ESPINO Coalition
2009 Central Valley Youth Organizing
Orlando Jose's video of RIOT
Motecuzoma Sanchez describes the ESPINO mission
2008 proved to be a pivotal year in the development of the ESPINO Coalition’s capacities to
organize youth in the Central Valley of California. On October 3rd the ESPINO Coalition convened
its fourth annual Youth Organizing Summit at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton with 300 high
school and college age youth participating in a day of educational, motivational, and skill
building workshops.
This summit was followed in November by a statewide convening in Los Angeles, Revolution In Our
Times (RIOT) for a weekend of strategizing and planning for a Youth Platform with the goal of
developing a Youth Bill of Rights.
One Hundred and thirty youth from the four California regions gathered on the USC campus to
create synthesis and solidarity among youth and youth organizers to begin the process of
building a massive youth movement around to issues of youth incarceration, education equity
and other youth issues. This year promises to be even more dynamic in the area of youth
organizing
