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• W8137054 abstract "IN THE COURSE OF THEIR SUMMER WORK AS ONE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT pilot projects, Youth of Oakland United surveyed 200 youth in Oakland about their concerns and used the results to draft proposals to improve their environment. Their primary proposal was for more teen centers, which they regard as a preventive measure against crime and a positive alternative to incarceration. This article was written by three teenagers at the end of the summer. They then presented it to the Oakland City Council and to high school groups in Oakland. Thus began their organizing within the Oakland youth community for policy changes within the city. With help from local organizers and lawyers, they drafted a ballot initiative known as Kids First, or Measure K, calling for 2.5% of the city, budget, or $6 million over the next 12 years, to be directed toward after-school programs, music, art, tutoring and other services for Oakland youth. They then collected the requisite 50,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot. The electorate approved Measure K in the November 1996 elections. Seein' It Through My Eyes (by Jermaine Ashley, Age 16) Here's a place where right is wrong and wrong is right. Dope runs the streets and those who are supposed to serve and protect are common enemies. Every thing is backwards; then they wonder why there's a loss of respect because it was never given. You have to grow up fast just to keep up with our peers. Stepping out of your house is like stepping into another world. No love, not knowing who you can trust, and at any point in time anything can happen and will happen. But you can't be scared to walk out of your house, can you? No! Why? Because I'm a hard young man. Why? Because I have to be. It's either be the beast or be eaten by the beast. Elders look at me and think I'm a menace to society, but they do not know I'm doing the best I know how. I tried to get a job. I put in an application. I even got an interview, but no one taught me how to present myself, so that job is down the drain. A teenager is really new to this world and not prepared for the challenges life will offer, like HIV, herpes, teen pregnancy, peer pressure such as fighting, drugs, sex, and many, many more. Life is not quite real to a youngster yet. I feel a person is as good as his or her company in some ways. If a boy is growing up without a positive influence, he will be negative, not by choice but by nature. In other ways, the environment shapes the young man. Statistics show that the average life expectancy of a young man growing up in Oakland is shorter than the life expectancy of a young man in Piedmont. Some say that Oakland is just full of dumb, crazy people and others say that there's more than meets the eye. We, in Youth of Oakland United (YOU), have seen a big difference among the schools, neighborhoods, and recreation centers within Oakland. A city that has all nice neighborhoods and other public facilities helps its residents have a better life, while in a city where schools, neighborhoods, and public facilities are bad, residents have more problems. If you take away a person's learning and cage him in neighborhoods with a lack of positive influence, his chance of making it in the real world will be reduced. We feel that that's where teen centers come in as a start. A lot of our elders like to point fingers and talk down to us as young people today. Now, if that point of a finger were a helping hand and kind words, the situation we have could be better. Not that we're claiming to solve every problem, but we feel if the city helps one, he'll help another, and she'll help another, and that will make a difference. Do you understand that kids of today are the rulers of tomorrow? Only investing in us today will make sure tomorrow is a better day. Introduction The boy that was raised by wolves was told he was a wolf and he thought he was a wolf. …" @default.
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• W8137054 title "How Oakland Turns Its Back on Teens: A Youth Perspective." @default.
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