Community Safety

Unyque Jackson gets ready to walk the stage at her graduation. Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio

No Regrets, Just Keep It Moving

Unyque Jackson started kindergarten in Oakland. Her parents divorced when she was five. And Unyque moved to the San Joaquin Valley where she lived in her father’s house and was raised by her grandmother.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Community Safety
Teacher and student walk down hallway

Class Dismissed

One out of four adults in California is a high school dropout. "Class Dismissed" takes an up-close look at the crisis through the lives of four young people from the Central Valley. The stories reveal what’s at stake for their future and ours.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Community Safety
Roosevelt Webb (right) plays video games with his nephew.

Family First

This project was led by Catherine Stifter, a 2013 California Fellow, who takes an up-close look at the high rates of high school dropouts through the lives of four young people from the Central Valley.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Community Safety
Geronimo Garcia repairs bicycles part time at a community center near his home.

School or Survival?

As he tells it, Geronimo Garcia was on the path toward dropping out by the time he started school.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Community Safety