2015 Youth Hub Fellows
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8ft Tall Ajman ThrowerMission
To provide quality professional promotions and artistic services that will allow our clients to reach a broader audience and increase brand awareness.
Mentor: Monica Ayers
Coach: Ambessa Cantave
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UPbeat Oakland Games Jose Martinez & TJ Ransom
Mission
To support, educate, and heal the minds of diverse communities through video games.
Mentor: Kat Whipple
Coach: Jessi Fischer
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The BIZ Stoop Desire Johnson & Erin Clark
Mission
to generate “earn your keep” work opportunities for transitional age youth in Oakland, CA who experience high barriers to employment.
Mentor: Ashley Kelley, Sharmila Singh
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Fuerza Indigena Linda Sanchez
Mission
To mobilize indigenous women with culturally appropriate mentorship, high-quality entrepreneurial training, access resources to sell their native arts, and thrive in the growing green economy.
Mentors: Lisa Curtis, Gabrielle Sims
Coach: Caitlin Watkins
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Resilient Wellness Daisy Ozim
Mission
To assist communities of color in healing from multi-generational trauma influenced by historical oppression by providing culturally relevant mental health workshops and counseling services, supported by the sale of environmentally sustainable shoes for tall women.
Mentor: Jocelyn Wong
Coach: Hope Lehman
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MerryStem Dasha Savage & Jessica Sarmiento
Mission
To teach community members how to grow a particular fruit or vegetable as well as bring each participant a convenient way to share their harvest with their neighbors (through a vegetable barter system). Through growing and sharing, we can create an environment of communal interdependence for nutrition.
Mentor: Sabrina Mutukisna
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Mercer Roy Terry Jr. & Shayne Johnson
Mission
To provide artistic and educational services to underserved youth through hip-hop music and culture.
Mentor: James D’Albora
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United Roots Media Malik Hardcastle & Quayshawn Presley
Mission
To create an equitable society through socially impactful media and technology.
Mentor: Randy Riggins
Coach: Julian Caspari
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gODDli Isaiah Teague
Mission
To spiritually awaken youth in oppressed communities through sustainable apparel, uplifting knowledge, quotes, and images.
Mentor: Sara Erikson
