Youth Football League - Youth football league dedicated to the positive development of the community's children. ...
• Mountain View Pop Warner - Provides conference standings, conference information, and maps to all game fields for Peninsula California youth football conference.
• South Valley Panthers - Mity Mite youth tackle football club is looking for players, coaches, team parents, and donations.
• Modesto Broncos Youth Football - Football and cheerleading for youths in the Modesto area.
• Huntington Beach Pop Warner Football and Cheer - Serving Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Westminster and Fountain Valley, California.
• Washington Youth Football Homepage - Washington Youth Football Home Page. Fresno, California.
• Florin Panther Pride - Youth football and cheerleader program in the Florin High School (Sacramento) area.
• Northridge Athletic Club - Youth football and cheer for ages 6-14. ...
• Balboa Raiders - Youth football and cheer located in central San Diego Site includes photos and a map to home field.
• Poway Pop Warner - Youth football and cheer. ...
• Napa Saints - Youth football and cheer. ...

• MEChA is an acronym for Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (Chicano Student's Movement of Aztlan), an organization dedicated to the promotion of Chicano history, education, and political action. ...
• MEChA was born from the result of two conferences in the late 1960s: the First National Chicano Liberation Youth Conference, held in March 1969 in Denver, Colorado, and which produced the document entitled El Plan de Aztlán; and a symposium held at the University of California, Santa Barbara the following month, which produced the document entitled El Plan de Santa Barbara. ...
• MEChistas (or members of MEChA) consider themselves neither Americans nor Mexicans, but descendants (either genetically or spiritually) of the indigenous pre-Columbian nations—hence, the Chicano Student's Movement of Aztlán. ...
• In August 2003, the Democratic candidate for the 2003 California recall election, Lt. Governor of California Cruz Bustamante, was condemned by various commentators (including Bill O'Reilly and Michelle Malkin among others) for his involvement with MEChA during the 1970s. Many people believe MEChA is a racist organization whose primary purpose is to return the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas back to Mexico. The organization drew criticism for alleged ties with the racist group Voz de Aztlán, and for a part of El Plan de Aztlán that states, "Por La Raza todo. ...
• El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán .

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• To learn more about the California Youth Crisis Line (CYCL), go to CYCL FAQs, where you can also find out about volunteer opportunities.
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• Facnet California Youth Authority Testing Tomorrow!.
• ----------- YOUTH CORRECTIONAL COUNSELOR (Peace Officer Classification) FILE AND TEST-IN-PERSON at CSU Stanislaus May 7 & 8, 2002 File and Test-in-Person Dates Applications Accepted Location May 7, 2002 10:00am - 7:00pm CSU Stanislaus - Student Services Building, Room 119, 801 W. ... Monte Vista Avenue Turlock, CA FILE AND TEST-IN-PERSON at Youth Authority Training Center May 11, 2002 File and Test-in-Person Date Applications Accepted Location May 11, 2002 9:00am - 5:00pm Youth Authority Training Center 7650 South Newcastle Road Stockton, CA Spot Examination for San Joaquin County: DeWitt Nelson Youth Correctional Facility Karl Holton Youth Correctional Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility N. ... Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility O. ... Close Youth Correctional Facility File and Test-in-Person Process Please allow at least 4 hours to complete the file and test-in-person process. ... How to apply Examination Applications (STD 678) are available at the Youth Authority Central Office and at offices of the Employment Development Department or log on to the State Personnel Board internet site www. ... Salary Ranges Range A $2272 (Academy) Range B $2936 - $3400 (Apprenticeship Program) Range C $3933 - $4782 (Upon Completion of Apprenticeship Program) Range J $3083 - $3570 (Apprenticeship Program) Range K $4130 - $5021 (Upon Completion of Apprenticeship Program) Department of the Youth Authority Personnel Management Services Division 4241 Williamsbourgh Drive, Suite 115 Sacramento, CA 95823 (916) 262-1338 Toll Free: (866) 466-4CYA (866) 466-4292 Web Site Address: www!. ... Minimum Qualifications Pattern I: Experience: Two years of California state service performing the duties of a Youth Correctional Officer (4,160 hours). ... and Experience: Two years (4,160 hours) of experience working with youth in one or a combination of the following: 1) Youth Correctional Agency, 2) Parole or Probation Department, 3) Family, Children, or Youth Guidance Center, 4) Juvenile Bureau of Law Enforcement, 5) Education or Recreation Agency. ... THE DEPARTMENT OF THE YOUTH AUTHORITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER TO ALL REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION, AGE OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. ...

