The Sights and Sounds of Bayview: Juana Tello Trains Next Generation of Activists

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One of the first issues Juana Tello's group addressed was making public transportation more affordable for young people. Photo by Pernilla Persson/KALW Crosscurrents

By Cristal Fiel, KALW Crosscurrents

San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of people ages 17 or younger in the city of San Francisco. Juana Teresa Tello is working to train these young people to be activists in their community.

Tello leads the Youth in Power program at the social justice organization, People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) – a radical, grassroots organization serving working class African Americans and Latinos in San Francisco.

Read the complete story at KALW Crosscurrents.

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