Environmental Health and Justice Programs

LEJ has a long history in environmental health and justice advocacy; the Youth With A Plan program is the newest incarnation of this ongoing concern.

Youth With A Plan

This is truly a focal moment for Bayview Hunters Point, with the wholesale transformation of the entire community underway via the largest redevelopment project in the city's history.  The goal of LEJ's Youth With A Plan program is to promote a community redevelopment process that supports the education, health and empowerment of youth in southeast San Francisco.

Youth With A Plan directly involves the youth of Bayview Hunters Point in the redevelopment of southeast San Francisco.  Through intensive research, community outreach, and direct participation in the public process, our youth are becoming educated about core redevelopment and planning issues and strategies, and taking an active role in shaping the future of their neighborhood.  Youth are focusing on questions such as:

• What do youth need to thrive in BVHP?
• How can the redevelopment of southeast San Francisco support youth education and health?
• How are youth priorities reflected in the current redevelopment plans?
• What opportunities exist to bring the youth voice into the redevelopment process?

For more information, contact Program Manager Rachel Russell.

Youth With A Plan is a collaborative project with Arc Ecology.