Spotted front: Pink tote and black puffer vest. “Imperialism is out, Liberation is in.”
At 13 years old, I founded The Reclamation Project @ 916.
Born from the conditions of a global pandemic, under-served California public schools, community-wide resource inequity disproportionately-harming racial and ethnic minorities in Sacramento’s low-income zip codes, and my drive to mobilize youth in shaping our own narratives, I established The Reclamation Project @ 916 in late 2020. initially as a grassroots advocacy-body spearheading social justice educational infrastructure, youth equity and anti-systemic-oppression campaigns, petition-based civic involvement, and on-the-ground and digital means of youth-led organizing.
Years later, empowered by youth-driven momentum, I serve as the Executive Director and ensure our organization’s visionary strides in community engagement, statewide and nationwide coalition-building, and program and fund development. I have led The Reclamation Project @ 916’s reinvestment of $150,000+ to social justice programming, liberation-centered counseling and wellness, public socio-political education, youth leadership development and resources, and direct aid for under-served students, families, and communities, while impacting people across California and the U.S.
The Reclamation Project @ 916 is a 100% youth-run, grassroots social justice organization delivering liberating education, equitable resource development, community-based wellness, and solidarity to historically-marginalized and under-served communities and youth throughout California and beyond.
Alongside The Reclamation Project @ 916, I’ve founded…
Supplies for Solidarity: Sacramento-County-based campaign empowering socioeconomic resource equity in BIPOC & immigrant low-income neighborhoods, supporting 500+ student-families; Reinvested $40,000+ in essential resources/programs to under-served communities & under-funded schools; 35,000+ supplies collected distributed; 2022 Partner with Governor Newsom’s California Vaccinate All 58 Campaign providing 200+ historically-marginalized individuals with free COVID booster vaccines and testing; Partnering with 65+ campuses and 30+ grassroots organizations; 700+ volunteers mobilized
California Youth Power-Building Fellowship: Statewide leadership program dedicated to capacitating, empowering, and mentoring youth-led social impact, providing young leaders with firsthand support and education in changemaking; $20,000+ distributed through power-building grants and mentorship resources; Bridging impact-minded students with California’s foremost public officials, institutions, organizations, activist-scholars, change-making professionals, and social entrepreneurs.
National Social Justice Education Coalition & Scholarship: Reinvested $12,000+ in scholarships for historically-marginalized students across the United States; Nationwide collective spearheading liberating, anti-oppressive learning across 23 U.S. states and empowering the narratives of impact-focused students and youth; Bridging 80+ partners from New York, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Washington DC, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut and California in anti-oppression educational programming.
Youth Healing Justice & Liberating Education Program: Youth-led public social justice workshops, socio-political curriculum, & community-based forums provoking cross-cultural/cross-generational discussion & developing core points of youth advocacy; Community circles, peer-interactive lessons, & free yoga/wellness programs developed alongside decolonial BIPOC practitioners for marginalized youth to process/heal from systems-related trauma/struggle; 850+ learners mentored; 20+ organizations collaborated with across various CA cities.
Community Food Justice Initiative: direct, youth-volunteer-driven response to Sacramento area’s rising food insecurity; 4,500+ meals prepared and distributed to unhoused encampments and local pantries since 2023; Youth-led mutual aid program.
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$150,000 raised and reinvested
65,000+ community members mobilized
1,000+ programming participants & youth learners
200+ youth volunteers & organizers
100+ California coalition partners
In the realm of public service, I represent…
I serve as the Racial and Economic Justice Chair of the Sacramento County government advisory on youth-impacting policy. Today, I represent 300,000 young citizens in advancing the conditions and life outcomes of historically under-served youth populations via policy advocacy, ethnographic research, scholarship, community programming, and direct service.
300,000+ young citizens
I serve as the Student Board Trustee on the Elk Grove Unified Board of Education, serving as the voice for 63,000+ students across sixty-eight school campuses in northern California’s largest school district, in one of the most diverse regions in the United States.
63,000+ students
Establish and lead the authorship of the Sacramento County Youth Bill of Rights and Articles for Equitable Life Betterment of California Youth, a statewide collaborative initiative and coalition-based research project providing a framework of accountability for government and grassroots work in youth equity, solidarity, and liberation.
Conduct County-wide collaborative research investigating youth needs and conditions concerning the school-to-prison pipeline, restorative substance-abuse prevention, cultural empowerment, educational equity, civic engagement, & health/wellness disparities.
Build a coalition of 100+ youth-serving health, education, life development, visual and performing arts, family, social justice, and policy organizations, social change entities, public officials, and professionals, bridging the advisory to spearhead youth-empowerment campaigns, resource redistribution, and equitable programming infrastructure through statewide support.