Cosecha Youth Empowerment Program

Cosecha Youth Empowerment Program includes activities such as the Youth Environmental Artist Summit, the Parking Lot Poetry Series, art workshops, spiritual circles, group discussions, field trips, and conferences. The program is described as a student led, community supported after-school program that brings together local artists, community members, and youth so that youth may use art and cultural traditions to heal, empower themselves, and engage. Youth from several County schools participate in Programa Cosecha.

• Schedule: After-school program

Raizes Collective was born in 2015 and was established in June 2015 to empower and mobilize community through the arts, culture and leadership development. Raizes Collective’s mission is to empower and mobilize communities of color through the arts, culture, leadership development, and community education. The leadership team includes Isabel Lopez, Founder and Executive Director of Raizes Collective; April Reza, Youth Program Director; and Renee Saucedo, Community Organizer. Since 2021, April has served as Program Coordinator at Raizes Collective, coordinating youth field trips, camps, and social emotional wellness workshops. The Raizes Collective received a City of Santa Rosa Merit Award in 2017 for Strengthening Our Neighborhoods.

Raizes Collective organizes the painting of community murals, Indigenous Peoples’ Day Commemoration, art and race dialogues in the schools, and Community Information Fairs. Raizes partnered with Community Action Partnership to offer workshops with a focus on social-emotional learning through the arts. Raizes coordinates the Indigenous Peoples Gathering, a bi-annual gathering which offers tribal communities and Indigenous-identifying people to gather, share dances, food, and cultures. Raizes Collective supports the empowerment and engagement of Sonoma County's underrepresented communities, namely, Latinx, Immigrant and Indigenous youth, women, and farmworker families, as well as communities and artists of color.

Last updated June 14, 2026.