Youth Program
The Dolores Huerta Foundation Youth Program consists of two components, Liberated Youth for Empowerment (LYFE) & Livin’ LYFE. Previously known as Youth & Family Civic Engagement Initiative, this rebrand is more than just a new name, it now offers young people opportunities to develop a critical lens on history and systems of inequity. Through evidence-based best practices, the Youth Program aims to increase civic engagement participation among low-income, disenfranchised youth and their families to reduce racial and socio-economic disparities. DHF Youth Program’s goal is to empower each young person as they transition to a social justice warrior by providing them the tools and resources every step of the way.
LYFE incorporates three vital pathways for personal and professional development: Civic Engagement, Transformational Art, and New Media & Technology. This immersive leadership program includes a pathway crafted to meet the intersection of community engagement and health/wellness all while amplifying the voices of our future leaders.
Once graduated from LYFE, youth leaders enter the “Livin’ LYFE” alumni program, where we build community and empower the next generations of social justice warriors. Livin’ LYFE provides monthly programming, mentorship, scholarship and entrepreneurship opportunities / resources that will support alumni on their journey for social justice and professional development.
DHF Youth Blog
DHF Youth Members Present: Youth Speak: Reimagining School Safety
Join the conversation! Dolores Huerta Foundation Youth Members Present: Youth Speak: Reimagining School Safety, TOMORROW Thursday, 10/08/2020 at 6...
KERN EDUCATION JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC HEARING, Mon. 6/3/19, 7pm
Please join the DHF Youth (Youth and Family Civic Engagement Initiative) as they will be presenting their recommendations to the Kern High School...
MLK Jr. x DHF Youth Organizing
DHF has recently expanded our partnership with the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center based in Oakland. Throughout the summer, students underwent...
DHF in Action: Youth motivated by movement history, Fri. 6/23/17
Gerald C Cantu, Ph. D., Education Director, gave a presentation on the Farmworker Movement, and shared the films "Viva La Causa" and "Walk Out" with...
DHF in Action: Teens 4 Equality youth leaders join Free Our Dreams Day of Action, Mon. 5/8/17
In May of 2017 Equality Organizers Dean Welliver and Moises Duran accompanied five teen leaders from Kern County to Sacramento for the Free Our...
Civic Engagement: DHF Welcomes Youth Volunteers from The MLK Freedom Center, 7/5/16
The Dolores Huerta Foundation is pleased to welcome student volunteers from The MLK Freedom Center founded by Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Every...