Check out Central Valley Freedom Summer interns Jose Orellana and Kathy Delacruz Cerros, both @UCSC students, as they share the value of organizing in the Central Valley. Thank you KVPR for giving us a platform to share the important work of all the Central Valley Freedom Summer interns.

Following in the footsteps of #CesarChavez & #DoloresHuerta a new generation of activists are working to effect change in the Central Valley & beyond #YouthVoice #TellEWA @vocdavid bit.ly/2wbOwPV

“Youth from CA’s Central Valley are reclaiming region’s activists roots” and leading social justice efforts this summer! Check out this article by EdSource which covers 99Rootz and Central Valley Freedom Summer efforts to mobilize youth in our rural communities. Thank you EdSource!

#KernBudget2018 should prioritize investments that directly improve the #health, #safety, and quality of life for #families in the most underserved areas of #KernCounty. #ArvinIsKern #WeedpatchIsKern #LamontIsKern #SouthKern Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment County of Kern

Events in the Central Valley focused on voter registration, education & #grassroots organizing efforts for youth of color as part of the Central Valley Freedom Summer project: bit.ly/2OT5345

Team leaders Crystal and Gustavo started registering students to vote in Fresno county at McLane high school. Their goal is to register and pre-register 500 students before the mid-term election and help catalyze the central valley movement. #heartofcali #559youthrising

So proud of the Fresno CVFS Leaders Crystal and Gustavo for registering McLane students to vote today! They’re rockstars! ALSO - Stay tuned for more info on our local Parlier/Sanger/Fresno #559YouthRising Summit! We’re planning an amazing day as we speak ✊🏾✨ #youthpower

ONE WEEK AGO TODAY some of our CVFS team members from Bakersfield, Fresno, Porterville, Richgrove, and Delano were in Sacramento for Advocacy Day where they have the opportunity to talk to… instagram.com/p/BmuSzggB5Mo/…

99Rootz & Central Valley Freedom Summer youth from the 559 rural communities gathered today to plan our #559YouthRising Summit! By youth for youth! #Parlier #Sanger #Fresno

Delano! Save The Date + Let us know where we should Pop-Up (park, community center, etc.) with our Peoples Central Valley Freedom Summer for the Brown Issues Migration Butterfly T-Shirt Giveaway and… instagram.com/p/BmmYPZLHGll/…

Pull Up ✌🏾The Pop Up and join Central Valley Freedom Summer + loud4tmrw food, friends, and festivities 🎉 . . . . . #BrownIssues #Delano #WakeTheGiant @ Delano, California instagram.com/p/BmwOXnKHd7E/…

Check out the sequence of photos! #KernChallenge #KernCounty #KernBudget2018 #KernRoads #Care4Kern Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment County of Kern @BHCSouthKern CCEJN Central Valley Freedom Summer Leadership Counsel

100 people signed #petitions asking the #Arvin City Council to grant the appeal. Residents remember Nelson Court. People care about the real #HealthImpacts.” Juan Flores Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment CCEJN

Yesterday CVFS Delano team members introduced “Empowering & Preparing Youth for a Stronger Democracy” to the Delano Joint Union High School Board. The resolution would help increase… instagram.com/p/BmzuJ2xBWOJ/…

LOUD 4 Tomorrow aims to create a welcoming environment where youth can shape their voices through civic engagement and advocacy. This voter resolution will allow high school students to express not only their own voices but other voices that are suppressed within our community.

Check out this amazing Central Valley Freedom Summer poster made by our CVFS Leader Crystal Gómez for voter reg presentations in Fresno high schools. Our leads teach youth about the important historial legacy of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer, which is the inspiration for CVFS 2018!

#559YouthRising Youth speaking about why young people don’t go out to vote and why they should!!

Why are we (NOT) Voting? Join UCSC Central Valley students at a film screening and discussion October 22 7:00pm Merrill Cultural Center

🗣FOUR DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER TO VOTE! . . Let’s get it together and get everyone we know register for November 6th! We are not letting our community miss this midterm. ALL OUR VOICES MATTER!✊🏾🗳 . . #vota #DelanoRising #661rising