The gentrification of the Mission District brought a "gang list" that affected young people in a 60-block radius, limiting their freedom of movement and association. Vicente Garcia used his 2007 Young People For fellowship to organize the community to stop the gang list.
Amira D. Rahim
(arahim)
University of Pittsburgh
2008 Fellow
I stand for equal access to progressive, artistic, and global opportunities toward learning and self-actualization.
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