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Youth Programs

Paintings from I-YEL Group Art Project
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Crissy Field Center youth programs build resilience through wellness

When the pandemic began, youth program leaders and participants supported each other with ideas for communal and individual self-care including neighborhood clean-ups, meditation, journaling, examining family history and art.
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Crissy Field Center 20 Years

2001 Crissy Field Center Opening
Park E-Ventures Article

20 years at the Crissy Field Center

Over 20 years, the Crissy Field Center team has reached over 750,000 participants through their programs. Programming has always used parks as a platform for young people to develop skills to create change in communities and society through environmental and social justice.
Golden Gate Raptor Program at Hawk Hill
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Migratory Story

Migratory Story is an intersectional, multi-touch program that dives into the essential question, “Why do living things move?” More importantly, “What is the importance of migration?”
Youth wellness collage
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Crissy Field Center youth practice wellness, virtually, during pandemic

During the summer months, the Crissy Field Center would normally be teeming with young people. While we’ve missed connecting and engaging in person, we’re meeting virtually and practicing wellness.
Summer Stride 2023 artwork by K-Fai Steele.
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Summer Stride: Connect with your parks this summer

It’s time for an adventure—in the pages of a book or on a path through our parks! Learn about free and fun Summer Stride activities including mindful experiences in nature, author talks and book giveaways, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning and more.
Lana Salvador (center) with her fellow healthcare workers in San Francisco.
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Nature’s lessons help a nurse in the midst of global pandemic

Lana Salvador, a respiratory isolation nurse in San Francisco, reflects on the lessons she learned in nature 10 years ago as a LINC intern, and how she still uses those lessons today.
Crissy Field Center Urban Backpackers
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Crissy Field Center: Summer Camps

Outdoor environmental experiences for middle school youth in the Golden Gate National Parks.
Cloud hovers over the Golden Gate Bridge
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Watch: Golden Gate National Parks featured on special episode of 'OpenRoad'

Watch this televised special to learn about the parks’ strong foundations and bright future welcoming all who want to bask in their beauty. Or watch just to enjoy some of that beauty from afar!
Youth in the Urban Trailblazers program on a hike through the Presidio.
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Listen to the sounds of environmental justice in San Francisco

Youth at the Crissy Field Center have become podcasting pros, and you can hear their work on your way to work!