Episode 14: The Opportunity That Is Stockton

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Dan Ariola-City of Tracy Council-member, Kimberly Warmsley-City of Stockton Council-member, Pastor Curtis Smith-Destiny Christian Center, Janae Aptaker-Stockton Scholars, Dr Nancy Huante-Tzintzun-Nopal,Tama Brisbane - With Our Words, Sammy Nunez-Fathers & Families of San Joaquin, Lange Luntao-Stockton Scholars & Reinvent Stockton Foundation, Jasmine Dellafosse-The Gathering For Justice

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“They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds. I hope people recognize that we are continuing to fight and uprise against the injustices that are happening on all levels.” - Jasmine Dellafosse

This episode was the convening and conversation with City of Stockton Community Leaders and our final follow-up conversation from both our “State of our Youth: A Stockton Townhall Meeting” we hosted in May of 2019 and the original 12 episode documentary series “From Bankruptcy to Reinvention - The City of Stockton” that we produced in 2016 and 2017.

The title of today’s episode is The Opportunity that is Stockton - where do we go from here, a reflective conversation with the loss of Mayor Tubbs re-election we wanted to bring together as many of the voices featured in the original radio documentary series to have them update the community and listeners on their work going forward within the context of both a new City Administration, a global pandemic and an economic meltdown as well as how they are engaged with the community to continue to develop solutions facing Stockton and San Joaquin County community members.

Please consider supporting these nonprofits which we featured in the original documentary series

SJCO-MEDIA COLLAB - The collaborative, affectionately called Non-Profit All-stars, has created a youth/young adult media and journalism program. With six youth using journalism code of ethics to create and tell local stories and a dozen becoming social media influencers. Our influencers are participating and representing the following organizations: Sow A Seed Foundation, Restore the Delta, With Our Words, Stockton Scholars, Fathers and Families of San Joaquin, Little Manila Rising, The LGBT+ Social Justice Initiative and San Joaquin County Together. To make a donation please email us at info@withourwords.org or call 209.470.8515

Fathers & Families of San Joaquin - Help Fathers & Families of San Joaquin make Stockton a place where good health and economic opportunity is within reach for all

STAND (Stocktonians Taking Action To Neutralize Drugs) Help STAND continue to bring the scared and fragmented community back together

Stockton Scholars - With your support, you can help Stockton students in their pursuit of higher education,

LGBT+ Social Justice Initiative and San Joaquin County Together We aim to unite people from all across the community together for a greater cause. We envision to achieve safe community for our families and friends. You can help us achieve our goal and donate by sending a check payable to PowerPac with the memo listing LGBT+ SJI P O Box 2221 Stockton 95202

With Our Words (WOW) programs offer unique exposure to the arts and effective nontraditional delivery of California Common Core academic standards. To make a donation please email us at info@withourwords.org or call 209.470.8515

Your support of Little Manila Rising will help them continue to advocate for diversity and inclusion; and to teach our history, art, and culture to new generations as they forge their own paths to the future.

Stockton Schools Initiative (SSI) is a coalition of students, families, and community stakeholders that believe in the power of collaborative decision-making to move the needle on education equity in Stockton schools. Your support will help SSI continue to support students

The Student Success and Leadership Academy (SSLA) trains and equips our community’s most undeserved youth with the skills that they need in order to be change agents in their community. Your support will help SSLA continue to equip youth become community leaders

Stockton Unified’s charitable 1852 Foundation. This non-profit fundraising organization has joined Community Foundation of San Joaquin and refined its purpose to provide funds for academic advancement that fall outside the general fund.

Reinvent South Stockton Coalition a public-private-non-profit collaborative initiative which aims to empower residents to transform their community – to affect the root causes of intergenerational poverty through improvements in safety, education, housing, job creation, economic development, and health. Your support will help RSSC to provide ongoing support for their programs and South Stockton community members.

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“State of Our Youth: A Stockton Townhall Meeting” - Harnessing Inter-generational Leadership

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“This promise that this city should provide its Stocktonian residents, the promise of opportunity that has been denied. And so I think that we’re harnessing that by intergenerational bottom-up, you know, all hands on deck movement. But we also know that there’s great resistance to this, right and we’ve learned some valuable lessons about how to organize differently. And I think that we need to practice compassion and harmony”

— Samuel Nunez, Executive Director,Fathers & Families of San Joaquin

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