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We loved seeing everyone at the recent Birth of Brilliance Cultural Fair. The Cultural Fair took place the day after the Birth of Brilliance conference and we celebrated different cultures in our local San Diego…

San Diego Youth Services Partners to Create Youth-led Suicide Prevention Campaign We have partnered with the California Department of Public Health’s Office of Suicide Prevention on a suicide prevention campaign! The campaign partnership theme of…

With women comprising over 70 percent of our workforce, we took some time out at San Diego Youth Services to honor our women during this Women’s History Month! Our women’s breakfast gave us time to…

We are happy to share that as part of our Youth Suicide Prevention Campaign, our Youth Action Board members entered a monthly contest with Directing Change Program. Under February’s prompt, You Are Never a Bother,  they…

Taking care of your mental health is important! Learn about mental health, stigma and therapy. By Alizé Satberry, Marketing & Development Staff Member What is “Mental Health”? Mental health is a state of mental well-being…

  We are so excited to share that we were recently selected as one of the The Conrad Prebys Foundation‘s latest grant recipients. “Our communities are better thanks to the work of San Diego Youth…

You’re invited to join us for a networking event on March 14! We are proud to be a partner organization with SEEDS: Sustainable Environment + Engaged Development Strategies! SEEDS works on Spring Valley projects to…

The world has lost an incredible soul! We are sad to share the passing of San Diego Youth Services’ former Executive Director Liz Shear. Liz passed on Tuesday, Feb. 27 surrounded by her family. She…

In 2023, San Diego Youth Services was chosen as one of the grantees of the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) Community-Based Organization Behavioral Health Workforce Grant Program. The grant provides SDYS…

A letter to Dr. King from Nicole Chung, Youth & Cultural Specialist:   “Dear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I know you will not get to read this letter, but you know our ancestors always…