to do? next thing you know, they did not go to school, they cannot get even the simplest jobs because they do not have a diploma. the only thing they are left with is to sell, and a think there should be more jobs to where they will give you a job even if you do not have your diploma or your ged because they still need, like, that resourced and that kind of job skills in order to still go on the right path because if they do not have it, they are just left with nothing. >> any others? we're coming close to our time. >> [inaudible] i think a lot of our programs have been cut. i do not see a lot of different focus on creative arts and funding for that. >> i think commercials. i know they are, like, a

marketing tool, but seeing that kind of impact influence the youth appeared off of that notice through growing up, the mail that i received was from the navy, the marines, the army, but i never received any mail from uc-berkeley, which is closer to me. that tells me in my mind that obviously -- i am a strong individual, but, i mean, if they are indirectly influencing you, what route you go through. also, music losses. creating more halfies and therapy. maybe he could help fight gain problems and stuff like that. >> [inaudible]

whether it be, like, sports, after school programs, or something like that, something for youth to do. every kid wants something to be passionate about, something to be involved in. they do not have that, they could ultimately go on to do lots of other things, possibly detrimental things with their free time. it is important that kids be engaged with something productive that they feel they are good at, that they can contribute to. >> [inaudible] >> definitely needs to be more resources, and kids need to know that they are available out there for them. >> mind kind of relates to the advertisement. i believe it barrier is kind of like rap music nowadays. has lost its hold meeting. it is always talking about everything that the fans do not have, talking about violence, getting into the wrong things.

talking about lives that they tt cannot live them are trying to fantasize about, living in. it does not really lead them anywhere. there is no soul in it really any more. i think that it is a big problem because it really attract a lot of the youth of today, and it is just a bad message. >> i would go even further and add more that rap, it is our pop culture, right? promotes these ideals as positive things, and to be honest, even the name of this come to be completely honest, called winning the future is kind of promoting that competitive. any others? >> i think financial accessibility. the government providing more

funds for youth and for generation people to go to college is one thing that should be approached. a lot of times, people do not have funds to go to university, and they get scared and pushed away because they know that one day, if they do not provide the funds needed, they will have to go into debt, getting all these loans and what not, so i feel like if there was more financial aid or scholarships available, a lot of people would push forward for more education so they could be more productive. >> right on. thank you all very very much. the next part is going to be even more challenging because they will be talking about how we can brainstorm to have some solutions for these problems, right? so, thank you. >> you guys did a phenomenal job. [inaudible] discussion about solutions.

we wanted to give everyone an opportunity to speak. sir denys is going to explain our next activity. >> [inaudible] what you're going to do is write down one solution and one thing you can do. any questions? >> [inaudible] if anyone needs a sticky, just let me know. look at the very as you have already shouted out, they want,

and a solution, or if there is something that did not get of here that you really think is a barrier, a challenge, write that down, an idea or solution or how to go about making that change.

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>> [inaudible] >> [inaudible] government and stuff to support the idea of a family structure. there are a lot of services for youth, children, adults, and stuff, but none centered around just a family, like keeping the family together, and also having

the family support their youth, so the children would be able to come to their parents, so parents can tell them to focus on their education and all this stuff. a lot of the challenges just come from parents not being involved in the children's lives. lastly, promoting fatherhood. there is a lot of single moms out there. even just making sure so they know that if they have a kid, that they need to step up and be a parent to their child. >> [inaudible] start using it on education. i feel like most of the money goes to the military and officers and all that.

