Advocates for Youth
Jocelyn Arenas is an accomplished community organizer and advocate with a diverse background in supporting youth and families. Currently serving as a Continuum of Care Board Member for the County of Santa Clara since January 2023, Jocelyn has also been a Student Organizer with Advocates for Youth since September 2022. Experience includes roles as a Community Organizer with West Valley Community Services, a Peer Mentor at Bill Wilson Center, and a Program Instructor for Girl Scouts of Northern California. Additional contributions involve service as a Para Educator with Santa Clara County Office of Education and an Expanded Learning Associate at the San Jose Public Library Foundation. Prior experience includes positions as a Research Fellow and Community Organizer with the Young Women's Freedom Center, along with participation in the Summer Leadership Institute Fellowship at Women's Foundation California. Jocelyn's work emphasizes goal-setting and support for underrepresented groups, focusing on education, self-sufficiency, and professional development.
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Advocates for Youth
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Advocates for Youth works alongside thousands of young people here in the U.S. and around the globe as they fight for sexual health, rights, and justice. Advocates for Youth envisions a society in which all young people are valued, respected and treated with dignity; sexuality is accepted as a healthy part of being human; and youth sexual development is normalized and embraced. In such a world, all youth and young adults are celebrated for who they are and afforded honest, affirming, inclusive sex education; access to confidential, universal sexual health services; and the economic, educational, and social power to exercise their bodily autonomy and make informed decisions regarding their health and well-being.