YLI Central Valley

05/05/2015

Good morning YLI Friends,
Yesterday evening three members from our Selma FNL Chapter advocated for an ordinance called the Lee Law that challenges our communities to look to other alternatives that benefit the health of our neighborhoods by reducing the amount of alcohol and to***co product advertising. They shared the podium with adult-allies from Fresno County's Department of Public Health to talk about their experience as a young person living in Selma and the challenges that young people face in their community.

These young people are also excited about their upcoming Social Norms Campaign where they like other young people stretched across Fresno County are Showing Their Sober Swag.

If you'd like to know more about the Lee Law and what Fresno County is doing in communities of the Central Valley go here ---> http://goo.gl/cEuczn

04/29/2015

Good afternoon YLI friends,
ICYMI: Our FNL Chapter at Edison High School hosted a Fresno Teen Summit where they invited young people from Fresno to receive inspiration, empowerment, and motivation to give back to their community.

Hundreds of teens came together for a teen youth summit.

04/29/2015

Good morning YLI friends!

Check out this awesome coverage of our YLI BMoC rockstar, Cesar, representing the youth of Fresno and local social justice efforts to improve youth and police relationships.

While there is obvious distrust between young men of color and police in Baltimore, a youth leader in Fresno says relations between those groups are improving here.

04/22/2015

Good morning YLI Community,
We have an exciting moment to share with you. ICYMI, we have a FNL Chapter at Fresno Pacific who have been busy in rallying the community and supporters alike under their campaign . Here's a picture of them taking their message to Sacramento during their Advocacy Day Trip.

04/21/2015

Good morning YLI Community Partners.

You will be proud to know that YLI has been featured in a toolkit published by Public Counsel titled: Fix School Discipline: How we Can Fix School Discipline Toolkit for Community Members & How we Can Fix School Discipline Toolkit for Educators. On pages 70-72, the work of our SUCCESS team (Students United to Create a Climate of Engagement, Support, and Safety) is highlighted through an interview with MaryJane and SUCCESS youth superstars Miriam and Brooklyn.

We attached a link to the PDF for each toolkit.

04/20/2015

Good morning YLI Community!

Catch it here first, exclusive moments from our Kerman FNL Chapter during "S.E.A.R.C.H." at Kerckhoff Park in Kerman, CA. Watch them warm-up to zumba, a great shot of our planning team, our first place team from the scavenger hunt, and lastly a celebration of the Flour Me Red Challenge.

04/16/2015

Hello YLI friends!!!

We have exciting stuff happening this weekend and want you to be a part of it.

The City of Kerman Youth Commission and Kerman Friday Night Live is hosting "The SEARCH" - Successfully Engaging Adolescents through Resource and Community Hunt. The morning til afternoon event is to share underage drinking data and youth ma*****na use data with youth 12 to 20 years old of the purpose of prevention. There will be resource booths, free food, healthy activities, and prizes.

We hope to see you there!

04/15/2015

Good afternoon YLI friends,

With his family and members of our community, we had the honor of celebrating one of our amazing youth leaders, Zachary Shaath of Edison High School (Fresno, CA) as Youth Volunteer of the Year at the Hands Across Volunteer Awards. His involvement as a youth-leader in our Chapter and YLI’s Fresno Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Chapter has launched his ability to lead with his peers to address and change the damaging norms around underage drinking. Zach has been a leader in communicating to his classmates the root causes of underage drinking and how they could come together to create communities that support healthier decisions. Currently, he and a group of friends are organizing a that includes workshops important to students and relevant to their lives.

Zachary continues to lead in partnership with and has a sincere desire to improve his community and develop himself as a compassionate leader.

04/14/2015

2015 Fresno Teen Summit- Eventbrite http://ow.ly/LBqDk

The Fresno Teen Summit Planning Committee is excited to announce the 2015 Fresno Teen Summit. This year’s theme is, Disney: Make your community the...

04/10/2015

Happy Friday!
Just the other day Councilmember Esmeralda Soria met with Youth leaders from Boys and Men of Color Campaign, Fresno

04/10/2015

At YLI we have FUN! Plain and simple...
During Spring Break, YALL, our Youth Advocacy Leadership League came together to celebrate their year of preparation for their upcoming titled " ", so keep a look out for that this spring. Here are a couple moments of fun that we wanted to share with all of you!

04/10/2015

Good afternoon YLI friends,
We hope you are having a great week! Our Kerman High School FNL have been really busy in advocating for the health of their community. Here are a couple pictures to capture a photovoice event to identify assets and barriers that impact the community. They also made it to an Easter Egg Hunt Extravaganza to connect with parents and the community. Let's give it up to these advocates who are making an impact in !