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The Salinas Youth Initiative invests in the homegrown, passionate East Salinas leaders who are giving back to their community by serving children and youth during and after school.

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Salinas Public Library
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A community’s young adults pitch in to help little ones learn

Urban Arts Collaborative Uniting art, activism, and Mother Nature in service to youth

Youth for Change Young people discover their collective power through organizing together

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About Stories From Salinas

Fourteen stories crafted by writer and photographer Jay Dunn and journalist Rob Waters, feature the spirited children and youth of East Salinas as well as its passionate and home-grown leaders.

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The stories highlight programs participating in the Salinas Youth Initiative, a focused, place-based approach providing East Salinas youth with safe, academic and athletic enrichment opportunities, funded by The David & Lucile Packard Foundation in partnership with the Community Foundation for Monterey County.

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