BLACK YOUTH EMPOWERMENT 

The Black Youth Empowerment Program creates a network of Black leadership across the Central Valley, and advances Black wellness, education, creativity, and empowerment of the Diaspora. Participants will receive a $500 award for completion of the program and a welcome package. 

The program is focused on the following three goals:

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1. Understanding Self: Hold Space for Black Central Valley High School students to learn about their identities, histories and wellness, as well as to celebrate themselves and their own excellence. 

2. Building Community: Creating a network of young Black Leadership rooted in the Central Valley.

3. Arts & Culture: Students use arts and culture to express and self-reflect on their personal journeys.

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​As part of this program, students will engage in a creative project that asks students to produce an artistic work such as a short story, a series of poems, a painting, a photographic essay, a collage, a sculpture, a musical composition, a film or video, etc., in response to a content element of the program. This project will serve as a reflection of students' personal growth and learning throughout the program.​

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