"Local students Jennifer Gaxiola, Ue Yang and Maricela Hernandez have written a grant to State Farm and received $72,000 in February to start the Youth Graduation Empowerment Project (YGEP) to help solve the drop out crisis in Fresno (Fresno's dropout rate is one of the higest in California). Over the last year this project has included six regional youth summits throughout the state focused on the dropout crisis, a statewide web dialogue which included over 350 students, and a statewide YGEP Summit in Fresno in September. Through these activities, these youth leaders developed specific policy proposals which they believe will lower the high school dropout crisis. On Wednesday, they met with State Superintendent Jack O’Connell at the California Department of Education to discuss the youth recommendations from the year’s work. Superintendent O'Connell praised their work and offered to help them in their efforts to share these recommendations with more policy makers."| CMC-Sacramento Gets a New Home! |
The Sacramento Office of Center for Multicultural Cooperation recently moved in to the Sierra Health Foundations Nonprofit Innovation Center (NIC). According to the NIC brochure, “the vision of the Nonprofit Innovation Center is to assist area nonprofits in becoming more effective so they can better support efforts to improve the lives of residents in our communities. This collaborative model will inspire nonprofits to work at peak performance by leveraging each other’s wisdom and expertise to powerfully impact the region.” The NIC is located on Garden Highway, overlooking the river. We are excited to be one of the eight inaugural tenants! |