Our goal is to inform, educate, and advocate for our community in the fight against climate change, by working with diverse organizations, supporting the building of equitable development, hosting informational events, and researching to implement sustainable garden practices. Our EJ Core members work directly in the East Palo Alto community through the maintenance of a community garden right in our backyard, yearly community town hall meetings covering environmental education and policy, and direct action to address the continued contamination at the ROMIC hazardous waste site that was shut down in 2007 through the youth work at YUCA.

Our goal is to educate and empower low-income residents of East Palo Alto by informing them of their housing rights and building their capacity to advocate for themselves in order to prevent displacement and build tenant power. YUCA youth are active, foward-facing activists in the community, regularly coming together to host Know Your Tenant Rights Workshops, canvassing East Palo Alto tenants to get them connected to tenant organizing and advocacy efforts, and attending City Council and housing justice coalition meetings to advocate for housing for all. 

YUCA practices restorative justice both internally as a grassroots organization and within our local community, from schools in East Palo Alto to youth impacted by incarceration and immigration issues. Our current RJ & TJ Campaign is focused on organizing YUCA into a radically healing, restorative space for youth through the incorporation of RJ values and practices, as well as partnering with East Palo Alto schools to create new restorative practices and transformative pipelines for youth.