FRESNO, Calif. — On Saturday February 13, The kNOw joined hundreds of other Fresnans at the Fresno Fairgrounds for the WEConnect Resource Fair, which celebrated 10 years of providing Medi-Cal sign ups, immigration legal resources, fresh produce, and medical screenings. Below is our coverage from the day.
Young people provided information about The kNOw’s program to interested guests.
Medi-Cal sign ups were a key service of the event.
Maria Léon, 35, is at #weconnect "to get help to cover my children and I with health insurance."
— The kNOw Youth Media (@theknowfresno) February 13, 2016
There were also volunteers on hand to help with DACA applications.
Marina, 26, came to #weconnect "to get help with my DACA application because she heard on the radio that there was help."
— The kNOw Youth Media (@theknowfresno) February 13, 2016
We asked people “What’s one way you want Fresno or California to be healthier in the next 10 years?”
To learn more about WEConnect and see the schedule of events, visit their website here.
In 2006, over 25 youth began participating in weekly after-school writing workshops where they congregated in the hallway of a two-story building in West Fresno and learned the essentials of creating media and telling their stories. The group evolved over the next five years and is now proudly recognized as The kNOw Youth Media.
Through our program, we create opportunities for our youth participants, who in turn create long-term positive change in their communities. Our approach weaves youth development and youth media innovation to produce our biannual youth publication, multimedia projects, and community forums.
The kNOw began as a project of New America Media, which was the country’s first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 2000 ethnic news organizations. In 2018 The kNOw became a project of Youth Leadership Institute.
