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People marching during the Oakland teacher strike. | Image from "City Rising: Youth & Democracy"
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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.
Caridad - Los Angeles Street Vending Campaign - City Hall
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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.
Aerial view of Los Angeles
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City Rising shows how gentrification is deeply rooted in a history of discriminatory laws and practices in the United States.
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All-time low unemployment rates for the City of Long Beach made headlines last June, however, taking a look at rates by census tracts reveals that the City of Long Beach has tracts with some of the highest unemployment rates in all of Los Angeles County.
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, including Emma Gonzalez (C), stand together on stage with other young victims of gun violence at the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Young people have a pivotal role in some of today's biggest issues. See how their voices have helped shaped movements around the world.
A 2011 crime scene in Tulare County, where one of Jose Martinez's victims was found. | Courtesy of Marion County Sherff’s Office via FOIA/Buzzfeed
It's time to do better by communities that don’t even have local police to call, let alone defund.
Californians for Justice youths at the beach and playing in the water. It is a rare experience for many to just be able to relax since many are juggling multiple responsibilities created by social and economic systems. | Californians for Justice
Youth organizations are not just protesting or mobilizing; they are increasingly and consciously working self-care and healing as a form of political resistance.
Grocery store checkout
Westside Food Bank (WSBF) provides a wide variety of nutritious foods to the food assistance programs of over 70 agencies located in Western Los Angeles County.
A customer at Vicky's Nail Salon receives a manicure in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019.  | Alison Yin for KCET
An organization based out of a community health clinic in Oakland has pioneered the way for safer conditions for nail salon workers.
Oscar Rogel
Measuring the nature and impact of the informal economy is difficult due to the lack of a common understanding of its meaning.
Reyna Garcia | Samanta Helou Hernandez
Many women immigrants are often forced into informal jobs that take advantage of their precarious situation, yet their contributions often go unrecognized and their labor is exploited and undervalued.
Resort in Indian Wells
Compared to the greater Coachella Valley, the City of Indian Wells has a relatively older population with a median age of 68 years old, high rates of education and high levels of homeownership.
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