Youth Justice Coalition

Youth Justice Coalition The Youth Justice Coalition (YJC) is working to build a youth-led movement to challenge race, gender

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The Youth Justice Coalition is working to build a youth, family, and formerly and currently incarcerated people's movement to challenge America’s addiction to incarceration and race, gender and class discrimination in Los Angeles County’s, California’s and the nation's juvenile and criminal injustice systems. The YJC’s goal is to dismantle policies and institutions that have ensu

red the massive lock-up of people of color, widespread law enforcement violence and corruption, consistent violation of youth and communities’ Constitutional and human rights, the construction of a vicious school-to-jail track, and the build-up of the world's largest network of jails and prisons. We use transformative justice and community intervention/peacebuilding, FREE LA High School, know your rights, legal defense, and police and court monitoring to "starve the beast" - promoting safety in our schools, homes and neighborhoods without relying on law enforcement and lock-ups, preventing system contact, and pulling people out of the system. We use direct action organizing, advocacy, political education, and activist arts to agitate, expose, and pressure the people in charge in order to upset power and bring about change.

WE’RE BACK! 🥳 PULL UP this FRIDAY, September 4th for our next Monthly “Care First, Jails Never: Alternatives to Incarce...
09/02/2026

WE’RE BACK! 🥳 PULL UP this FRIDAY, September 4th for our next Monthly “Care First, Jails Never: Alternatives to Incarceration, a “how-to” training series grounded in Transformative Justice. 🫶🏿🫶🏽

Together, we’ll build community agreements, unpack system harms, strengthen relationships, and practice real alternatives that center care, accountability, and liberation. 🙌🏿🙌🏽

🗓 Friday, September 4th| 1:00PM-3:00PM
📍 Chuco’s Justice Center
🎶 Music, 🍎 snacks, and a tour of our community space/school—formerly Kenyon Detention Center, which we shut down in 2013. 💫

SAVE THE DATE for the remainder of our 2026 sessions:
Friday, October 2 🗓️
Friday, November 6 🗓️
Friday, December 4 🗓️

This is about coming together in a sacred way to fight harder and better for our people. Pull up. 🖤🤎

📣 Organize✊🏾Build youth power🔥 Fight for liberationAt our latest Liberation Fund Coalition meeting, we organized around ...
09/02/2026

📣 Organize
✊🏾Build youth power
🔥 Fight for liberation

At our latest Liberation Fund Coalition meeting, we organized around the fight to Free The 50 girls and gender-expansive youth from LA County custody and continue building a future rooted in care, freedom, and youth justice. 🫶🏿🫶🏽

FREE THE 50. FREE LA. 💜

🚨CANCELLED EVENT 🚨 Unfortunately, our Black August event tonight has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for future upcomi...
08/27/2026

🚨CANCELLED EVENT 🚨 Unfortunately, our Black August event tonight has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for future upcoming events. We apologize for any inconvenience, thank you! 🙏🏿🙏🏽

✊🏿 BLACK AUGUST: HONOR THE LEGACY. BUILD OUR POWER. 🔥Join us for an evening of political education, performance, healing...
08/26/2026

✊🏿 BLACK AUGUST: HONOR THE LEGACY. BUILD OUR POWER. 🔥

Join us for an evening of political education, performance, healing, and community as we honor the Black freedom fighters and movements that continue to inspire our fight for liberation. 🖤

🎭 Featuring a powerful Me Too-inspired theatrical performance centered on healing, resilience, truth-telling, and collective action.

