YUCA's public work is the training ground: youth build skills, listen to neighbors, and move campaigns rooted in East Palo Alto.
Leadership development and community organizing go hand in hand. YUCA grounds youth leadership in community impact, political education, critical analysis, facilitation, public speaking, research, writing, and real campaign work.
East Palo Alto has a deep movement history. YUCA youth follow those footsteps through basebuilding, canvassing, coalition work, public testimony, and campaigns led by the people most affected.
Whether organizing marches, rallies, demonstrations, forums, workshops, or policy campaigns, YUCA mobilizes community members to turn shared needs into collective action.
Campaign areas
A youth-led campaign working to transform harsh disciplinary approaches and build more healing, restorative school environments.
Frontline solutions for flooding, heat, and air quality in EPA — built with the people most impacted.
Continuing YUCA's long record of tenant protections, affordable housing advocacy, and community-centered land use planning.
Current focus
Our Future Matters works to transform harsh and punitive disciplinary approaches in local schools that target students of color and non-English speakers, moving toward healing and restorative practices.
YUCA's climate resilience work builds on sustainable practices long used by the community, strengthening interdependence, sustainable living, and youth leadership.
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