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Join us to celebrate the power of community, cultura and cafe!
Join us to celebrate the power of community, cultura and cafe! Enjoy the latest organic brew from Chiapas and learn what CURYJ has been up to and how you can get involved. Food, Art, Live Cumbia + DJ Marvelouz (All Vinyl) Proceeds will go to support our comadre, Melanie Cervantes. La Cultura Cura Arts Cafe Read more about Join us to celebrate the power of community, cultura and cafe![…]
CURYJ stands with Dreamers to #DefendDACA and #DreamBeyondBars
“As we stand up to defend DACA let’s ensure we don’t reinforce a false narrative and dichotomy of the so called deserving and undeserving immigrant. We cannot forget children and youth whose immigration status has been complicated due to criminalization. I have witnessed young people that I was working with catch a case in the Read more about CURYJ stands with Dreamers to #DefendDACA and #DreamBeyondBars[…]
Homies 4 Justice Seeks Interns!
Homies 4 Justice is a paid internship program of CURYJ that trains system impacted, Oakland youth and young adults, ages 14-20, to become community leaders and agents of change. Homies 4 Justice provides Job Training Community Organizing skills Culturally rooted education for the defense of our communities against system violence and injustice. For more Read more about Homies 4 Justice Seeks Interns![…]
Youth Organizers reclaim Cinco De Mayo during their week of #LoveRageResistance in Oakland
For Immediate Release Contact: George Galvis, Executive Director Phone: (510) 842 9365 ext.700 ggalvis@curyj.org Website: http://www.curyj.org/ Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) PRESS RELEASE Youth Organizers reclaim Cinco De Mayo during their week of #LoveRageResistance in Oakland Oakland, CA May 5, 2017– Youth activists of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) are inviting Read more about Youth Organizers reclaim Cinco De Mayo during their week of #LoveRageResistance in Oakland[…]
CURYJ will Shut Down Business as Usual in Solidarity with International Workers Day!
We stand in solidarity with communities and organizations calling for a general strike for International Workers Day. CURYJ believes Oakland should be a sanctuary city for all people who are vulnerable to criminalization, state violence and incarceration. We will shut down business as usual to join the strikers. We are not organizing but are participating and supporting Read more about CURYJ will Shut Down Business as Usual in Solidarity with International Workers Day![…]
Join us for the 4th Annual Reclaiming Cinco de Mayo
CURYJ Presents the 4TH Annual Reclaiming Cinco de Mayo- “Healing Our Communities Through Love, Rage, & Resistance” In Partnership with: Urban Peace Movement & EastSide Arts Alliance In the face of a Trump administration, putting all of our communities under attack, increasing racial tensions and furthering the community divide — we Read more about Join us for the 4th Annual Reclaiming Cinco de Mayo[…]
Week of Love, Rage & Resistance
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice is calling all people in resistance, particularly those at the margins who are most vulnerable to be visible and active for a week of Love, Rage and Resistance. For questions please contact Mar Velez at mvelez@curyj.org
Our New Health Impact Assessment Report “Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased, and Harmful
Our newly released report is featured in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, an online journal on juvenile justice. The report examines why charging youth as adult leads to negative health impacts. Please contact Mar Velez if you would to receive a copy of the report mvelez@curyj.org.
CURYJ Staff Member Receives Sargent Shriver Youth Warriors Against Poverty Leadership Award
Join us in congratulating our youngest staff member, Daniel Mendoza, on receiving the Sargent Shriver Youth Warriors Against Poverty Leadership Award from the Marguerite Casey Foundation. He encourages all of us to never give up and find inspiration in everything we do. Please see the interview of Daniel discussing his work and why he continues to work Read more about CURYJ Staff Member Receives Sargent Shriver Youth Warriors Against Poverty Leadership Award[…]
CURYJ Stands With Standing Rock
Video created by Educate The Block Hood Report, a media justice component of CURYJ’s Homies 4 Justice leadership program. CURYJ sent a delegation to Standing Rock in October where staff members and young people prayerfully and peacefully joined the other Water Protectors to defend land, life, and water. As the repression intensified, we saw the parallels Read more about CURYJ Stands With Standing Rock[…]