Meet the Fellows: Bernie
My name is Bernadette (Bernie) Lim, and I am the founder of the Freedom Community Clinic, a pop-up clinic providing free, integrative healing services for underserved communities in the Bay Area [...]
YOUTH IMPACT HUB
Youth Impact Hub supports the leadership of low-income youth of color in creating an equitable, life-affirming economy by providing socially innovative training, collaborative co-working space and access to networks and resources.
TESTIMONIALS
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"The program is an amazing opportunity to engage with passionate youth who are shaping our future."
Developer / Sr Engineering Manager Adobe (2015 Fellowship Mentor)
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"Coming to United Roots every Tuesday with my business partner and receiving REAL support through mentors, Seminars, and being an environment with other like minded youth trying to create change, rather than just being told to accomplish my goals, meant a lot to me."
2015 Youth Hub Fellowship
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"This program has changed my life. I finally have the resources and confidence I need to succeed with my social enterprise. I gained so much i just can't wait to implement what i learned."
2015 Youth Hub Fellowship
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“Through this program, I've been able to shift my thinking from planning to work for someone to valuing the capital of my skills enough to invest time in building up myself”
2015 Youth Hub Fellowship
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“This Program has taught be about utilizing my physical capital & human capital to its full potential understanding that we all can help each other excel. There's so much we want to do alone but so much we can accomplish together.”
2015 Youth Hub Fellowship
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"The Youth Hub Program gave me an incredible opportunity to share the knowledge I've gained starting my social enterprise while connecting with other amazing social innovators."
Kuli-Kuli Founder (2015 Fellowship Mentor)
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"There were many time i felt like the youths were my mentors, Showing me what determination, inovation, heart & soul is. I'm honored to have been able to know & work with youth leaders of the community."
BALLE Operations Manager (2015 Fellowship Mentor)
Success Stories
QT Việt Cafe
Trang Tran, founder
An Oakland-based social enterprise offering holistic healing by (re)connecting with ancestral foodways, storytelling, cultural arts//traditions and intergenerational dialogue
Director Luis Montoya
Luis Montoya, founder
A youth-led media production company that employs youth to create high quality media for the community at an affordable price, while mentoring their peers in media production skills.
Fresh2Def
Hope Lehman, founder
A social justice enterprise that honors the legacy and culture of women of color in the United States through wearable art products and community consulting.
PROGRAM & EVENTS
MEET OUR TEAM
