Stockton, California All America City “La Cultura Cura” / Culture Cures 2015

Down for the count but never counted out. Stockton, California… the greatest story never told.

2004 was the last time we were here, but guess what, we have reclaimed our future and the city of Stockton is back.

Never be afraid to follow your dreams, because you never know where they might take you.

It’s ok to be different. Change is necessary for any movement. Stockton is setting the frame work for a brighter California.

Positive Youth Justice Initiative, AB 109 and the Probation Department in collaboration for the collective good of Stockton…the city we call HOME.

Project M.E.N.D (Mentoring, Educating, Nurturing, Developing)–AB 109

Circulo de Mujeres Girls and women of color “She believed she could so she did.”

Positive Youth Justice Initiative (PYJI)

Boys and Men of Color Becoming men of change It’s time that we un-right the predestined future of incarceration society has bestowed upon us. In Stockton, we are letting it be known that we are not felons… we are fathers.

Partners: City of Stockton Fathers & Families of San Joaquin San Joaquin County Probation Department YOUTH BUILD -San Joaquin County Office of Education Community Partnerships for Families El Concilio Friends Outside Reinvent South Stockton San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services

Dreamcatchers bringing the award to the Sacramento State Capitol

Stockton putting the unity back into community