The year of 2019 has taken off with a bang. Collective Organization Towards Teaching Our Nation has taken two contracts at CALPEP in Oakland to provide wellness therapy, empowerment groups, workshops, and staff training to African American youth ages 14-24 years old. So far at 6 months into the contract COTTON has begun working with 20 youth and young adults to help them identify positive role models, support in their communities, increase coping skills, psychoeducation, harm