Rama Blueprints Live Podcast: “Shut it down!: The Closure of YGC – Tres Generaciones/Three voices”
In this Episode of the RAMA Blueprints Podcast Series “Shut it down!: The Closure of YGC – Tres Generaciones/Three voices” Socorro Gamboa guides us through an intergenerational discussion between community members and leaders who were active in the “Shut YGC” movement over the last 50 years: Alfredo Bojórquez (Court Alternatives Specialist, Office of SF Public Defender), Marlene Sanchez (Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights), and Krea Gomez (Senior Program Officer, Rosenberg Foundation). In 1969, the Real Alternatives Program (RAP) called for the closure of SF’s Youth Guidance Center (SF Juvenile Hall). 50 years later in 2019, the SF Board of Supervisors overwhelmingly approved the closure by the end of 2021. Founded in 2021, the RAMA Blueprints Podcast Series is the 1st podcast documenting the history of the Real Alternatives Program within the City and County of San Francisco between 1967–2003 as well as its current impact on community empowerment in San Francisco and the entire country. Join us to this exciting episode that celebrates RAP’s historical legacy project, RAMA Blueprints Podcast. To hear all episodes of the RAMA Blueprints Podcast Series, please visit CARECENSF.org And Remember, TO LISTEN IS TO HEAL.
eXtra Commentary: Tia Chucha’s Trauma to Transformation
On February 8th, 2024 we facilitated a discussion about the current state of Juvenile Justice in San Francisco as part of our Tres Generaciones/Three Voices conversations. In this eXtra Commentary we are joined by two frontline staff of Tia Chucha’s Trauma to Transformation team Elvia Aguirre and Freddie Chavez. They work and serve youth incarcerated in various juvenile detention centers throughout Los Angeles County. They reflect upon the dialogue of the live podcast and comment on some of the similarities and differences between the Trauma and Transformation program and SF’s efforts.