YV Community Panel in San Francisco

This past Saturday, March 6, 2010, Youth Venture held its first Community Panel in the San Francisco Bay Area. Seven Youth Venture teams presented their ideas and answered questions during the Community Panel at the Goldman Auditorium in the David Brower Center, Berkeley. After the Venture teams presented their ideas, the Panelists met privately to discuss each team's proposal and identify any potential problems within their plans. At the end of the day, all seven teams were approved and each team received seed funding of $1000 to start their Venture.




The Seven Venture Teams Include:

• Healthy Neighborhood Store Alliance, increasing the health and well-being of the West Oakland community by make fresh produce more accessible.


• Grown Your Own Green, developing a community gardening initiative in West Oakland.


• Oakland Youth for Peace with Police, improving the relationship between Oakland youth and police.


• O Zone Music Group Hip-hop with a Purpose, youth empowering youth through music.


• Youth Roots, creating a positive-message t-shirt line, sold online and now also distributed through local school uniform programs.


• Project Jatropha, supporting rural schools in Haiti and India.


• Creating Hope for Future Leaders, sponsoring a school in Nicaragua.

Oakland Local was at the Community Panel and interviewed some of the teams. Check out the video below.







Congratulations to all the teams! We are super excited to welcome you to the Youth Venture community and cannot wait to hear about your Ventures in action.