Mendez Learning Center Students Advocate for Better Resources and Funding

Youth at the Mendez Learning Center in Boyle Heights come together to build leadership and advocate for better resources and funding for youth programs and services. 

The Power of Stories is an archive of projects submitted every year to Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Statewide Convening. It showcases work created throughout California highlighting the power of individual and collective efforts to promote health and demonstrates how stories have the power to re-imagine and transform our communities. Produced in partnership with the California Endowment.