VOLUME 01

LEGACY isn't hard

work. Its heart work. !

FALL/WINTER 2013

ACADEMIC SUCCESS
G.P.A.S ARE UP!!!

ISSUE NO. 01

COMMUNITY MURAL
COMING SOON!!!

LEGACY HOODIES
GET YOURS!!!

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NEWSLETTER
National Documentary Team Visits LEGACY!
More Inside ! This
past Fall semester
the LEGACY Youth
Project hosted and
participated in the
making of a very
Homeboy
important upcoming
Industries &
Academy Award
documentary film: The
Director visits
Mask You Live In. The
LEGACY!
documentary, still
under production,
Famous exgangster &
uncovers the very
author talks with
important topic: How
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we as a society are
failing our teenage males. The
Mariposa &
documentary co-writer, producer
LEGACY united!
and director, Jennifer Siebel Newsom,
who recently produced the critically
acclaimed
documentary
MissRepresenatation, a film about U.S. medias impact on teenage
females, sought LEGACY to gain the perspective of teenage males,
specifically the Latino male narrative. Newsom, wife of CA State
Lieutenant Governor,Gavin Newsom and her documentary team
was hosted by Vintage High School administration and the
LEGACY Team of coaches and youth. It was a full day of filming as
the LEGACY classroom was turned into a (cont. pg. 2)

LEGACY takes
part in a National
Documentary!

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LEGACY Youth being filmed in action!

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(cont. pg. 1) Hollywood like movie set. It
was a great experience for the LECACY
youth. 5 LEGACY youth seniors, 2 juniors
from Vintage High School and 1 junior
from Valley Oak High School took on the
opportunity of sharing their story while
being filmed by multiple cameras and
lighting hovering over them while
speaking. LEGACY coaches Omar Salem
and Carlos Hagedorn facilitated the group
conversation. In addition, Newsom did
individual youth and coach interviews.
The documentary, The Mask You Live In
is expected to debut this year (2014).
Youth and staff with the documentary team
Newsom and her Representation Project team are
no strangers to the Napa Valley. In 2012 their
critically acclaimed documentary,
"It was a really huge
MissRepresenatation, was screened in the Napa Valley. The award wining experience for me. I wasn't
documentary would go on to be shown world wide with curriculum developed
sure what to do or say at
for schools and communities to explore issues and solutions to how our
the moment but in the
teenage girls are growing up and developing into their womanhood. The same
inside I was relaxed and
goal is expected for our boys with The Mask You Live In. The LEGACY Youth
focused. I was super
Project is excited to support with co-hosting the screening in our Napa Valley
excited! Luis Vallejo, 11th
and community members will get the chance to meet the LEGACY youth stars
of the film and even get an autograph!

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For more information about The Mask You Live In, click or go to: www.therepresentationproject.org

THE LEGACY YOUTH PROJECT

! What We Do

By the #s !

# of LEGACY Students 45!

ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND ACHIEVEMENT !
Vintage High School
27!
COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS!
Valley Oak High School 15!
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY & CURRICULUM! Middle School.coming
Soon!

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY PROJECTS!

PARENT ENGAGEMENT
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&
Homeboy Industries & LEGACY United!!
Since the launching of the
LEGACY Youth Project last
year we have forged a very
special relationship with
Homeboy Industries of Los
Angeles. The past spring
LEGACY co-hosted Homeboy
Industries Executive Director
Hector Verdugo and
Substance Abuse Counselor
and Artist Fabian Debora
during the screening of the documentary G-Dog. During the
summer, the LEGACY youth took a field trip to Los Angeles
to visit Homeboy Industries.

Working with Fabian helped

me see people who work hard
on what they love to do can
accomplish their dreams
even if they had bad past.
-Lauro Avila, 10th

This past Fall, Fabian came back to visit LEGACY. Sharing

his inspirational and transformative story from gang life,
drug abuser to becoming Homeboy Industries Substance
Abuse Counselor, artist, community leader, husband and
father. He also took an entire day teaching the LEGACY
youth in mural painting, while cultivating a mentorship
relationship with the youth. The youth are working hard to
finish the mural and look forward to presenting the mural to
the community.
Homeboy Industries Fabian Debora with LEGACY
after an entire day of painting the LEGACY mural.

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Tutoring & Mentoring Increases Student

Academic Performance!
This past semester the LEGACY youth worked hard to
increases their academic success. This past Fall
semester 75% of our LEGACY students increased their
Grade Point Averages! A major component to the
LEGACY Youth Project is our Academic Achievement.
One way we make this happen is through the support
and leadership from our Tutors/Mentors, a.k.a Young
Community Leaders. Each week the LEGACY class is
visited by 8 Napa Valley College students, 4
community professionals and 4 Vintage High School
students who all
volunteer
their time to support the
academic success of our
LEGACY students. One
great outcome to the
tutoring experience is the
relationship our LEGACY
students build with the
Young Community
Leaders, transforming
academic support into a
mentorship relationship!

