YouthmediaBHCRole models and free lunch: Investments in education Fresno and ArvinLauren Baker thinks the fact that fewer adults have college degrees in her hometown of Fresno than in California overall is a big influence…Oct 27, 2015Oct 27, 2015
YouthmediaBHCYouth access to employment: Sacramento & Long BeachSearching for employment can be a daunting task for youth in Sacramento. With only one out of five teens successfully securing employment…Oct 26, 2015Oct 26, 2015
YouthmediaBHCGentrification and fast food: Oakland & SacramentoSixty-one percent of people know someone who moved out of Oakland because housing became too expensive. Many youth looking to move out are…Oct 26, 2015Oct 26, 2015
YouthmediaBHCDisconnected youth and poverty: Fresno & MercedI found out from talking to Kody Stoebig, a resident of Fresno, that thirty percent of West Fresno residents live in low-rent and…Oct 26, 2015Oct 26, 2015
YouthmediaBHCPollution and hospital care: Boyle Heights & Del NorteJennifer Lopez, a 17 year-old youth journalist and senior at Bravo Medical Magnet High School, describes the air quality in Boyle Heights…Oct 26, 2015Oct 26, 2015
YouthmediaBHCJob access and health access: City Heights & Del NorteIt was revealed to me today that the median income for a family of five living in the City Heights community of San Diego falls below the…Oct 24, 2015Oct 24, 2015
YouthmediaBHCHigher learning and cheap rent: Merced & OaklandSeventy to 80 percent of Merced County’s undocumented residents don’t have high school diplomas. Alice Evergreen, 17, says that only one of…Oct 24, 2015Oct 24, 2015
YouthmediaBHCMinimum wage and public transit: Long Beach & City HeightsJessica Salgado is currently working on her bachelor’s degree in Journalism and minor in Film at California State University Long Beach…Oct 24, 2015Oct 24, 2015
YouthmediaBHCFree lunch and poverty: Del Norte & FresnoDel Norte has a small school district with only two middle schools and a single high school. Of those students who are eligible for free…Oct 24, 2015Oct 24, 2015
YouthmediaBHCPoverty and family income: Mered & City HeightsCurrent data show that 20 percent of all Merced County residents and more than 40 percent of undocumented residents work in…Oct 24, 2015Oct 24, 2015