This high-school based youth program engages young leaders to create safe and healthy neighborhoods. The program fosters young people to document community conditions, identify research-supported solution strategies, as well as engaging with school faculty, community organizations, and decision-makers to create spaces where their peers and families can thrive. Our goal is for young people to build confidence in themselves as social change agents. Connect 4 Change is a Friday Night Live (FNL) partner, thus we incorporate FNL principles of peer-oriented, goal-directed programming that encourages youth to care about each other and their environment.

From the Beginning

Connect 4 Change (C4C) was launched in September of 2023 following several outreach events in the community. The program prospered through the support of our local organizations, meeting once a week at Cuyamaca Community College. A year later, C4C was moved to support an on-campus system, further engaging young people in the Rancho San Diego area. C4C has mobilized youth to be agents of social change in their communities and are working toward hosting even more community events and projects.