Change Starts With Youth

Good morning, Changemakers! On Thursday, I headed to a small winery town in Southern California with some friends. As we all got situated into the house we're staying in, I opened up my Facebook app. I saw that one of my old friends from high school posted ABC10's article, Stockton Ranked 4th Worst Place to Raise Children in the Country.  She commented on the post "I didn't turn out that bad." Of course, she didn't turn out "that bad" because she grew up on the north side of town with both of her parents making a significant income. The article's information came from Diversity Data Kids in their 2020 report. According to the data, about half of Stockton's children live in low-opportunity areas. There are not enough programs for children, the air quality is bad, and most importantly, there is severe wealth inequality. How are people going to prosper when they don't have opportunities coming their ways? Of course, since the Youth De...