The gentrification of the Mission District brought a "gang list" that affected young people in a 60-block radius, limiting their freedom of movement and association. Vicente Garcia used his 2007 Young People For fellowship to organize the community to stop the gang list.
Jen Herrick
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Jen Herrick graduated from the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) in June 2004 with a degree in Communication Studies and a certificate in Political Communication. Her undergraduate honors thesis was titled, “Civil Disobedience as Entertainment: Michael Moore and the Awful Truth.” Jen moved to the Washington, DC area in July 2004 and subsequently began work at People For as a full-time Public Policy intern. She now serves on staff as Senior Policy Analyst. Prior to People For, Jen interned with the Washington, DC office of Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-9th OH) and served as a student assistant to a 2003 city council campaign in Athens, OH.