Youth Organizing Leadership Academy: YOLA!
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With our youth out of school for the summer, we at the Youth Leadership Institute in Fresno County viewed this summer as an amazing opportunity to engage youth from across … Continued
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YLI Youth Advocate presents before the Land Use and Economic Development Committee
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The Healthy Retailer Incentive Program is a program that is going to help businesses bring healthier foods to their stores. The program will help bring healthier options in our communities … Continued
“Tobacco Sales to Youth Slip”, an SF Gate Article to be featured in the Chronicle!
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Our very own Tobacco USe Reduction Force (TURF) campaign was highlighted in the San Francisco Gate news. “Research conducted by the Tobacco Use Reduction Force, a group of seven young … Continued
Nutrition Soldiers Presented at a National Childhood Obesity Conference!
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Nutrition Soldiers had the honor of attending and presenting at the 7th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference. On Wednesday, June 19th, Mary and Avni presented to a room of about 200 people on … Continued
San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar Presents Commendation Awards to TURF Youth
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Supervisor Eric Mar recently presented TURF Youth Commendation Awards for all their hard work. Keep up the amazing work!
ABC 7 News covers YLI’s TURF Youth Group
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ABC 7 News elaborates on TURF’s work assessing their community, their commitment to social justice, and the time-intensive process of creating a proposal limiting the number of tobacco outlets within … Continued
YLI TURF in the news: Youth Group Drafts Proposal to Limit Tobacco Retail
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Mission Local news recently covered TURF and their hard working conducting community assessments and collecting data. Their use of this information to draft proposal combatting the high density of tobacco sellers in lower-income … Continued
TURF Wins 1ST Place at Breathe California of the Bay Area’s 2013 Clear the Air FilmFest Contest!
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The Youth Leadership Institute’s TURF youth program won 1ST place at Breathe California of the Bay Area’s 2013 Clear the Air FilmFest Contest! As winners, they received a gorgeous certificate and … Continued