that is where most of the cuts are happening, and, like,'"8 health and all that -- those essential stuff that people need. also, have a big pool of money where every time somebody wants to create an organization or something to help youth, they will have the ability to create it. >> my main point was to mobilize the youth vote. even though i know many of you guys cannot vote, those ages have one of the lowest turnout rates for voting. compared to older people and especially those over 60, it really makes a difference because for example, politicians never talk about cutting social security or medicare because they know it would alienate one of the biggest voting platforms,

which is older people. if more youth spoke up, they would not cut from education and stuff like that. >> more focus on education, also diversified education for youth. transitional services, restorative justice, and no tax cuts for the wealthy, so more funding for the less wealthy. >> also, one i have is just to

be prioritizing, like someone else said earlier, like pulling out our troops from war and putting money that we would save from divesting in war into our education system to repair it. another is to change the definition of a corporation. right now, they are currently defined as people or individuals, which is pretty crazy, and that allows them to put their resources into campaigns, into props, into candidates and overpowers the voice of the real people. obviously, their voice is louder if they have millions of dollars to throw at a campaign or someone's publicity. another is to restructure the justice system. obviously, the united states sends our people to jail like crazy. in california, we are, like, the

48 in education and the first in terms of prison spending, which is just crazy. it does not set the example that i know we talk about here, and we all agree we want our students to be educated and be the future leaders, but we are not setting the example by our actions at the state level and the federal level as well. focusing more on a sort of justice rather than just sending them to jail where they do not get truly rehabilitated. like research shows that a lot of students, when they start skipping school, a lot around eighth grade, and the transition from eighth to ninth is hard to make. there's indicated that you are skipping a certain amount of class is around these times,

that you will not graduate on time or just not graduate. we need to take an act that -- an active stance, and i think ethnic studies is a big part of that. folks were here saying earlier that if you are learning from that eurocentric perspective, talking about how your people have been colonized and been killed and enslaved and not focusing on the beauty of our cultures that will come from, and the power that we do have in our traditions and cultures that i think will empower us and give us the price to care more about ourselves to maybe not join a gang and care more about trying to be a leader in our community because our past societies have done an amazing things. another thing is the progressive taxation. the wealthy pay a lower percentage, and i think that needs a change in order for us

to get the resources that dcyf needs to distribute in the community, that this will destroy needs to execute the plan -- that the school district needs to execute the plan that never happened because those resources are not there. those are just a few of those things. >> i think, like, a training facility or proposition like workshops, like all the propositions that are going to be on the ballot. they should be warned of the effects and what could happen with that. also, the high school requirements -- i think they should be requirements for universities, so, like, you guarantee that you fulfill all your necessary requirements in order to apply for university. scholarships, siphons, or financial aid for middle school and high-school students.

and last, a detailed budget exposed to the community because i know we have an overview of this much millions going here and also a detailed budget of where that is going. maybe people could take the initiative to say no. >> - more general. basically, reaching out to youth and letting them know that they do matter. -- mind is more general. letting them know that they are the future. basically reach out to youth and let them know that they don't got to resort to streets or gains or any of that. that there is alternatives to a better life. >> mind is basically just, like, the barriers, like with the younger youth. some say they probably have counselors for them, who, like, you can see going in the wrong

direction. as far as with schools, you can ask them what they are passionate about and tried to incorporate that or have youth- led project or something like that. we need to have a group of people really focused on the youth and with the other -- underground street economy. that means the main youth that i think need help, and they are not going to ask for it. they are locked up here they are not going to come to you and say they need help. they are not going to want to change. we need someone to push them to want to change and want to get help and understand that there is a better place they could be at. i feel like we need to start -- on the news, mostly everything you see is negative. we need to start covering positive events. have more positive things and take over the media with this image as a our imposing upon us.

if we start showing positive things going on in the communities instead of all the negative things happening on the news, i think it would have a ripple effect and start something positive. >> like how a doctor prescribes medical regimens for each individual patient, i think each person each with their own needs that have to be met for them to be successful. i wish to agree a program that will meet the needs of each individual student. to do this, we need to do to get things. history for the role of the counselor -- we need to strengthen the role of the counselor. students might not have a

supportive home environment. it is important that i have one mentor or later they can look up to. that person could potentially make a great difference in their lives. which leads to my second point. we need to streamline youth services between schools and community organizations. a lot of times, resources are out there and students do not know how to get them, and they do not get them until it is too light -- too late. there is a strong mentor or leader in their life like a counselor who can be there to recommend to the services, that could make a great difference in a lot of students lives. >> my solution is increasing communication among youth, and maybe parents, the community, because i think -- for example, mentors are really good for youth.

