Heal the Streets and Youth Empowerment

Oakland's Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has authored a letter urging Oakland City Council to reject the proposed youth curfew.  The curfew was introduced by  Oakland City Council members in response to the rates of violence in Oakland.

The tension between police and Oakland youth is palpable on the streets, says Crystallee Crain, founder of Heal the Streets, a violence prevention and youth leadership development program at the center: "They feel it at school, as consumers in stores; they feel it while they're driving down the streets."

The Heal the Streets fellowship demanded the students decide for themselves what issues to tackle and how to tackle them.

From specific campaigns to organization wide insights, learn about what the Ella Baker Center has been working on from various staff members.