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Youth Voices

A digital literacy and civic engagement program that invites youth on an exploration of their neighborhood, where they investigate the social, cultural, and political history and take a critical look at the issues facing their community. Students are encouraged and provided opportunities to become leaders and advocates for their community.

Explore the Youth Voices Curriculum and Workbook

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Tonantzin Carmelo talk to students at LFCSA
The Tongva are part of the past, present, and future of the Arroyo Seco.
Suzanne Lummis
Learning history through poetry and memories.
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Music education is very important because it taps into a part of the brain that allows creative expression.
Juana Gutierrez and Consuelo Vazquez sit for an interview
In the end the quality of the teaching is what matters and not how many students you can try to teach at once.
Skaters4Justice interview Vrisa Dominguez
What type of counseling do first generation college and low income students need to prepare for and apply to college? Skaters4Justice interview Vrisa Dominguez from Upward Bound-Boyle Heights to illustrate the type of counseling necessary to get studen...
Three students at LFCSA draw their reflection maps
Drawing maps helps students gain a deeper understanding of Sycamore Grove and prepares them for the next phase of their project.
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Taking a walk from Sycamore Grove Park across the Arroyo Seco to get to the Audubon Center at Debs park opens your eyes to the amount of nature all around.
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Locating the remnants of the California Cycleway and visiting the Lummis Home, a unique place, built by a man that came to define Sycamore Grove.
Students walk down stairs towards the Arroyo Seco and Heritage Square
Heritage Square and the Arroyo Seco link Angelenos to our past and future.
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Taking a walk through a neighborhood can open your eyes to some amazing things.
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Walking through Sycamore Grove offered the students a unique opportunity to learn about a place and history that the majority of them, and most Angelenos, are not familiar with.
Students find a vacuum cleaner during the 2013 Los Angeles River Clean-Up.  <em>Photo courtesy of the L.A. River School</em>
The Los Angeles River is a significant part of our community, help us make it something we can all be proud to call our own.
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