• TITLE: Profiling the Needs of the California Youth Authority's Female Population, 1996 .
• AFFILIATION: California State University and Sonoma State University.
• This study was designed to assess the needs and characteristics of the female juvenile offender population in California and to evaluate the existing program structure. ... To study the needs and program demands of young female offenders, the researchers conducted a profile survey of 162 randomly-selected women at the Ventura School in the California Youth Authority (CYA) in the summer of 1996. The data are the result of personal interviews using a modified version of the instrument used for a 1995 study of adult female offenders in the California Department of Corrections by the principal investigators. Information was collected on demographics, social and economic background, criminal history, and correctional experiences. ... Variables on correctional experiences include abuse counseling, HIV testing, correctional programming participation, work experience during incarceration, and California Youth Authority housing assignment.
• STUDY DESIGN: To study the needs and program demands of young female offenders, the researchers conducted a profile survey of 162 randomly-selected women at the Ventura School in the California Youth Authority (CYA) in the summer of 1996. The data are the result of personal interviews administered using a modified version of the instrument from a 1995 study of adult female offenders in the California Department of Corrections by the principal investigators. ...
• Variables on correctional experiences include abuse counseling, HIV testing, correctional programming participation, work experience during incarceration, and California Youth Authority housing assignment.
• FUNDING AGENCY: United States Department of Justice. ...
• SAMPLING:  The research team interviewed 162 young women in the Ventura School, a co-correctional facility. The sample was randomly selected from a May 1996 census of 371 female wards by the California Youth Authority (CYA) research staff. ...
• UNIVERSE: Young female offenders in the California Youth Authority system.
• PROFILING THE NEEDS OF THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY'S FEMALE POPULATION, 1996 Computer file . ... Fresno, CA: California State University producer , 1997. ...

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• California, seventh among the world’s nation-states in wealth, is the first and only major .
• More than that, California .
• California’s transition to a world state is harbinger for what will transpire in .
• Its youth are at the vortex of wrenching global change.
• California’s teenage population, age 10-19.
• McHenry Library resources on youth, useful for paper references, with links to information sources.
• After looking through dozens of popular and academic volumes focused on “youth” or “adolescents,” I can say with confidence that the vast majority of today’s books on teenagers are absolutely abysmal, products that combine rampant adult bigotry with rotten scholarship, recycling the same secondhand horror-statistics copied from the back of some 1990 save-our-children pamphlet. ... ” Capsule reviews of the Ephebiphobic’s (youth-hater’s) Library will follow for my personal ventilation and hopefully your amusement. ...
• Carnegie recasts the healthiest, safest generation of 10-14 year-olds in American history as terrifyingly imperiled by youth culture and TV. Real dangers such as poverty, violent child abuses, and parental drug and alcohol addiction win less than one page in this 135-page pacifier for complacent politicians that sets back reasoned youth policy at least a century. ...
• His big evidence of pop-culture damage is that felony assault reports rose steadily from 1960 to 1992 commensurate with the growth in TV sales, a bad enough correlation-equals-causation fallacy even before considering the fact he doesn’t mention:  assault and other violent felonies PLUMMETED (especially among youth) from 1992 through 2000 commensurate with massive growth in violent video games, rap music sales, R-rated movies, explicit cable channels, and Internet images he deplores! His book mangles statistics and butchers logic. ...
• Both peddle Armageddon fears about today’s youth through unchecked bullet-stats and selected client quotes that presume to let “real” boys and girls (that they chose) “speak. ...
• Cornell psychologist Garbarino admits from years of youth advocacy that he knows damn well why a few boys kill:  poverty, household abuses, urban unemployment. ... Better to jump on the cheap-popularity bandwagon demonizing a few upscale school shooters as poster boys of modern youth, position yourself firmly on the side of worried-but-blameless rich parents, and win media adulation berating “dark Internet images” as the cause of modern kid evils. ...

• TOPSoccer is a community based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities, organized by youth soccer association volunteers. ... TOPS stands for "The Outreach Program for Soccer". Our goal is to enable the thousands of young athletes with disabilities to become valued and successful members of the US YOUTH SOCCER family.
• Any youth player between the ages of 4-19 years old having a physical or mental disability that limits their ability to perform at the level of play they have chosen to participate.

• Youth Programs.
• * Problem Solving * Self Confidence *Conflict Resolution * Morale Building * Goal Setting * Communication * Support * Teambuilding These are all experiences in our youth adventure programs. ... We are confidence that we can deliver a dynamic, high-quality, and personalized program for your youth group. ...

