The Future is Youth: Recent Episodes
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"The Future is Youth" is a podcast for teens and young adults created by CommuniCare Health Centers, a community-based health center in Yolo County. In each episode, we share the voices and stories of people in and around California’s capital city of Sacramento who are investing in healing, celebrating, and empowering youth to shape the future. With topics covering mental health, activism and advocacy work, LGBTQ and racial justice, and bite-size tips on how to find your place in the world. This podcast is investing in the future of connection and community by elevating youth.
On this episode of "The Future is Youth," we talk to Rachel Henry, Education and Outreach Manager for UC Davis' Center for Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE).
Rachel (she/her) began her advocacy in sexual violence prevention as a peer educator in 2011. It was her years as a peer educator that solidified her love of education and investment in violence prevention. This work also led to her pursuit of bridging gaps between the classroom and lived experiences, which propelled Rachel into her career as a professional cultural humility educator and scholar -practitioner.
The UC Davis Center for Advocacy, Resources & Education (CARE), a program within the UC Davis Office of the Provost, is dedicated to reducing the incidence and impact of sexual harassment and sexual violence. We provide confidential advocacy, support, and healing services to survivors of sexual harassment and all forms of sexual violence, including sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and stalking. We also facilitate prevention programming and professional training, and serve as subject matter experts with regard to victim dynamics, impact of trauma, bystander intervention, and social norm change.
CARE at UC Davis: https://care.ucdavis.edu/
Critical Conversations by Isabella Masterson: https://www.tinyurl.com/learnwithCARE
Recommended reading if you work with youth or are raising youth: https://www.sexualcitizens.com/
If you are not a UCD Affiliate, but are in need of crisis support: https://www.rainn.org/ or call 800-656-HOPE (24/7)
On this episode of "The Future is Youth," we talk to Jeanine Gaines from the Sacramento Native American Health Center about local tribal youth leadership and community development.
Jeanine Gaines (she/her) is a Citizen Potawatomi Nation and communications professional specializing in outreach to unserved and underserved communities. Jeanine has worked on local and state-wide behavior change campaigns, focusing on reducing mental health stigma, suicide prevention and intervention, reducing infant mortality, and increasing human trafficking awareness in tribal communities.
The Sacramento Native American Health Center (SNAHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center committed to continue and share the legacy of a healthy American Indian/Alaska Native community based on cultural values delivered through a traditional, innovative and accessible patient-centered health home. SNAHC offers primary care, oral health, behavioral health, specialty, and supportive services in midtown Sacramento. They are open to all, and all are welcome.
To learn more about SNAHC's work, visit the sites below:
www.snahc.org
www.facebook.com/sacnahc
twitter.com/SacNAHC
www.instagram.com/sacnahc/
On this episode of "The Future is Youth", we talk to Sol Collective's Community and Youth Director, Can Foster.
Can Foster (she/her/them) is a community and youth organizer at Sol Collective. Sol Collective is a community-based organization in Sacramento that provides inclusive programing and services to youth and community members. Since 2005, Sol Collective's mission is to provide artistic, cultural, and educational programming, promote social justice, and empower youth through art, activism, music, wellness and media experience. Can started working with Sol Collective during the pandemic in 2020 as a contact tracer with the Sac Collab, a partnership between the Sacramento Health Department, Sierra Health and many community based organizations around Sacramento with a goal to provide guidance, resources and current and factual information about COVID-19.
To learn more about Sol Collective's work, visit the sites below:
http://www.solcollective.org/
https://www.facebook.com/SolCollective/
https://www.instagram.com/solcollective/
On this episode of "The Future is Youth", we talk to Marcus Strother (he/him/his), President and CEO of MENTOR California in Sacramento. MENTOR California is part of MENTOR, a national non-profit focused on "fueling the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships for America’s young people and closing the mentoring gap for the one in three young people growing up without this critical support." Marcus works daily with hundreds of mentors and mentees to help connect them to each other and make them feel like they matter.
To get connected with MENTOR California, check out the links below:
www.mentorcaliforniayouth.org
www.instagram.com/mentorcalifornia/
www.linkedin.com/company/mentor-california
Email: marcus@mentorcaliforniayouth.org
On this episode of "The Future is Youth", we talk to an amazing volunteer for NorCal Resist. Vignesh Iyer (he/him/his) is a 21-year-old volunteer with NorCal Resist who primarily works with the legislative, bail/bonds, and accompaniment teams. He started working with NorCal Resist right after George Floyd was murdered by the police in May of 2020. "Protests were taking place all across the nation and I felt a deep sense of urgency to not only take part in those protests but to put his time and energy into organizations that had been doing the work of social justice for a long time," he said.
NorCal Resist is a social justice non-profit based in Sacramento made of community members organizing for a better world with amission to fight injustice through making a positive impact in our communities. NorCal Resists hosts educational events, training, organizes actions, and maintains a variety of resources and programs that provide support to those in need.
Follow these links to get connect with NorCal Resist:
www.norcalresist.org/
www.facebook.com/NorCalResist
www.instagram.com/norcal_resist
www.twitter.com/NorResist
Email: norcalresist@gmail.com
On this episode, we talk to Ericka Burns (she/her/hers), the founder and Executive Director of Sacramento Peers on Prevention (SacPOP). Sac POP is a youth-driven organization that is dedicated to addressing sexual health and reproductive justice issues in order to close the health equity gap among BIPOC youth. SacPOP believes that it is important to empower youth and encourage safe and supportive communities by providing comprehensive, inclusive, medically accurate, sex-positive sex education.
To get connected with SacPOP, follow the links below:
www.sacpop.org
www.Instagram.com/SacPOP
www.Facebook.com/SacramentoPOP
www.Twitter.com/Sac_POP
Email: eburns@sacpop.org or info@sacpop.org
On this episode of "The Future is Youth", we talk to Judah Joslyn (he/him/his), the Director of Transgender Advocacy for Trans and Queer Youth Collective (TQYC). Judah facilitates advocacy for trans and queer BIPOC youth in the program both in-person and online, which varies from educating families or schools, to helping youth gain their own advocacy skills. Judah focuses on doing this through the TQYC mentorship program, which is a therapeutic-based program to empower youth to be their best authentic selves.
To get in touch with TQYC and their work, follow the links below:
www.tqyc.org
www.facebook.com/tqyouthcollective
www.instagram.com/transqueeryouthcollective/
Email: judah.joslyn@tqyc.org
On this introduction episode, Kenna (she/they) and Kelsie (she/her) talk about how a youth-focused, community-inspired podcast idea became a reality. In each episode, Kenna and Kelsie will interview a community organizer doing the work of empowering youth and young adults in and around California's capital city of Sacramento.
If you want to get involved with "The Future is Youth" podcast, get connected to our guest speaker, or learn more about the services provide by CommuniCare Health Centers and Elevate Youth, reach out to us at the links below:
www.instagram.com/elevatequeeryolo
www.facebook.com/YoloLGBTQTeens
elevatequeeryolo@gmail.com
Welcome to "The Future is Youth," a podcast celebrating and elevating the voices and stories of people who are doing the work to shape the future of youth leadership and empowerment around California's capitol city of Sacramento. Follow us on Instagram at @elevatequeeryolo