Last Friday, we celebrated Dream youth clinic’s first ever Open House in the newly expanded Dream Youth Clinic space!
My office has had the pleasure of working with Dr. Mays through our Council on Human Trafficking, looking specifically at interventions that truly meet the needs of survivors for housing and safety as well as job opportunities, counseling and mental health support.
I have been committed to addressing human trafficking and exploitation. Working with our neighbors in San Antonio district, one of the areas in Oakland most impacted by trafficking, we have implemented solutions that immediately address traffic and community safety while engaging in looking at long term solutions to this hundreds of years old problem.
Dream Youth Clinic has served the most vulnerable minors in Oakland since 2017. That is our Black girls, Black boys, youth of color and gender expansive youth; specifically sex trafficked, unsheltered, and in foster care youth are the focus of their work.
Dr. Mays and the entire team have dedicated themselves to ensuring that this clinic remains open and you better believe moved mountains to make it possible in this time of transition to ensure services are uninterrupted.
The health services they provide at no cost to young people are so critical and just as as critical are the opportunities for leadership development and civic engagement created through the youth groups, ensuring our reproductive and health justice movements are led by those most impacted, and their brilliance.
It was such an honor to be there celebrating this incredible and safe space for youth, I am committed to do everything in my power as an elected and a community leader to support and help grow this incredible institution✨
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