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June 18, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CSU Dominguez Hills Hosts HOPE
Youth Leadership Graduation
(Carson, CA)— California
State University, Dominguez Hills will host the annual Hispanas
Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) Youth Leadership through
Literacy Program (YLTLP) graduation at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 20,
in the Loker Student Union Dominguez Ballroom. CSUDH President
Mildred García will be the keynote speaker.
“We’re very excited to have President García
speaking to our graduates,” said HOPE’s youth program
manager Fanny Arroyo Oliveira. “As the first Latina president
of a CSU campus, she is a true trailblazer and a great example
for our young ladies.”
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to ensuring political
and economic parity for Latinas, HOPE has been providing leadership
training, advocacy and education support to Hispanic women throughout
California for more than 18 years. In 2004 it began the Youth Leadership
through Literacy Program (YLTLP) to reach future generations of
Latina leaders.
Annually, the program educates 300 low-income,
high school-aged Latinas from all across the state in the areas
of finance, civic
engagement and academics, with a select group of 22 young women
taking part in additional leadership training during the six-month
program. Chosen by their school or youth organization as girls
who could benefit from the more intensive training, the 22 girls
are tasked with conducting, analyzing and presenting to state and
local leaders a survey on “Assessing College Opportunities
for Latinas.” The results for this year’s studies from
each region can be found online at http://www.latinas.org/site/c.qwL6KiNYLtH/b.3079369/.
Friday’s graduation is to recognize
their hard work and achievements.
Oliveira said YLTLP has an overwhelmingly positive influence on
its participants, helping them envision a bright future for themselves.
Over the last four years, 100% of those students in the smaller
targeted program graduate high school and approximately 75% go
on to college, the first in their families to do so.
“It’s amazing to see in just six months how much they
grow,” Oliveira said.
This year’s YLTLP graduates are juniors
from Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School in Los Angeles,
Costa Mesa and Beckman
high schools in Orange County, Colton and Norte Vista high schools
in the Inland Empire, Sweetwater High School in San Diego County
and South High School in Bakersfield.
For more information about the organization, visit www.latinas.org.
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CSU Dominguez Hills -- California
State University, Dominguez Hills is a highly diverse,
urban university located in the South Bay, primarily
serving the
Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself
on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered
environment.
Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology,
business administration, and digital media arts, new degree
programs include computer science, criminal justice,
recreation and leisure
studies, social work, and communication disorders. On campus
is the Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex
that hosts
world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and
cycling.
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