Youth - Civic Action for Racial and Social Equity

In January 2023, the youth of our organization, becuase of your support, organized and led the 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Stop The Violence Event. Bay area youth, through the impact of your donations, partnered with youth, business and civic members, to lift up voices for safety, violence prevention, and mental wellness. Our project will support campaigns in Santa Clara County, Alameda County, San Mateo County and Los Angeles County. 

Through your support, PARTI was featured as a spotlight GlobalGiving Camapign  (@parti_program) for our project, Youth - Civic Action for Racial and Social Equity,which  provides a platform for BIPOC youths to have equality and inclusion in civic, social, and service leadership. Beginning in March, we will focus on supporting youth to build campaigns that focus on gender equality and diversity and inclusion. 

You make a huge impact on the lives of  youth who need inspiration, direction, and support. SInce our last campaign, we have impacted 350+ youth.

"It is our responsibility to empower the youth of today to take care of the world. For this, they must have a voiceto change things." - PARTI Program.

Links:

• Youth led Violence and Wellness Campaign

During the October Bullying Prevention ExPosure event, 9th grade student, Miranda spoke about a time that she did not feel safe and was bullied:

“my name is Miranda, and I experienced bullying. That experience made me feel like it was bad for me to express my loud self”

Miranda 9th Grade

Because of supporters like you and donations that directly reach the teens that participate in our programs though your donations made on GlobalGiving, we will continue to keep you Miranda busy, make sure she feels safe, celebrate her voice, and always remind her, that she has PARTI team that will be by her side and support. 

Our youth need more support and during Giving Tuesday on November 29th, you can be the light that this world needs! 

OUR LONG TERM VISION THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT:

• Increase Cross Generational Relationships By Connecting Youth To Caring Adults.
• Increase Cross Cultural Connections For Youth
• Provide Access To Leadership Opportunities Locally, Regionally And Nationally.

Links:

• ExPosure Event

Youth are amazing and they when given the opportunity to be in environments that provide them equity to be change makers. Over the past 90 days, youth, with the support of PARTI teens and staff participated in conversations with adults through the U.S. Department of State and the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to host conversations with international visitors from Tamil to provide feedback on our program designed to addressing critical issues pertaining to online safety for girls and young women. PARTI also partnered with the County of Santa Clara Internand Earn Program to provide supervised internships for 12 youth from foster care and/or, families who received county cash assistants. 

PARTI youth  led summers including:

• Providing 50 Silicon Valley youth and families with Bay Area Panther tickets, to the Arena Football  League  game courtesy of Meriwest Credit Union.

• Providing 50+ youth with a leadership and financial literacy at Mission College in Santa Clara, Ca. in partnership with the Bill Wilson Center and the Amity planning team.

•  Providing self-care meetings focused on addressing mental wellness in 10 Districts in San Jose, Ca.  in partnerships with local Starbucks for 100 youth.

•  Providing 50 youth with fee laptops provided by Robert Half.

•  Providing 800 youth in Santa Clara County, Ca. with meals from Chick- Fil- A to celebrate them returning back to school   in August.

• Providing youth led activities (High Impact, Fusion, Leadership Mentorship, Wllness-Health)  for 415 youth during June - August 2022. 

With your support during the next GlobalGiving Campaign, September 12-16, 2022, PARTI will be able to:

• Provide stipends to 100 youth to lead service projects at their schools or in their community in Santa Clara County, Alameda County, San Mateo County, and Los Angeles County that promote mental wellness activities supported by Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. (visit our website for details www.partiprogram.com)

• Support 4 cohorts of culturally diverse performers, artists, and entrepreneurs with platforms to build power and lead convenings to drive social equity..

•  To create youth led violence and bullying prevention campaigns to advocate and celebrate gender equality, racial equity, youth voice, and diversity and inclusion.

Links:

• our website
• Youth led summer projects that celebrate diversity and inclusion

Youth are amazing and PARTI Program makes every effort to make sure that they feel supported. We don't think that we say Thank you enough to the adults who stand up and dedicate their resources to e champions for our youth! Today, we want to stop and say thank you. We know that we are missing so many names that need to be added to this list, however your support is also recognized 

"I really want to get out of my comfort zone and make a difference in our society and community. Since lockdown and the pandemic it’s become easier to stay isolate and alone. To fix that not only with myself but others around me I want to create safe environments where you can be yourself and make friends, while getting to relearn things about ourself. I like to meet new people and create friends among friends." 2021 youth participant

 PARTI has always been a voice for diversity, inclusion, gender equality, racial justice, youth voice and service to community. While many organizations decided that it is now time to stand for racial justice and funding will follow, PARTI has been communicating this message for decades.

Because of your support, we were able to empower youth to lead service projects in their school and community. Your impact has enabled the following students to lead a diversity and inclusion project act their school reaching 25 people each!.

Katie - SJ, Saphara - Manteca, Adriana - SJ, Ryan - Santa Clara , Daisy - Gilroy, Naomi - Milpitas, Iliana - SJ, Casey - Gilroy 

Links:

• visit our website