"You have to plant the seeds for future generations because all together, all we're trying to do is make the world a better place," says Paul of Oakland Food Connection. Watch these four inspiring videos about the stories behind Ventures started in the San Francisco Bay Area. The mini-documentaries were created by the Perry Film Fellow students from the Ballard Center of Brigham Young University. Thank you for telling our story so beautifully!
When Tionne
was homeless, she came to believe that a person's worth is related to
what she or he eats and what they have access to consume. Now, with the
help of Youth Venture, Tionne and friends run a mobile farm stand called
the Alameda Point Collaborative. "It's a good thing to know that I'm
feeding other people," Tionne says. "I have the potential to do so much.
I want to be remembered as that girl who made a change in someone's
life." Watch Tionne's story. 
Meet Ennis who joined Youth Venture a year ago in West Oakland. He was energized by a group of students planning to deliver produce to corner stores by bike twice a week. "It was exciting. It's different. I'd never been a part of something so big." Now he runs the show and sees a future as a leader. "This is going to become the stepping stones to what I do later on in life... I'm going to be a leader." Watch Ennis' story.
"I was trying to be somebody I wasn't," says Paul, a self-proclaimed neighborhood dancer. "The things you go through in life make you who you are." Now Paul and Kevin run Oakland Food Connection, an urban farm and
community farmers market stand. They hope more young people are inspired to contribute to the community. "Oakland Food Connection made me who I am. And I love who I am!" Watch Paul and Kevin's story. 
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