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Our History
InnerCity Struggle has worked with youth and community residents for the past 12 years to promote safe, healthy, and non-violent communities in the Eastside. We involve youth, families and community members that work together for change in their communities. We provide positive after-school programs... |
Mission Statement
InnerCity Struggle promotes safe, healthy and non-violent communities by organizing youth and families in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles to work toward economic and social justice.... |
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United Students Junior
US Jr works with Griffith and Hollenbeck Middle School students to develop leadership skills, awareness of educational and community issues and prepares them for college.
Our goal is to follow and support these students into their transition to Garfield and Roosevelt High Schools.... |
United Students
In the spirit of the 1968 student movement, United Students (US) continues the work of organizing high school students to build student power with the aim of radically transforming the quality of public education in East Los Angeles and in California.
US operates on the belief that the most impa... |
Familias Unidas
Familias Unidas (FaU) builds a powerful base of parents and community members who are organized to work towards educational justice in public education. FaU builds community and parent leadership that supports a youth led movement for educational justice and advocates for a progressive voice on iss... |
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Publications
Click on PDF file below to obtain the articles, publications and reports.... |
United Students Survey Results
Click on PDF file below to obtain the survey results conducted by United Students members at their Garfield, Roosevelt and Wilson High Schools concerning discipline, college access & culturally relevant curriculum.... |
Schools Should Challenge, Not Appease-KPCC Radio Commentary
by Nancy Meza
Roosevelt High graduate and InnerCity Struggle member Nancy Meza offers a different perspective on education, from a student who worked for change.
[ To Listen to Radio Commentary from 89.3 KPCC, Please click on Real icon below ]... |
Graduation & College Eligibility Rates for East LA Schools
Click on PDF file below for either Garfield, Lincoln, Roosevelt or Wilson High to obtain the statistics of Graduation, Disappearance, College Eligibility and College Going Rates from 1999 through 2003.... |
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LAUSD, don’t turn back the clock on equal opportunity!
54th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
, by Maria Brenes
LAUSD, don’t turn back the clock on equal opportunity in education!
On May 17, 1954 the United States Supreme Court ruled that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and that separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportuniti... |
What Happened to LAUSD’s Commitment to College Readiness?
by Maria Brenes
April 10, 2008
“Give us our A-G’s now! Give us our A-G’s now!” is what thousands of students from Central, East and South Los Angeles chanted almost 3 years ago outside of LAUSD offices, as students presented over 20,000 petition signatures demanding access to the 15 A-G college preparatory class... |
South & East Schools Included in QEIA List
by Selene Rivera
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Following many weeks of protests and meetings, students, activists, and parents from East and South Los Angeles persuaded the Los Angeles Unified School District, LAUSD, to prioritize high schools such as Wilson, Roosevelt, Lincoln and Garfield to receive the Quality Educ... |
Nuevo Liderazgo Para El Movimiento Estudiantil
SUS CAUSAS SON AHORA EL RECONOCIMIENTO DEL TRABAJO DE LOS LATINOS EN EU
, by Jorge Morales Almada
Kimberly Ochoa y Elizabeth Villalobos son dos adolescentes de 16 años de edad que pertenecen al Chicano Student Club.
Ahí, dicen, aprenden sobre la cultura hispana y de cosas que en la escuela no les hablan.
“Nos reunimos los jueves para hablar de la cultura, por ejemplo, se celebra el Día de ... |
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East Los Angeles Youth Movement for Educational Justice
by Maria Brenes, Z Magazine
One of many slogans chanted during the May 2005 campaign to ensure a quality education for all students was, “Give me life prep not a life sentence, let me choose my future.” High school students, with support from parents, teachers, and other community members, won two amazing victories in a ro... |
Staying the Course at L.A. Urban High Schools
Amid steep dropout rates, students who persevere tell why the going can be tough
, by Erika Hayasaki and Erica Williams
When Nancy Meza arrived at Roosevelt High School, she quickly made 30 friends among her classmates at the sprawling Boyle Heights campus. On Thursday, as her senior class gathered for its final photo, only four of those friends showed up. Most of the missing had dropped out.
"It really struck m... |
Community Activists Promote Education on Eastside
InnerCity Struggle, formed 10 years ago to combat gangs, has switched its focus to improving schools and empowering students.
, by Jean Merl, Times Staff Writer
In the slightly cramped rainbow-hued storefront on busy Whittier Boulevard in Boyle Heights, the student leaders of InnerCity Struggle talked about their victories:
How they won key changes in the tardy policy at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. How they successfully lobbied for ethnic ... |
Maria Brenes: Student Teacher
by Erin Audry Kaplan, LA Weekly Staff Writer
Ironically, when it comes to public school reform, just about everybody has had their say — policymakers, pundits, even athletes — except for the students themselves. But a change is coming: There is a growing local movement to enlist students as expert witnesses and leaders in the fight for their... |
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