Our work is led by systems-impacted youth and families who are building community power to dismantle harmful systems and replace them with care, equity, and justice.
Our organizing is rooted in self-determination, abolition, and the lived experience of those most impacted by systems of harm.
Our leaders are system-impacted youth and families who understand the fight because they’ve lived it.
We build strategic campaigns with clear demands, targets, and timelines to win real, lasting change.
We train our communities to understand systems, fight oppression, and build toward collective liberation.
We create space for healing from systemic and personal trauma—because we can’t fight without care.
More than a building, Chuco’s is where we learn, heal, organize, and launch campaigns rooted in community power.
Join the fight for youth justice. At YJC, we offer careers, job opportunities, and internships that allow you to build skills while contributing to abolitionist organizing and community power. Whether you’re just starting out or bringing years of experience, you’ll be part of a team working to transform systems and uplift youth leadership. Together, we create pathways not just for work, but for purpose.
Our programs develop youth leadership, build community power, and fight systemic harm through organizing, political education, healing, and direct action.
A youth-led alternative high school transforming students into organizers and freedom fighters.
Legal support for youth and families navigating systems of harm.
Impacted youth leaders organizing to end incarceration and rebuild communities.
Mental and physical health programs rooted in healing, not punishment.
A green space where youth can take gardening classes, grow and harvest food, learn about environmental justice, and join paid fellowships to learn plant cultivation skills.
Our team is made up of directly impacted youth, organizers, healers, and artists who lead with love, purpose, and power. We are grounded in abolition and committed to building a world where our people are free.
