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"The Legacy Youth Project Transformed Napa for Nearly a Decade" by Karla Gomez-Pelayo & Yolanda Ayala

3/24/2021

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For nearly a decade, each Legacy Youth Project (LYP) class session began and ended with the Mayan philosophy-inspired "In Lak 'Ech" poem by Chicano playwright Luis Valdez.

"IN LAK'ECH
Tú eres mi otro yo. You are my other me.
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Si te hago daño a ti. If I do harm to you.
Me hago daño a mi mismo. I do harm to myself. 
Si te amo y respet. If I love and respect you.
Me amo y respeto yo. I love and respect myself."

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"Napa taxpayers’ investment is for our students first" by Jose Hernandez and Ron Rhyno

3/12/2021

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After the elimination of the Legacy Youth Project, we in the Napa
community and environs are reading the current Unified discussions about economic realities facing Napa’s K-12 education, causing NVUSD to look at scenarios to deal with current and projected fiscal shortfalls. The bigger truth is based in the lived realities of our students, their families and student school success.

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"The Facts Behind the Dismantling of the Legacy Youth Project" by Carlos Hagedorn

3/5/2021

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In 2012, Vintage High School (VHS) administration and personnel asked me to serve 14 Chicano students who weren't being supported by the system. They wanted to engage these students and I accepted the responsibility because as a Xicano Filpino I come from a legacy of ancestors in service of justice, love, and liberation. 

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"Ethnic studies and a Legacy cancelled in the Napa Valley" By Lilia Soto

2/15/2021

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On July 13, 2020 at 5:03 a.m., a 16-year-old former Legacy Youth Project (LYP) student sent the following message to his former coaches: “Hey, I don’t know who runs this page but brother Carlos, I was wondering if I could be part of Legacy again. I been fxxxing up a lot lately and I wanna change to better myself because now I realized how much of a [sic] impact your program could really be if I took it serious[ly]. Could you help a brother out?”
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The reply? LYP had been cancelled.

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Since 2012, the Legacy Youth Project, LLC is an Ethnic Studies and social justice leadership program committed to the healing, transformation, and liberation of Napa Valley youth. Through our Heartwork Pedagogy, we cultivate humanizing opportunities for our scholar warriors to lead, rejoice, and thrive.

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Throughout an eight year partnership with the school district, the Legacy Youth Project (LYP) was fiscally sponsored by two local non-profit organizations. As of August 2020, LYP transitioned to a Limited Liability Company (LLC).