Leadership Development
Leadership Development
Shaping the leaders of tomorrow today!
We encourage our youth to take an active role in the community by engaging in civic, cultural, & service learning activities within our community. Our programs empower both our youth & adults to prepare them for active participation in a variety of capacities.
Workshops are available for youth and adults please in English and Spanish.
The RLA is a curriculum-based, community health organizing project that empowers residents to make positive changes in their communities.
Youth court is a youth-focused and youth-driven service-learning program. The Escondido Youth Court provides high school students ages 14-18, the opportunity to acquire practical experience in the juvenile justice system. Youth serve as attorneys and jurors in a hearing for juvenile defendants who have committed a misdemeanor crime. The attorneys argue the case and the jurors determine the sentence for the defendant.
*pictured, 2024 Helping Hands Youth Court Attorneys