Rooted in Healing, RYSing for Justice: RYSE Turns 16
A Month of Remembrance, Grief, Love & Rage: Palestine Solidarity at RYSE
One year ago, RYSE released a statement in response to the ongoing genocide happening in Gaza.
“As an organization that addresses the root causes of violence, RYSE recognizes that these same children and young adults who are facing genocide in Gaza right now were born under a longstanding colonial occupation resourced and ratified by the US. And fortified by the lies and slander of the mainstream media against oppressed peoples everywhere, from Richmond to Gaza.”
In remembrance, grief, love and rage, RYSE continues to stand in solidarity with Palestine through our words, actions, and spaces.
How Adults can Answer Young People’s Call to Vote For Us
Xicanx / Afro Latinx Heritage Month
Community Care Roundtable with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Community Safety Partners
We Are the Medicine Convening
In August, RYSE and Pacific Southwest MHTTC co-hosted “We Are the Medicine: Culturally Sustaining & Healing Practices for Youth & Young Adult Service Providers.”
Over 60 health care providers across the country, state, and Bay Area convened on-campus at RYSE to share healing practices that draw upon indigenous, holistic, and somatic techniques.
Listening Campaign in a New Era: Towards Loving and Just Systems for Contra Costa Youth
RYSE was born from Black, Indigenous and Young People of Color creating new ways to make meaning of loss, grief, and injustice. This meaning-making over two decades has cultivated youth space, place, and power. Over the past few years, young people have experienced life-altering events that no other generation has, such as enduring a global pandemic, with few opportunities to reflect on how this has influenced what they want and need.
RYSE Recognized at Restorative Justice Conference in Washington, DC
Health Justice Mural: The People’s Garden
“My favorite part of the mural is the tree hugging the women. I love it because it makes the mural seem like we all need to be loved even by something as beautiful as nature.”
-Isaac Rivera, Artscapes intern and RYSE member since 2023
Check out the newest artistic addition to RYSE, “The People’s Garden,” a vibrant and colorful mural adorning the entrance to our Health Justice Center.