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Home / Grantmaking History / Youth Making Change 2009-2010 Grants

Youth Making Change 2009-2010 Grants

December 31, 2010

— YMC South —

Environmental Education for the Next Generation, (EENG) – 1st and 2nd Grade Teaching Program – $2,320
Funding to train and place college students in 1st and 2nd grade Santa Barbara Elementary School classrooms in order to foster critical thinking about the environment

Everybody Dance Now! – Hip Hop Dance Classes – $1,000
Funding to support free dance classes for youth at Harding, McKinley and Franklin Schools plus select Housing Authority sites

Manauia – Youth Legal Awareness Project – $2,900
Funding to provide legal awareness to youth in Santa Barbara’s Westside and Eastside neighborhoods and address perceptions of youth based on appearance, race and class

Project Excel – Youth Tutoring Center – $2,200
Funding for a center for youth in grades 5 to 12 providing tutoring and educational assistance

Santa Barbara Youth Council – Teens: Know Your Rights Project – $950
Funding for educational forums and trainings on youth/teen rights, how to defend them and becoming a peer advocate for other teens

UCSB RHA & NRHH Community Service Team – I want to be Barbie / I want to be Ken – $630
Funding for an eating disorder educational awareness event for Junior High School youth and their parents

— YMC North —

Future Leaders of America – Take the Lead – $750
Funding for a youth-led one-day leadership conference for junior high students that will help promote Latinos moving on to higher education

Pioneer Valley High School Link Crew – $800
Funding for a year-long student-led freshman mentor program linking juniors and seniors with incoming freshman to increase graduation rates, freshman involvement at PVHS, and to decrease suspensions, violence and drop out rates

CE’ENI (Colectivo Educativo Estudiantil de Naciones Indigenas) – Lente Cultural – $1,200
Funding for a multicultural art and music event organized by Mexican Indigenous youth that will be documented and shared with the Santa Maria community (translation: Educational Collective of Students of Indigenous Nations – in Mixteco “ce’eni” means: sus hijos / their children)

CHANGE (Committed 2 Helping A New Generation Excel) – Teen Mentorship Project – $2,000
Funding for a mentorship project where homeless and foster teens mentor younger youth dealing with homelessness and the foster system

Rayo de Esperanza – Guadalupe Youth Soccer League – $2,250
Funding for a Guadalupe teen-led soccer league for youth ages 10-13. ( translation: Ray of Hope)

Young Artists Unlimited – Youth Intervention Project – $3,000
Funding for a Lompoc-based teen-led community event focusing on youth ages 10-16 that includes a mural, speakers on youth violence and drug abuse, and cultural dance groups

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