As DC heated up to blazing temperatures this month, LAYC’s Food & Nutrition Program staff kicked off the summer with 18 DC youth. Through DC’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), these young people are gaining valuable employment experience while learning about culinary arts at LAYC over an intensive six-week program. Participants come from all over…
Karen* and a talented group of LAYC Art + Media students are proudly displaying their nature-centered art on WMATA buses this summer! As part of LAYC’s six-week summer 2017 2nd Nature program, Karen and five other LAYC graphic design students collaborated with the National Park Service of the National Capital Region (NPS) to create posters…
Dear LAYC friends, I am delighted to address our community for the first time as president & CEO of Latin American Youth Center (LAYC), a position which I am extremely proud to hold and will assume with the utmost responsibility and dedication. I owe a huge thank you to our board of directors, committed staff, and…
By Juan Pacheco, Community Peace Mobilizer On May 30, 2018, members of LAYC’s Latino Youth Leadership Council (LYLC) announced the release of their anxiously awaited graphic memoir, Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth at Busboys and Poets’ 14th Street location in DC. The book was made possible through the tremendous determination and bravery of 16…
By Julia Kann, Program Manager, Food & Nutrition Summer is here, LAYC’s cooking classes are filling up, and our veggie garden is bursting! Students have been cooking up a storm in classes held in LAYC’s Teen Center and at YouthBuild and LAYC Career Academy Public Charter Schools through our Community Schools Consortium. Highlights from spring…
LAYC would like to congratulate Santos Amaya Guevara and Harrison Rodriguez on the recognition of their leadership and commitment to public service at the fourth annual Samuel Halperin Lecture and Youth Public Service Award event, cosponsored by the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and the Institute for Educational Leadership, on March 21st. Santos Amaya Guevara,…