LEGACY youth and our

Tutors/Mentors

ACADEMIC DATA

75%
LEGACY

of LEGACY Youth
increased their Grade
Point Averages since
joining the LEGACY
Youth Project!
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Mariposa and LEGACY Programs United! !

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The LEGACY Youth Project and the Mariposa Program

continue to build positive relationships by supporting,
collaborating, learning from each other and providing
positive opportunities for our young women and men.
Mariposa is a prevention program of the Napa County Office
of Education that empowers Latina youth in the middle and
high schools.
This past fall semester the young women of Mariposa and
young men of LEGACY took on a whole day of challenge and
fun at the Heron Lake Challenge Ropes Course.
Throughout the school year you can find the Mariposa
and LEGACY youth supporting each other at various
community events and at school.

LEGACY & Mariposa youth team

building and supporting each
other at the ropes course!

For more information about

the Mariposa Program, contact
Prevention Coordinator
Johana G. Navarro at
707-253-6806 or
joguzman@napacoe.org

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Academy Award Winner & Filmmaker

Visits LEGACY!!
Academy Award winner and filmmaker Freida Mock
visited LEGACY during her visit to the Napa Valley Film
Festival where she was screening her latest documentary
Anita. The LEGACY Youth Project first came to know
Frieda Mock when we collaborated with the Napa Valley
Film Festival Educational Program by co-hosting her
documentary G-Dog in 2013. G-Dog is a documentary
about Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries.
Along with Homeboy
Industries Fabian Debora who
was also screening his
documentary at the Film
Filmmaker Freida Mock &
Festival, Frieda Mock was able to Homeboy Industries Fabian Debora
visit the LEGACY youth at Valley speaking to the LEGACY youth.
Oak and Vintage High School.
The LEGACY youth asked Frieda
Mock questions and learned about filming and the importance of story telling.
Freida Mock expressed her admiration and support for the mission of the
LEGACY Youth Project and gave each LEGACY youth a signed cf DVD copy of
her documentary G-Dog!

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WHAT DO THE LEGACY YOUTH SAY ?

LEGACY isn't just aclass. It's

a second home, a place where
we can have fun and enjoy the
company of those around us.
-Fernando Fernandez, 10th

LEGACY a brotherhood with

determination and motivation
but most importantly ganas!''
-Jesus Rodriquez, 11th

LEGACY is the greatest thing

that happen to me and I devote
my life to legacy and my
brothers. -Arturo Rubio, 12th

Local Business, Rancho Gordo Supports LEGACY !

Local Business Rancho Gordo
hosted an event celebrating the
Dia de la Virgen Guadalupe with a
special presentation about the life
and art of Diego Rivera and Frida
Kahlo. The value of culture has
established a natural connection
between the LEGACY Youth Project and Rancho Gordo. LEGACY
youth also presented their program to the event audience and
Rancho Gordo donated a percentage of the event proceeds to the
LEGACY youth Project.
For more information about Rancho
Gordo, click or go to: http://www.ranchogordo.com

12th Grade Arturo & 11th

grade Lauro presenting at
the Rancho Gordo event.

Ex-gangster and
Author Visits LEGACY! !

Luis Rodriquez visiting with the LEGACY Youth

LEGACY

Ex-gangster and author of over

10 books, Luis Rodriquez,
visited the LEGACY Youth
Project. Luis shared his story
from the streets of L.A. to
transforming his life and
becoming a successful and
inspiring author and leader.
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Support the LEGACY Youth Project!

GET YOUR
LEGACY GEAR!!!

The LEGACY Youth Project was established in 2013 to support our

youth towards educational achievement and positive transformation
in their personal lives. We seek your support in continuing to
support our youth in making positive transformation in their lives.
In community spirit. Thank you!

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT !

PROGRAM COACHES, MANAGERS & DEVELOPERS!

Carlos Hagedorn!
chagedorn.legacy@gmail.com!
707-501-8400!

Omar Salem!
osalem.legacy@gmail.com!
707-799-8092!

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Our Mission
The LEGACY Youth Project !
provides a positive, healthy, safe, transformative
educational experience for at promise youth of
theNapaValley. !
We implement a culturally responsive
curriculum,providementorship,life-skills,
team-development, tutoring,parent engagement
andcommunity based projects to ensure our
youth arecollege/career ready andsuccessful in
developing meaningful lives.We are committed
to the success of every youth in their positive
transformation,their future andleaving a
LEGACY.

LEGACY isn't hard work. Its

heart work.

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