Valley Vision is collaborating with regional partners to advance a regional initiative that works to improve digital skills for students and adults across the Greater Sacramento region with a specific emphasis on inclusion. Although Valley Vision has worked on 21st century workforce, it is not until recently that their Digital Skills Initiative came to be. The Digital Skills Initiative came out of Valley Vision’s regional call to action from the Brookings Institute market ass

On Friday, February 22, 2019, 55 youth participated in La Familia's 3rd Youth Voice Pop Up event with local artist Mei Vaughn from Paint the Town for a fun filled paint night. On Friday. February 22, 2019 La Familia Counseling Center, Inc. hosted it’s third Friday night Youth Pop Up event at Maple Neighborhood Center. They partnered with local artist Mei Vaughn from Paint the Town to host a fun filled paint night for youth of all ages. There were 55 people who participated in

Single mothers are no stranger to wearing different hats, but this idea takes on an even deeper meaning with Frances Cervantes, who seems to be a natural born leader with a passion for transforming her community. For 10 years, Frances has lived with her three children (17, 15, and 10), in Twin Rivers. During that time she has been involved in many different programs that have put her on a journey of self-reformation and community betterment. Frances began as a student in the

Experience a crash course in the wonderful world of STEM by participating in workshops in coding, soldering, video game design, and more! The Academy’s 3rd Annual Great STEM Summit (GSS), is a crash course experience into the wonderful world of STEM! Industry partners have all gathered together with one goal in mind: Give Great STEM Summit scholars the STEM experience of a lifetime! In previous years, GSS has welcomed over 250 scholars to participate in hands on Great STEM Wo

The Yoga Seed Collective is a non-profit yoga studio that provides Trauma Informed Care yoga to help those know how to take a breath before the moment of breaking down. The Yoga Seed Collective teaches a class on a college campus for survivors of sexual assault. It is an 8 week session that includes yoga and discussion. This past spring at the last meeting of the class participants started sharing what it had meant to them. One woman shared that her body had always felt like