Gustavo Aguirre talks about how youth leaders collaborated to create a new app, IVAN, for environmental justice. The app allows you to report environmental hazard regulation violations to the community led environmental task force.
Gina Guzman a parent-leader in the campaign to establish a Lamont High School within the Kern High School District discusses the need for the high school, the response from the Kern High School District Board of Trustees, and what is next for the campaign.
Gerald Cantu the Educational Policy Director of the Dolores Huerta Foundation talks about the school budget process known as the Local Control Funding Formula/Local Control Accountability Plan and the Kern High School District’s decision to redistrict it’s trustee areas in light of the ruling that found the Kern County Board of Supervisors guilty of gerrymandering Latinos after a second majority district.
South Kern Sol youth reporter, Alejandra Alberto, shares the story she wrote about DACA students and her experience reporting on this issue.
In the 661 is youth led and produced broadcast show her in Kern County. Marilu Cisneros is one of the youth producers on our show.
In The 661 is a youth led and produced broadcast show in Kern County. Veronica Morley is one of the Youth Producers for our show. Watch to find out more about her, how she became interested in journalism, and what topics she is passionate about.
In The 661 is a youth led and produced broadcast show for Kern County. Dean Welliver is one of the youth producers for our show, In the 661.
In the 661 is produced by South Kern Sol in partnership with Building Healthy Communities South Kern. The show is hosted by Kiyoshi Tomono and focuses on highlighting current events and good work happening in the community-all through a lens of health and racial equity.
This show gives residents and organizations the opportunity to examine health in interesting and innovative ways. Health doesn’t only happen in a doctor’s office. Health happens where we work live and play. Health happens when people tap into their power, work together and change the odds in their neighborhoods.
The show will be aired weekly on “In the 661’s” Facebook page and will be shared widely on Building Healthy Communities Kern’s website and social media platforms.
The show is produced by South Kern Sol youth producers, Alejandra Alberto, Dean Welliver, Marilu Cisneros, and Veronica Morley.
The Center for Social Justice Center and the Immigration Justice Collaborative Produced the film, ‘American Migrant Stories from Kern County,’ the documentary exposes the pain that families face in their search for prosperity.
The Immigration Justice Collaborative is a group of prominent local attorneys in Kern County who organize to assist immigrants in known their constitutional rights, the first of this type of collaborative in Kern. The collaborative brings in new voices and influence to the fight for social justice.
The Immigration Justice Collaborative is a group of prominent local attorneys in Kern County who organize to assist immigrants in known their constitutional rights, the first of this type of collaborative in Kern. The collaborative brings in new voices and influence to the fight for social justice.
