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.
Ivie Guobadia
(iguobadia)
George Washington University
2008 Fellow
Born in Enugu, Nigeria, Ivie immigrated to New York in the '90s. Currently a junior at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., she is majoring in sociology and pursuing a minor in political science, concentrating in public policy. She is the political activist chair of the NAACP and recruitment chair of Phi Alpha Delta, a pre-law fraternity. Last summer she worked as an organizer in the Bronx to help people of color and low-income communities build and sustain power to create change in their communities. She aspires to one day lead a revolution that will impact the lives of people and effectively create change for the better. She truly believes that everything can be achieved through hard work and dedication.