Youth UpRising is a Black-run youth organization located in East Oakland.

The focus of the organization is on transformative change to make the community healthy and economically vigorous by developing the leadership of young people and improving systems that influence them.

Youth UpRising offers programs that are based on careers and education. The organization also focuses on community issues such as homelessness, crime rates, public safety, health, housing and economic development to rebuild the community and make deeper changes.

Y’Anad Burrell,  chief executive Youth UpRising, is very passionate about her work. Heading the organization since December 2020, she is in charge of programming, finances, fundraising and making sure that the envisioned mission is uplifted and being shown in the community.

Burrell says she loves working to empower youth, giving them leadership opportunities and resources to help them and families in the community.

She stresses the importance of the Black media, which gives Black people the chance to tell their own story and share their truth, “Without Black media our narrative is not our own,” she said.

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