For safety concerns, names and voices have been removed, changed or distorted. This episode was created by a Calafia fellow. Hosting today's episode is a guest speaker.

This episode unearths a genealogy brimming with cynicism and corruption between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the zionist entity, dating back to the Kingdom’s inception in 1922. We often hear about the zionism deeply embedded in the west, but do not address how Arab governments perpetuate this settler-colonial ideology for their own imperial benefit. Calafia welcomes guests: Professor of Arabic, Jordanian native, and former employee of the Jordanian military, to encourage Jordanians to forge solidarity with their next-door neighbors.

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Calafia is yli’s statewide youth policy journal that amplifies the narratives of young people on topics and issue areas important to them and their communities.

Calafia’s past issues have focused on youth criminal justice reform, educational equity, and addressing stigmas within communities of color. Check out the last fellowship's issue titled, Systems below and contact Jarrett Ramones at [email protected] for a print copy.

Be on the look out for our next print issue False Promises: The Chasm Between Home and Hope coming soon.

Calafia Fellows are selected every year from each yli office to create and edit the issue’s theme and the stories presented. They are also mentored by experienced reporters, travel to statewide and national media conferences, and learn the steps to producing a printed publication.

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Everyone wants to climb the social ladder, but no one wants to look back down. This Calafia episode delves into the experiences of low-income college students at prestigious universities, exploring how upward social mobility poses unique financial, social, and emotional challenges to those fortunate enough to obtain it. By assessing interviews from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and reviewing current public policy, Sasha Velasquez urges the acknowledgement and support of need-based resources and institutions.

For more information about Youth Leadership Institute.

Calafia is yli’s statewide youth policy journal that amplifies the narratives of young people on topics and issue areas important to them and their communities.

Calafia’s past issues have focused on youth criminal justice reform, educational equity, and addressing stigmas within communities of color. Check out the last fellowship's issue titled, Systems below and contact Jarrett Ramones at [email protected] for a print copy.

Be on the look out for our next print issue False Promises: The Chasm Between Home and Hope coming soon.

Calafia Fellows are selected every year from each yli office to create and edit the issue’s theme and the stories presented. They are also mentored by experienced reporters, travel to statewide and national media conferences, and learn the steps to producing a printed publication.

Follow yli on social @ylinstitute on Instagram and Facebook! 

Changing the narrative : Reframing negative perspectives on Oakland Youth is a podcast dedicated to amplifying youth voices and having youth and adults share the importance of youth mental health as well as exploring the different issues youth go through financially mentally and physically. Sit back relax and enjoy the podcast!

For more information about Youth Leadership Institute.

Calafia is yli’s statewide youth policy journal that amplifies the narratives of young people on topics and issue areas important to them and their communities.

Calafia’s past issues have focused on youth criminal justice reform, educational equity, and addressing stigmas within communities of color. Check out the last fellowship's issue titled, Systems below and contact Jarrett Ramones at [email protected] for a print copy.

Be on the look out for our next print issue False Promises: The Chasm Between Home and Hope coming soon.

Calafia Fellows are selected every year from each yli office to create and edit the issue’s theme and the stories presented. They are also mentored by experienced reporters, travel to statewide and national media conferences, and learn the steps to producing a printed publication.

Follow yli on social @ylinstitute on Instagram and Facebook! 

In this episode of Beyond the Broken Dream, Calafia Fellow Karisma Lee talks about the absence of proper education that is depriving the average student of the knowledge they deserve to learn. How can one even begin their journey to success without knowing the correct path forward? Listen as Karisma leads you through a journey of discovery, enlightening listeners on how the education system deprives its students with insightful interviews and facts.

On my podcast episode titled Loot-Ed, listeners can expect to be taken on a journey of discovery, being enlightened on how the education system deprives its students with insightful interviews and facts during the voyage.

Sources:

• https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/map-where-critical-race-theory-is-under-attack/2021/06
• https://www.naacpldf.org/critical-race-theory-faq/
• Oniah and Boulware Interviews

For more information about Youth Leadership Institute.

Calafia is yli’s statewide youth policy journal that amplifies the narratives of young people on topics and issue areas important to them and their communities.

Calafia’s past issues have focused on youth criminal justice reform, educational equity, and addressing stigmas within communities of color. Check out the last fellowship's issue titled, Systems below and contact Jarrett Ramones at [email protected] for a print copy.

Be on the look out for our next print issue False Promises: The Chasm Between Home and Hope coming soon.

Calafia Fellows are selected every year from each yli office to create and edit the issue’s theme and the stories presented. They are also mentored by experienced reporters, travel to statewide and national media conferences, and learn the steps to producing a printed publication.

Follow yli on social @ylinstitute on Instagram and Facebook! 

This episode explores how the model minority myth in AAPI communities perpetuates harmful stereotypes. Through interviews, we discuss how the subtle effects of the myth can be seen across classrooms and the workplace, prompting the urgency to maintain DEI programs. 

On January 21 of 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” a move to end Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion–or DEI–initiatives in contexts across the nation. Remember that policy is incontainable to Washington D.C. It grabs our lives and directs them, eroding or supporting actual people. You’re listening to “Breaking the Model Minority Myth,” episode 1 of “Beyond the Broken Dream,” where Calafia fellow Kaelyn Tan discusses how this equity is overdue amidst Asian Americans’ struggles against the model minority myth.

Resources: 

https://makeusvisible.org/ 

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2023/11/30/asian-americans-and-the-model-minority-stereotype/

https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/02/silicon-valley-inequality/

For more information about Youth Leadership Institute.

Calafia is yli’s statewide youth policy journal that amplifies the narratives of young people on topics and issue areas important to them and their communities. 

Calafia’s past issues have focused on youth criminal justice reform, educational equity, and addressing stigmas within communities of color. Check out the last fellowship's issue titled, Systems below and contact Jarrett Ramones at [email protected] for a print copy.

Be on the look out for our next print issue False Promises: The Chasm Between Home and Hope coming soon.

Calafia Fellows are selected every year from each yli office to create and edit the issue’s theme and the stories presented. They are also mentored by experienced reporters, travel to statewide and national media conferences, and learn the steps to producing a printed publication.

Follow yli on social @ylinstitute on Instagram and Facebook!