SOMCAN’s Youth Organizing Home and Neighborhood Action (YOHANA) program is a year-round multi-cultural program led by low-income, immigrant youth who care about their communities and want to make sustainable changes.
YOHANA offers a safe, culturally-competent, and democratic space for young people ages 14–18 to gain valuable leadership skills, identify issues in their community and take action to achieve healthy and equitable neighborhoods.
The program includes:
The “Land is Life” summer internship, which explores issues of environmental inequities;
Arts-based outreach, including writing, visual art, and music;
Participatory training and support;
Public speaking and civic engagement;
One-to-one and peer mentorship