The Programs of the Latino Youth Collective are youth-led and designed to engage youth of all backgrounds as well of the general public, in civic conversations on pressing issues of community concern.
Campecine Youth Academy
Campecine Youth Academy (CYA) A program co-sponsored with FIRME Productions, CYA is a six-week summer leadership institute designed to train 30 Latino youth in action research using new media technology. The program is modeled after the nationally recognized Summer Youth Action Research Institute of ICR in Hartford, Connecticut.
Campecine Film Festival
Campecine Film Festival is a yearly, youth-led, participatory film festival designed to feature the “varriomentary” (documentary) films produced by youth through LYC’s FIRME process and to engage local youth of all backgrounds, as well as the general public, in civic conversations on pressing issues of community concern.
El Puente Project
El Puente Project provides resources and information to assist Latino youth to graduate from high school and continue with post-secondary education.