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• Welcome to the web site for the Orchard Valley Youth Soccer League (OVYSL). OVYSL is part of District II of the California Youth Soccer Association-North, serving Morgan Hill, Gilroy, and San Martin. ...
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• The Office of the Inspector General investigates allegations of misconduct on the part of state correctional agencies and conducts audits and special reviews of correctional agency institutions and programs. An independent agency, the Office of the Inspector General reports to the Governor. ...
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• Youth & Technology Candidate Information Program.
• The Children’s Partnership with the California Community Technology Policy Group and PolicyLink.
• California Community Technology Policy Group.
• CALIFORNIA FACT SHEET.
• ON YOUTH AND TECHNOLOGY READINESS.
• 78 out of every 1,000 private sector workers in California are employed by high-tech firms (5th highest rate in the nation). ...
• California is 1st in the U. ...
• Are California’s Youth Prepared for It?.
• Among California’s children, 6% or 564,000, do not have a phone at home. ...
• California ranks 30th among states in providing children with access to a phone at home. ...
• 39% of California’s households do not own a computer and 45% do not have Internet access (national average is 43% and 49%, respectively). ...
• 71% of households in California earning less than $15,000 per year do not own a computer and 78% do not use the Internet at home (national average is 77% and 82%, respectively). ...
• Are Schools Equipping Today’s Youth? Where California Stand.
• 48% of 4th graders and 48% of 8th graders in California scored below the basic level of math that is expected in their grade (national average is 33% and 35%, respectively). ...
• 1 students for every Internet-connected computer in California’s public schools, yet in high-poverty schools this figure jumps to 11. ...
• In 37% of schools in California, the majority of teachers (at least half) are “beginners” when it comes to using technology (national average is 24%). ...

• Founded in 1952 the California Youth Symphony has taught upwards of 15,000 students and includes two full symphony orchestras – the California Youth Symphony Orchestra and the CYS Associate Orchestra, as well as a percussion ensemble and six additional groups for younger musicians. ... A youth orchestra of this caliber is rare. ...
• The 2003-2004 members of the California Youth Symphony includes more than 470 of the greater Bay Area’s most promising young musicians ranging in age from 11 to 18 and representing more than 100 elementary, middle and high schools.
• Recorded live in concert, the limited edition California Youth Symphony CD features Natasha Paremski's unforgettab le November 2002 performanc e of the Brahms Piano Concerto No. ...

• CALIFORNIA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION Phone Number: 832-7054 Contact Person: Charles Lynch .

• Home  Issues  March 13, 2000 issue   California Youth Take Initiative.
• California Youth Take Initiative by Robin Templeton .
• We want to know why Hilton funded a state ballot initiative that would lock children up in adult prisons. ...
• Youth activists upset business as usual at a string of Hilton hotels in California in a recent campaign to protest the company's contribution to Proposition 21, renamed "California's War on Youth Initiative" by its opponents. (After youth repeatedly stormed the headquarters of Pacific Gas & Electric to protest its $50,000 contribution to the pro-21 campaign, that company publicly pledged neutrality on the initiative. ... Prop 21 would obliterate the concept of rehabilitative juvenile justice in California and perhaps beyond: The state's initiative process has been a national trendsetter for repressive campaigns, spawning tax revolts, three-strikes laws, anti-immigrant hysteria and the dismantling of affirmative action.
• Up against California's booming prison industry, the movement's leaders are tackling Prop 21 while also hatching long-term organizing strategies and building sustainable coalitions. ...
• Former California Governor Pete Wilson launched Prop 21 when he thought he had a shot at the Republican presidential nomination. According to the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Prop 21 would try in adult criminal courts 8,800 more California children each year--a sevenfold increase. ... Prop 21 makes no funding provisions and, according to the state's Legislative Analyst's Office, could cost California's social programs more than $300 million a year.
• " From 1990 to 1998, California's juvenile felony arrest rate dropped 30 percent, and its juvenile homicide arrest rate declined 61 percent. ...
• They are debunking myths about rising youth crime and pushing for a shift in funding priorities away from prisons and toward better schools. Organizations like Critical Resistance Youth Force and Homey in Northern California and Youth Organizing Communities and Youth in Action in Los Angeles have learned from the mistakes of past campaigns, which lost by playing to the middle: conceding, for example, that affirmative action is a problem and contesting only how to deal with it, with slogans like "mend it, don't end it. " Youth organizers are leveraging new resources--hip-hop superstar Lauryn Hill has offered her support--and venturing into new coalitions with labor, teachers and gay and faith communities.
• For the youth movement emerging in California, the treacherous campaign against Prop 21 is also an opportunity to engage new leaders and build a solid foundation. ...
• about Robin Templeton Robin Templeton, a Bay Area writer and organizer, is an associate editor with Pacific News Service's "Beat Within," a writing program for incarcerated youth. For information or to offer support, contact Critical Resistance Youth Force at (510) 444-0484, 1212 Broadway, Suite 1400, Oakland, CA 94612 (www. ...

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