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

Thank you and welcome to our website. We are currently working on bringing together youth from Oakland, San Francisco, Berkeley, and Richmond areas for a round-table discussion to finish our curriculum. Once the curriculum is complete we will need educators, sponsors, contracts, and mentors. Then will hold our pilot workshops in Oakland at CALPEP's Future Youth Program. We look forward to bringing education of self and empowerment to African American youth and young adults. W