Youth United for Community Action

Youth United for Community Action

2135 Clarke Ave East Palo Alto, CA 94303

(650) 322-9165

Youth United for Community Action is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization.

"Locked out of the legal means of material survival, looked down upon by predatory politicians and police, left with the least relevant educational opportunities, talked at with contempt and not talked to with love-- is there any question why such youth are alienated?... 

They look at the lives they live and see not "civil rights progress", but a drumbeat of civil repression by a state at war with their dreams.

Why the surprise?

This is not the lost generation....

They are the children of the L.A. rebellion, the children of the MOVE bombing, the children of the Black Panthers, and the grandchildren of Malcolm; far from lost, they are probably the most aware generation since Nat Turner's; they are not so much lost as they are mislaid, discarded by this increasingly racist system that undermines their inherent worth. They are all potential revolutionaries, with the historical power to transform our dull realities.

If they are lost, find them." 
Mumia Abu Jamal -- Journalist, Black Panther, Political Prisoner

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Our Youth Organizers

At YUCA, we take pride in our youth leadership development pipeline. YUCA is intentional about creating internal opportunities for growth for our young people. Youth who join begin as volunteers and are considered Members. After demonstrating the commitment and desire to be a decision-maker of the organization, they can apply to be Core Members. After two years of being a Core Member, youth have the opportunity to apply to be a Youth Organizer, which is an increase in compensation, additional responsibility, and decision-making power. Once youth have graduated high school, they can apply to be Senior Youth Organizer. The process from Member to Senior Youth Organizer is designed to prepare young people to be well equipped and competitive for becoming full-time staff members at YUCA.

 
 

Moana Kofutua

She graduated from Belle Haven Elementary School and Redwood High School and is a Senior Youth Organizer of the organization.

 
 
 
 
 

Dani Montes

Dani joined YUCA as a summer job. She was really shy at first but told herself that it was just going to be a summer thing. Once she got to know everyone, she got less shy and she started loving YUCA more and more.

Dani loves animals and wants to help them as much as she can in the future. She gets sad knowing that some people may not care about or mistreat them.

 

Xenia hernandez

 
 
 

Bryant Herrera

 

Estefani Ruiz

Estefani joined YUCA last year. She joined because she had known about and liked the work that was done so she decided to join. She loves reading and helping people.

In the near future, she wants to go to college to become a nurse.