Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos started as a social movement to prevent and stop youth violence by providing life-enhancing alternatives
From its beginnings the focus of Barrios Unidos has been to build an organizational base to support the peace movement rather than simply establishing an agency. The long-term vision of Barrios Unidos’ founders is to establish an Institute for Peace and foster community development that supports the organized peace movement locally and nationally.
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Our mission is to help transform the most impoverished and
disenfranchised sectors of society; our ghettos and barrios, which are
currently plagued by poverty, violence and internal conflict, into peaceful and
prosperous communities in which human, natural, technological, and financial
resources are fully developed and utilized for the individual and social
well-being of all members of society.
Luis Alejo visits Barrios Unidos California Assemblyman Luis Alejo, representing the 30th District of the Pajaro and Salinas valleys, has had much success introducing and getting many bills approved in Sacramento. We salute him for his incredible work. 
Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline Barrios Unidos' counselors provide preventive individual and group counseling to students at Pajaro Valley and Santa Cruz high schools to make sure they stay focused on their education and stay away from negative peer influences at school and in their neighborhoods. |
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