YVPN PROJECTS

Culturally Responsive Organization Workshop
​August 24, 2018

This training allowed attendees to identify gaps in the services they provide and gain tangible tools, for creating culturally responsive organizations, in order to increase well-being for young men of color and their families.
Culturally responsive practices and policies are intended to ensure that all youth have equitable access to a successful transition
Speaker Bios
Action Planning Template
Workbook For Domains
What is an Equity Lens
Setting the Context

Trauma- Informed System of
Care Conference
October 4, 2017


The conference targeted service providers working with young men and boys of color who are survivors of violence in the County of Santa Cruz. The attendees included service providers within law enforcement, education, a community based organization, or the healthcare system. A special thanks to all the helping hands who dedicate time to this event. 

Implicit Bias
​ Workshop
​September 7, 2018

Co-Sponsored by the Watsonville Police Department, this event allowed attendees to identify the impacts that implicit bias has on decision making within the organizations. Participants also developed action plans for how to counter implicit bias within their work, as it relates the outcomes for young men of color and their families.  
Speaker Bio
Bias Checklist
Next Steps- 4 Steps to Embed Race Equality
Racial Impact Assessment Exercise
Violation of Probation Grid

James Bell Event 
February 9, 2015

YVPN hosted two community forums where James Bell, with the W. Haywood Burns Institute, focused on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice and Education Systems. The goal of the events were to begin normalizing the need to have conversations on race and the importance of using data to inform decision-making and to shift policies. Community members, youth, families & systems-leaders attended. ​