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Little Manila Rising – DAWN Program

Grantee Spotlights
Little Manila Rising – DAWN Program

Fund: Brian M. Stocker Fund
Grant: $25,000.00

“The Decreasing Asthma Within Neighborhoods (DAWN) program mitigates asthma through in-home assessments, education, and referrals of families to both social and health care services. We also offer incentives for joining the program, such as a cleaning bucket and remediation supplies like air purifiers and HVAC filters. The funds received from the Brian M. Stocker Fund allowed the organization to double our youth-led efforts by contracting two additional youth to run workshops and social media campaigns, providing enhanced training on air quality and environmental causes for asthma, offering incentives for workshop participation, and providing additional supervision and guidance by administrative staff.”


-Dillon Delvo, Executive Director, Little Manila Rising

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I enjoyed learning how to politely draw others into the events that we plan and host. Community engagement is such a valuable part of our roles as advocates, and I hope to use so much of what I learned to strengthen my skills as a leader.
Youth Advocate ,
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I was intrigued by how highways on a local level were used to destroy BIPOC communities and how different variations could be seen in other cities like San Diego and the Gaslamp District. I also enjoyed using explicit terms like ‘planned pollution"’and thinking more about disinvestment from communities.
Youth Advocate ,