PLUS ME Project activates the art of personal storytelling to increase confidence in youth as they pursue college, career, and life goals. Their vision is to create a world where all communities are filled with courageous voices whose stories are heard, valued, and celebrated.

Street Poets, Inc is a Los Angeles-based non-profit that harnesses the healing power of poetry, music, and storytelling to save lives, build community, and transform culture, with a primary focus on serving systems impacted and BIPOC youth. Street Poets, Inc. breaks the cycle of violence in the lives of at-risk and incarcerated youth, awakening them to their gifts. They build creative communities, connecting youth, adults and elders of diverse backgrounds.

PS Science brings hands-on STEM learning to elementary school children and supports classroom teachers and community educators with lessons, materials and training so they can provide their students with regular and ongoing science. Their goal is to ensure that all kids have an equal chance at the STEM careers of the future.

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center is a non-profit day labor organization whose mission is to provide an opportunity for day laborers to find safe work at a fair wage, to obtain new trades and skills that improve their employability and quality of life, and to improve overall conditions for all immigrant workers. PEOC programs support the economic, political and social development and sustainability of immigrant communities.

New Directions Drug and Alcohol Services, Inc. works to break the cycle of addiction and transform lives within low-income communities in Lancaster, CA by providing outpatient substance use disorder treatment for drug and alcohol addiction along with wraparound support services. Their services are designed to address the physical, mental, and emotional needs of individuals, families and targeted youth, i.e. at-risk and emancipated youth, struggling with both current and generational abuses.

With empathy and love, Mass Liberation addresses the harms of incarceration by educating and empowering returning citizens with evidence-based, whole-person approaches. They are dedicated to breaking the cycle of incarceration and creating opportunities for all by providing the support and resources necessary for individuals to thrive beyond their past and contribute to a more just and equitable society.