Relaunch Event: Equity & Youth Leadership Summit 

On September 30th, we held the Equity and Youth Leadership Summit, where we unveiled the next phase of the Network, the Youth Action Network! With the Youth Action Network, we plan to continue efforts toward racial equity, trauma-informed care, systems-level change and wellbeing for ALL by centering youth voice and youth leadership!

Feel free to check out the following resources from the event: 

• Event Program 
• Dr. Shawn Ginwright’s Slides 
• Yoga for All Movement’s Mindfulness Exercise​

If you attended or after you watch the event, please fill out our post-event survey, by end of the day Friday, October 9th. Your responses will help support the development of the Youth Action Network: click here

We would like to thank the Youth Violence Prevention Network and Project Thrive for paving the way of the next phase, the Youth Action Network! We are excited to continue the work of racial equity, trauma-informed systems, and wellbeing for ALL, while centering youth voice and youth leadership! 
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This was a collaboration between the Santa Cruz County's Youth Violence Prevention Network, Applied Survey Research, Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Office Of Education, Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health Services, Santa Cruz County Probation, United Way of Santa Cruz County, and Watsonville Police Department.