Thank you for another successful event

In May 31 2024, Homies Unidos held its 8th Annual Central American Youth Leadership Conference at LATTC in Los Angeles CA. Over 400 recent Immigrant youth get to take part of our annual conference that brings over 24 Service Providers, Music, Workshops and Art and Culture. Many who are of indigenous communities in their home country, experience the blessing of our space by indigenous elders, recognizing the original people of this lands. They get to hear from community leaders, immigrants who have achieve success and beaten the odds. This time we had Dr. Charles Vela, the founder of The STEM program which is used in many schools to teach Math Science, Technology and Arts.

We want to thank our sponsors who without their continued support we could not have feed and provided our immigrant youth with the opportunity to be among others to share their experiences.

The Heising-Simon Foundation Global Fund for Children The California Wellness Foundation Johnson Family Foundation Board of Supervisors Holly Mitchell Board of Supervisors Hilda Solis Los Angeles City Council Members Eunisses Hernandez Los Angeles City Council Member Hugo Soto-Martinez Los Angeles City Council Member Curren Price Los Angeles City Council Member Heather Hutt L.A. Neighborhood Council Echo Park L.A. neighborhood Council Pico Union California For Safety and Justice CARECEN Reimagine LA Foundation United Way of Greater Los Angeles Pico Union Project Sunrise Outreach Center

We also want to thank many of the organizations who took time to stand under the sun and provided information to our youth:

Bresee Foundation ViaCare Chirla CARECEN Natural History Museum LA Department of Youth Development Immigrant Defenders Law center AltaMed Saint Johns Community Health LA vs Hate Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice Para Los Ninos Peace Over Violence Planned Parenthood and more.

We want to thank the artists:

La Liga De La Calle Moha Humo Solares Erik Moreno "Sen" We want to thank Habla Que Te Escucho for filming and interviewing our youth and covering the conference. LATTC for their continued commitment, the delicious food from Viztango Cafe.

All of the Homies Unidos Staff and volunteers. Most important our Youth Panel, the courage these youth have demonstrated is amazing. They are our leaders of tomorrow.