Youth Uprising

As someone who works in the same block as Youth Uprising, I know just how much Youth Uprising contributes to the community and what it offers for youth in the area. It is surely a safe haven for youth and community members.
The place provides excellent services, events, workshops, and classes for community members — all free of charge. The majority of students from both adjacent high schools have Youth Uprising memberships. I wish that more would frequent and use the services Youth Uprising offers. I feel that it is sometimes undervalued.
The café inside Youth Uprising is also modest. Limited food choices but they are affordable and good enough.

This is a pretty cool skatepark. It has a several ramps stairs, rails; pretty much all you need for a day of tricks. It would be better if there was a bowl, pool or ½ pipe but for the most part not bad for a few hours. It also has basketball court, playground, picnic benches and bleacher seating so it makes for a great day if you want to change from one activity to another. You can also find sunny and shady spots to cop a squat for lunch or just a break. I gave it 3 stars since the area is not all that great and like I said there are no bowls, pools etc.

Youth Uprising also known as «The Center» can be commonly confused as a place for disadvantaged youth to hang out and loiter outside of but ITS SOOO MUCH MORE!!!
Youth Uprising personall assisted me in getting employed up to 3weeks after I gave birth to my first child as a single mother.
They worked on me one on one to find the perfect fit for me and offered me such a plethora of different opportunities, I almost forgot that we were in a recession and jobs were hard to come by.
Rhonda, Dyese, and Larry are absolutely WONDERFUL and i adore them.
Rhonda would personally call me if not everday, every other day just to check on how was doing with everything. They offered rides to different interviews if transportation wasnt available and also had business attire available to be worn if you were unable to purchase any!!!
The Center will remove any roadblocks that you have standing in your way.
Once I was enrolled into their AC HIRES program, I was hired at a public accounting office in SF, was able to maintain my own car, and moved out of my family’s home and got my own place!!!
I can go on and on about this place with marvelous things to say. Just the support that this place offers is just absolutely amazing!!!
Dr. Aaron was available for mentoring and counseling as needed… and trust me it was needed — and the sessions broke so much ground and had me leaving feeling 10x better.
I suggest and recommend this place to everyone… its truly a center of opportunity and youth uprising!

I think this is a great one stop shop for youth seeking resources in a number of areas. They offer workshops to get help with the GED, work skills, dance etc. They also have an AWESOME café attached to this place. the food is high quality and reasonably priced.
I definitely recommend this place for youth in Oakland who want to get some guidance or information about a number of areas!