Vocabulary
A grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society
What is race?
Its aim is to develop and promote community strategies and policies that improve nutrition, increase physical activity and expand access to healthy foods in Stockton and within organizations that serve the region's African-American community.
What is REACH/PHA?
Blue, green, pink, yellow, black
What are the colors of the logo?
An Americorps member, assigned to work with the organization Changeists. Oversing BOGs, Changeist
What is a Youth Empowerment Fellow
The river that the city is on.
What is the San Joaquin River?
Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized
What is racism?
Their Youth & Racial Justice Department works to dismantle structural and systemic barriers negatively impacting youth’s life trajectory and overall well-being. They taught us about the School to Prison Pipeline and why restorative justice is a better alternative.
What is Fathers and Families of San Joaquin?
What we call youth involved in the program.
What is a Changeist?
The issue track about how people who are not straight or who do not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth face many issues in society. Race can also have an effect on how society treats people in this group.
What is Gender/LGBTQ Justice?
A previous mayor of Stockton who started Universal Basic Income in the city and launched Stockton Scholars.
Who is Michael Tubbs?
The systematic fair treatment of people of all races that results in all people being able to achieve their full potential regardless of race, ethnicity, or the community they grew up in
What is racial justice?
A Stockton-based organization that provides services to low-income, minority, and marginalized communities. They taught us about immigration rights in a "Know Your Rights" workshop.
What is El Concilio?
A group of Changeists that come together every week to learn more about an issue.
What is an Issue Track Team?
The overall health of the community, access to healthcare, and disease prevention. This is related to racial justice because a large portion of people who have low or no access to healthcare are people of color.
What is Public Health?
The oldest university in the state, founded in 1851 in Santa Clara and moved to Stockton in 1923.
What is University of the Pacific?
Recognizes that each person has different circumstances and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome. This is different than equality, which means that everyone is given the same resources regardless of whether they need them or not.
What is equity?
An organization that provides reproductive healthcare and education and advocated fro access to healthcare. They taught us about how access to reproductive healthcare is affected by race and other factors.
What is Planned Parenthood?
The part of the logo that represents everyone's individual story.
What is the Black Box?
A high school upperclassmen or collage aged individual who oversees a team of Changeist.
What is Team Leader
Robert F. Stockton
Who was the city named after?
A system of criminal justice which focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community at large
What is restorative justice?
Provides support for LGBTQ+ students and allies. Their goals are to help LGBTQ+ students succeed and to improve campus culture.
What is the Pride Center at SJDC?
oung people are rad, we fix systems not people, we are intersectional feminists, relationships are our superpower, learning happens on our terms, and being human is messy.
What are the Changeist Values?
Making sure that a Changeist Fellow is at the front, back, and middle while also keeping youth from getting to close to the side, while continually checking your numbers.
What is the Travel Parodical?
The period of California's history in which people first inhabited Stockton
What is the Gold Rush?