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.
Calvin Williams
(cwilliams)
YP4 Staff Member
Calvin Williams is a fellowship coordinator with "Young People For," Campus Camp Wellstone trainer, and new contributor to Wiretap Magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from LaGrange College, where he was created and hosted the Cypher, a weekly spoken word forum that provided a creative outlet around political, cultural, and social justice issues on and beyond campus. After graduating, Calvin went into the field of education—as a high school assistant dean and teacher in Purvis, Mississippi, then returning to his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama to teach social studies at a middle school he once attended. In 2006 Calvin joined "Young People For" where he now supports 200 campus organizers create, launch, and sustain progressive campaigns on their campus and in their communities in his role as fellowship coordinator. In 2008, he joined the Campus Camp Wellstone team as a trainer and began contributing op-ed articles to Wiretap Magazine. He currently resides in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, NY where he performs spoken word and guitar, blogs and occasionally brushes up on his b-boyin' skills.
Calvin is a member of:
- Capacity Building Fellows (members)
- Civic Engagement (members)
- Community Organizing (members)
- Economic Justice (members)
- Education (members)
- Environment (members)
- International Human Rights (members)
- LGBTQ Issues (members)
- Native American Issues (members)
- People of Color (members)
- Progressive Student Organization/Alliance (members)
- Progressive Trainings (members)
- Progressive Website/Blog (members)
- Public Health (members)
- Student Government (members)
- The Courts (members)
- Veterans and Military Families (members)
- Women's Issues (members)