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.
Nick Sippl-Swezey
(nsipplswezey)
Oberlin College
2008 Fellow
Nick is a student activist focused on understanding the impacts of climate change on developing nations. Having worked on community development projects in rural Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, he strives to promote sustainability as a means to protecting the human rights of those who will be most impacted by the predicted effects of climate change. He hopes that the response to the issue of climate change can be used to catalyze development, reduce poverty and promote equality around the world. He is currently an intern with Oberlin's Office of Environmental Sustainability.