El Tecolote covered TURF’s work in the Mission District – a neighborhood brimming with young people and tobacco outlets. With the YLI’s focus on community public health as a backdrop, the article explores the local politics regarding tobacco proliferation. Read the full article HERE.
YO! Mateo youth participant Luis Ortiz and YLI San Mateo County Senior Programs Director Katrina Socco give insight about the Healthy Neighborhood Stores campaign on “Beyond the Headlines” with Cheryl Jennings on ABC7 news. The show aired on Sunday, July 24, 2011.
On Monday April 4, 2011 our YO! Mateo group took a road trip to Sacramento for the California Youth Advocacy Network’s 12th Annual Youth Quest.Youth Quest: California is at the forefront of the tobacco control movement due largely to the efforts of its youth. Youth Quest is a valuable experience for youth to learn not only … Continued
YLI San Mateo County has teamed up with the youth from the North County Youth Collective of the Daly City Recreation Department Teen Services Unit for the BOOF campaign, other wise known as Betting On Our Future. BOOF is an awareness campaign to expose the issue‘s of youth problem gambling that includes an opportunity for you to … Continued
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] On Friday March 4, 2011 the YLI San Mateo County YO! Mateo youth leadership coalition reached their goal of collecting over 200 public surveys for the Smoke-Free Hollywood campaign in San Bruno and Burlingame, CA. YO! Mateo is part of an international movement to ban smoking in movies rated G, PG, and PG-13. … Continued
