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City Rising: Youth & Democracy (Preview)
“City Rising: Youth & Democracy” explores how youth leaders, allies and organizations challenge institutional and systemic issues through civic engagement. Faced with the effects of underfunded public services, a lack of representation, mass deportations and overcriminalization, young people organize their communities to make lasting change in pursuit of a more just and equitable future.
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This third season of the “City Rising” series will demystify the role and work of youth organizations in California, demonstrating how young people are organizing their communities to participate in public policy and make lasting change.
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California is the world's fifth largest economy — yet, hiding in plain sight are workers who labor off the books, unprotected and unregulated. Follow four California workers organizing to find pathways for legalization and protection.
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City Rising shows how gentrification is deeply rooted in a history of discriminatory laws and practices in the United States.