Great Wall Institute: The Process of the Great Wall of Los AngelesMain MenuResearch of the DecadesResearch1960s Illustration DevelopmentIllustration DevelopmentPlaylists of the DecadesPlaylistssparcinla.org185fc5b2219f38c7b63f42d87efaf997127ba4fcGreat Wall Institute - Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)
Chicano Youth Leadership Conferences
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-27 at 2.38.33 PM_thumb.png2023-03-27T21:40:32+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Sal Castro, a teacher at Lincoln High, talks to students in 1968. Castro was arrested for his leadership role in the East L.A. walkouts. “Historically, the series of Chicano Youth Leadership Conferences (CYLC) are the most recognized high school leadership conferences in California…CYLC was founded in 1963 in response to the harsh reality that Chicano students fared last in education, dropout rates exceeded any other ethnicity, and the likelihood of Chicanos attending a college or university was very low. CYLC brought together groups of high school students at Camp Hess Kramer with the primary objective of encouraging the student participants to graduate from high school, enter college, graduate and seek advanced degrees to become responsible leaders. This has been ongoing for over four decades.”plain2023-03-27T21:40:32+00:001968Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49