📅 Thursday, August 27
⏰ 5–7 PM
📍 7625 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011

Honor the history. Build community. Fight for liberation. ✊🏾🔥

Today is the first day of school here at YJC FREE LA High School! 🏁🎓✨ Drop a note in the comments to help us welcome our...
08/25/2026

Today is the first day of school here at YJC FREE LA High School! 🏁🎓✨

Drop a note in the comments to help us welcome our young people back for another year of learning, building community, and building youth power. 🙌🏿🙌🏽 💜

And if you haven’t enrolled yet, it’s not too late! There’s still time to join the FREE LA community and start your school year with us. 📚⚡️

📞 Call our front desk at 323-235-4243 to learn more about enrolling today. ☎️

08/14/2026

🎓 School is starting soon. Enroll at FREE LA High School here in South Central with YouthBuild Charter School of California! 📚

We asked our community to share some words of advice for young people heading back to school. Check out what they had to say in the reel and drop your advice in the comments. 🥳🏁

FREE LA High School has OPEN ENROLLMENT NOW for any young people ages 16-24 that live in Los Angeles County! ✏️ 🖊️ ✨

We offer programs in community organizing, culinary, gardening, welding, or construction! 🎓

📞 Call our front desk at 323-235-4243 during business hours to learn more about enrolling. ☎️

200+ backpacks for families. 🎒25+ community partners. One powerful day of community. ❤️‍🔥✊🏿✊🏽This past weekend, we broug...
08/12/2026

200+ backpacks for families. 🎒
25+ community partners.
One powerful day of community. ❤️‍🔥✊🏿✊🏽

This past weekend, we brought our people together to make sure young people and families had the resources, services, and support they deserve. From backpacks and school supplies 🎒📚 to community resources and connections 🤝🏾, we showed what’s possible when we take care of each other.

Huge love to every partner, volunteer, family, and community member who showed up and made the day possible. 🫶🏾

This is community power. This is how we feed the people and build toward liberation. 🔥

🎓 Looking to earn your high school diploma?👷🏽‍♂️ Interested in trade programs like community organizing, culinary, garde...
08/12/2026

🎓 Looking to earn your high school diploma?
👷🏽‍♂️ Interested in trade programs like community organizing, culinary, gardening, welding, or construction?

F.R.E.E. L.A. High School welcomes all interested students, and we also provide resources for youth and families impacted by incarceration, probation, arrest, deportation, school pushout and housing insecure people. 🫶🏿🫶🏽📚

Located in South Central L.A.-here youth lead, learn, and organize for a future built on care, not cages. 🙌🏿🙌🏽

📍 Open to young people across L.A. County ages 16-25

DM us with questions or call 323-235-4243 to make an appointment today! YouthBuild Charter School of California 🏁

🗓️ 🎉 Pull up to our 3RD Annual YJC Street CRED L.A. SUMMER FEST THIS SATURDAY!! 😎🎒 🌞 Our annual youth-led, community-led...
08/06/2026

🗓️ 🎉 Pull up to our 3RD Annual YJC Street CRED L.A. SUMMER FEST THIS SATURDAY!! 😎🎒

🌞 Our annual youth-led, community-led festival includes:

🎒 FREE backpacks, petting zoo, music, food, Narcan trainings, resources, games, photobooth, ice cream, family-friendly fun and community care! 🥳❤️‍🩹😎

🗓 Saturday, August 8, 2026
🕛 12–3 PM
📍 Chuco’s Justice Center 7625 S. Central Ave

🚨 IMPORTANT: CHILD MUST BE PRESENT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A FREE BACKPACK. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY- FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. 🚨

This isn’t just a celebration — it’s a movement rooted in substance abuse education and harm reduction, healing, and liberation! 🖤🤎

COMMUNITY VICTORY! 📢💥 On June 30, Los Angeles County adopted a motion recommitting to decarcerate girls and gender-expan...
08/05/2026

COMMUNITY VICTORY! 📢💥

On June 30, Los Angeles County adopted a motion recommitting to decarcerate girls and gender-expansive youth! 🏁

This win is the result of relentless organizing by young people, families, and community members who demanded freedom over incarceration! ✊🏿✊🏽

The work continues until every young person is free.

FREE LA. Free the 50. Fight the Power. 💥

Address

7625 S. Central Avenue Los Angeles
Inglewood, CA
90001

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 3:30pm
Thursday 9am - 3:30pm
Friday 9am - 2pm

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+13232354243

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