AARON BURLESON & JOSHUA HAMM – COMMUNITY COALITION – South Central Youth Empowered thru Action

AARON BURLESON, is the Youth Director for Community Coalition. He oversees the activities of South Central Youth Empowered Thru Action – Community Coalition works to help transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty by building a community institution that involves thousands in creating, influencing and changing public policy.
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JOSHUA HAMM, is a Junior at Manuel Arts High School and an activist with SC-YEA. This past June, 10 of Community Coalition’s SCYEA juniors were selected to participate in a new prestigious national scholarship program called Civic Opportunities Initiative Network [COIN]. The program funded by the New World Foundation trains the next generation of community leaders dedicated to social justice issues while also providing college scholarships and academic assistance. www.cocosouthla.com