i came to this country almost two years ago. i know a lot of youth get on the wrong path. the reason i am not like them is because my parents told me how hard it was for my family to come here. they really encouraged me to become a good person. and to give me these opportunities. i think that if we had more mentors to set up a good positive role model, that would be good. and also, you know, to have more opportunities so that youth know that decisionmakers care about them. and they also look at where they come from so we have the

inspiration to move forward. also, i think that corporations should pay more attention so that we have more income, more resources. they make a lot of money. they are the wealthiest people in the country. i think that is one way we would have more income. also, i think there should be more specified services for youth. we have different groups, and they just have different needs. so i hope we have specialized services. >> when kids -- windy youth are part -- when they are put in charge of everything and do not feel like they have to listen to an adult, it makes them more motivated to do more work

because they feel like they are in charge. they do not have to listen to a person who looks down on them at times. that is how i got here. it is what makes me motivated to come every day. they ask us what we want to do, and we come up with it. when you're told what to do, you will not always like it. so i think it would motivate us to participate in more things. and i feel more diverse class is early on in school would be a good solution. lack of motivation in school, i personally experienced it really early because i never got interested in school until i had college and realized i could learn about a lot of things. i was not really interested in education because i did not really want to learn the said education line that they were

trying to teach me. i wanted to learn my own things. my own culture. o high school. once i hit college, i realized i could learn about almost anything, and i feel that if we were to provide diverse class is early on in elementary school, kids could get more interested and, hopefully, stay in school. >> i put that we should fund more organizations that help teen parents get the necessities they need if they cannot afford it so the children grow up with all the things that they need and they will not have to result to negativity because they grew up wrong. the mine is with regards to juvenile justice and juvenile probation. i feel like they are a factor in is not just regular individuals. i feel there po -- their po's should help guide them think and help them figure out what there is to do in their community.

rather than just making sure they are home or making sure they are at school because that is not doing anything other than making it seem like they are the police, but if they are engaging, i think that the kids want to do right because they know that there is more out there than there -- their po complaining. >> one solution would be to immigrants and all these different people who come together in the community, about how our government and local education system works. how the board is, who is in charge of hud, who is in charge of this, how they did the budget, the type of turnover that happens so they can understand that things are different. they are not different because know. or my mentor in the program telling me i cannot come back this year to work. are there because of this reason in the physical budget. if they would explain this and

how it works, they could have a different understanding of when their time is up. why we do not have basketball this year for 10 boys. did not have basketball for a tent -- they only have basketball for 10 boys and not 20. so we just do not ask for funds. we know how they work and how they come in, so when we do ask for them, we know what we are asking for, more detail- oriented, as opposed to just asking for all this money and all these things that we know we need, deserve, and one, but how does it work? how can we help in generating that could give it back to us? what if we had our own fund? what if it were something that youth put their own tax money into to generate revenue? i work. i should be able to feed money to somebody else for their siblings to go work, too. i think that is a beautiful idea. we cannot just say we want this or that. we need to know how it works, and i think people should be more informed on how that works.

>> i think there needs to be more funding for youth who have been in the system. i think that could create a lot more. >> i think that more foundations or services for low-income students should be available out there, so it could give lower income students a more competitive edge towards their college education as opposed to those who are already rich to go to these big universities where the lower income students want to go to but they cannot afford to go to. >> one of the really big barriers i felt was that a lot of young people do not feel like they are taken seriously. since the most time we spend is

in school, i think that the standards for teachers should be raised. i visit a lot of schools, and some of the teachers just lounge, have the students do whatever. it is not really helping students to be educated and to have more knowledge. it is like professors at the universities are getting paid, and teachers who are supposed to teach us and motivate us to continue higher education, you know, are just sort of lounging. it is sort of backwards. i feel like once the teachers understand it our way, that they should get paid more. they should not have to have a side job to support themselves to be like, "ok, i am going to teach my students, i'm going to get the supplies come get them books." they should get paid more so they do not have to look for that money