Southern California GO Campaign Partners

All partners, past and present, from the SoCal area that GO Campaign has partnered with and their missions.

1. 2015/16 – The acutely focused, high-impact work of A Sense of Home (ASOH) changes the lives of the under-served and at-risk foster youth who have transitioned out of the foster care system. By harnessing and focusing the immense goodwill of the Los Angeles community, ASOH is creating homes for aging-out youth so that they can achieve self-sufficiency and lasting interpersonal connections and mentors to connect them to jobs and educational opportunities.
2. 2016 – The Brave Trails mission is to provide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning youth and their allies, ages 12-20, innovative, impactful summer camp programs that foster meaningful relationships and develop 21st century skills to become the leaders of tomorrow.
   The annual Brave Trails summer camp is the organization’s largest program, held every summer in the San Bernardino National Forest. The inaugural camp took place in 2015 and LGBTQ and ally-identified youth had the opportunity to participate in not only an authentic summer camp experience but also develop leadership skills in a safe, supportive and most importantly empowering environment.
3. 2015-2019 It is the mission of CleanSlate to provide low-cost tattoo removal for those impacted by violence and to provide programs for youth leadership to assist with the empowerment of communities and to support community violence recovery through counseling, psycho-educational groups and cultural outings.
4. 2017 – Community Healing Gardens (CHG) mission is to create sustainable, thriving communities by building urban gardens in local neighborhoods, schools, and community centers throughout Los Angeles. Community Healing Gardens provides healthy food to those in need, local jobs, education, a positive solution to climate change while building community through a local volunteer movement.
5. 2016-2018 – The mission of Conscious Youth Global Network (CYGN) is to support youth to become self-aware, empowered and to express themselves in positive, life affirming ways through conscious artistic expression. Conscious art is any artistic expression, including creative writing, music, poetry, film, dance and visual arts, that increases awareness and understanding, and that educates, uplifts and unifies humanity. CYGN provides conscious arts education, community engagement and events for youth ages 13-25, their families and communities, and is building a network of youth-serving organizations engaged in similar work Conscious Youth Global Network provides a network, training and marketplace to expand self-awareness and conscious expression of youth through the arts..
6. 2018 – EmpowHer Institute – Empower marginalized girls and young women by providing them the skills necessary through education, training and mentorship to enable them to become confident, college and career ready.
7. 2018 – Generation Her is a non-profit organization operating in Southern California, that seeks to empower teenage mothers, ages 13-23, and their children by connecting to a supportive community of other teen mothers and adult mentors, equipping them with desired life skills, and, ultimately, impacting their future in a positive way.
8. 2018 – Homies Unidos works to end violence and promote peace in our Central American communities through violence prevention, the promotion of human rights in immigrant communities and the empowerment of youth and families to achieve their full potential in a just, safe and healthy society in Los Angeles and El Salvador.
9. 2018 – Lincoln Heights Tutorial Program – Our purpose is to aid in the transformation of urban poor communities by the development, tutoring, and training of children and youth who will become positive role models and leaders in the same urban communities, and go on to college.
   LHTP serves predominately Latino and Asian children and teens, grades K-12th, from the Lincoln Heights, Chinatown, Boyle Heights, and El Sereno communities. They currently serve over 850 Hispanic and Asian children and youth between the grades K-12th, with over 580 of the 850 being youth from the 7th -12th grades. Between their special Summer sessions and additional rotations of children at our FSC sites, they serve an additional 260 children. The total number of children and teens served during this last full year was 1,110. All of the students that they serve are considered at risk, and have family incomes that places them at poverty, well below the average for the U.S. They serve students who attend the local high schools, which includes Lincoln HS, Smidt Tech, Los Angeles Leadership Academy, USC East Charter High, Bravo Medical Magnet, Downtown Business Magnet, Verdugo Hills HS, Wilson HS, Roosevelt HS, and Sotomayor Learning Academy, and their feeder middle (Hollenbeck MS, Stevenson MS, Utah Street MS, Alliance MS, Smidt Tech MS, Nightingale MS, and El Sereno MS, Excel MS) and elementary schools.
10. 2015, 2018 – We are the Los Angeles Drama Club, the country’s youngest Shakespeare Troupe. We believe in the ability of children to absorb, to comprehend and to delight in the classic works of William Shakespeare, and, finally, to experience on a personal level how universal themes explored in great literature are the connective tissues of the human condition. We empower our Players to embrace the challenges of the creative process (learning classical text, creating a character, staging a play, performing for an audience), and we invite them to do so with enthusiasm and courage. We witness our Players emerging from the process, as veterans of a rare experience in camaraderie and community, with a new sense of assurance, autonomy and self-motivation.
11. 2018 – Loving Hands Community Care, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides support and aid to grieving families who have lost their children to gang violence and trauma in the Los Angeles area.
12. 2016, 2018 – RootDown LA is a youth-run non-profit committed to bringing better food u0026amp; nutrition education to neighborhoods in South L.A.. We do in one hour, what nutrition educators have been trying to do for decades – we get kids to eat their veggies. Then we empower them to build healthier local food communities.
13. 2018 – Spirits Landing – Our Mission is to nurture the growth and development of girls and young women 12-29 years old, by providing the necessary tools needed for them to discover their greatness, transcend obstacles and become well rounded leaders who will contribute exceptionally to our world’s social, economic and spiritual reality.
14. 2017-2018 – Stepping Foward LA‘s mission is to create a youth-driven opportunity for current and former foster youth to create and achieve short and long-term goals and to build lasting relationships with caring, committed adults to learn essential skills to be actively engaged adults
15. Santa Barbara – 2018 – Youth Interactive (YI) strives to equalize the opportunity divide for economically disadvantaged youth through after-school educational programs that create engaging opportunities for at-risk, low-income teens so they can realize their potential and thrive personally, academically, and professionally. Over the past five years, YI has created six youth-led, art-based micro-businesses that ignite the imagination and passion of underserved, disengaged teens.
    At YI, youth put their creativity and skills to work, build résumés, learn transformational entrepreneurial skills, and gain valuable life and work experiences while earning internship credits and a well-deserved paycheck! At YI, young adults develop problem-solving skills, self-control, assertiveness, communication skills, and resilience: key elements to developing leadership and vital life management skills. By running their own businesses, students at YI also gain financial literacy, understand accountability, and (in many cases for the first time) decide to stay on a positive pathway both in and after school.
    Youth Interactive serves youth ages 14–24 years old; 86% are from low-income households; 68% live in distressed neighborhoods, are in the foster care system, and/or in transitional housing; 50% of participants are on probation or have a criminal history, and 78% are Hispanic. Of the youth served, 80% are from Santa Barbara and Goleta, 10% from Lompoc, and 10% from Santa Maria.
16. Orange County – 2018 – Dragon Kim Foundation – Our mission is to provide funding and programs to enable children to pursue their passions within Academics, Athletics, and the Arts.
17. Orange County – 2018 – Code Open Sesame – We help high school and college students teach coding and computer skills to children at local homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and emergency shelters for youth in the foster care system.
18. San Diego – 2018 – Minority Humanitarian Foundation – The mission of Minority Humanitarian Foundation is to provide a humanitarian response to the issues facing immigrants and refugees on a global scale.a