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Empowering Communities Through Storytelling
The art and film festival hosted by The California Endowment showcased how stories have the power to help individuals and groups re-imagine the narratives about their communities.

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Creating Change Through the Power of Our Stories
Through this gathering, each of the communities will tell their own stories of change through the exploration of history, resident and youth leadership, healing, and health issues central to people's lives and the neighborhoods in which they live.

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They Were Shining with Ambition: Stories of the Street Vendor in Los Angeles
The story of the vendors is critical to humanizing the debate around street vending and putting a face to the struggle that thousands of Angelenos experience.

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Street Literature
The song and video were entirely created by young folks as a response to the pain, frustration, and anger that was triggered by the killing of Trayvon Martin and the George Zimmerman verdict.

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Skating's Positive Effect on Youth
Skating provides an opportunity for young people to be active and form supportive communities.

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Guerrilla Theater: Helping Promote the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Members of Mujeres Unidas y Activas use teatro in their fight for basic workers’ rights.

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Photographing the Youth of Townsend
I had the impression that people and youth wanted to be SEEN and HEARD and the lens of my camera provided that outlet.

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Building Healthy Communities: South Los Angeles
"I believe our work will create a ripple in the ocean of South L.A. and that it might inspire people to create a better environment for the coming generations."

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Let My People Vote: Registering Voters in Del Norte County
Youth as leaders of change, working to lift up the voices of historically marginalized communities through registering voters in Del Norte County and Adjacent Tribal Lands.

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AjA Youth Media Project: Reshaping Perceptions of City Heights
Youth in City Heights produce stories that inspire and mobilize cooperation, pride and a vision toward a healthy community.