LEAD California

A couple things while we’re on summer break:

📥 Submit your Youth Voice Youth Vote app by 6/30
📌 RSVP for Lunch & Learn with Dr. Gururaj

Both links are in bio!

We’re so excited to host Dr. Suchitra Gururaj for our next Lunch & Learn!
🔗 Register now: link in bio!

Hear from Dr. Gururaj about her co-edited book, Exploring Equitable Community-Campus Relationships. A Q&A will follow, so bring your questions too!

Our next Community Engagement Student Fellow is Leslie Bergado from Stanbridge University! Leslie spent her service hours with the Triumph Foundation. Learn how she helped the Triumph Foundation live into their motto, “help people triumph over paralysis”:
🔗 link in bio.

👋🏽 Meet our next Community Engagement Student Fellows: Samantha and Idenia from Cal Poly Pomona Center 4 Community Engagement!

Take a couple minutes to hear what inspired them to become Student Fellows and their favorite part of their CESF experience: link in bio!

Let’s end the week featuring another Community Engagement Student Fellow (CESF)!

🤝🏽 Meet Jules from Sonoma State University and spend a minute learning about their CESF experience: link in bio!

At the end of May, Erica Y was able to present Jenny Fukunaga with the 2026 Richard E. Cone Award at Loyola Marymount University’s Divisional Awards Luncheon. Congratulations again, Jenny! ✨

Well, this was an awesome group of people at our SoCal Convening! What a great way to kick off June!

A big thank you to the team for hosting at the Playa Vista Campus! ☀️🌴

Meet our cohort of Community Engagement Student Fellows (CESF) who just completed their Spring term of service!

You might recognize Kirsten and Emma from . If you missed your last chance to meet them, spend 2 minutes getting to know them now and what they gained through their CESF experience.

📺 link in bio.

We can’t wait to introduce you to the rest of the Student Fellows!

It’s the beginning of June, and there’s still time for you to apply for 1-2 students from your campus to be part of our next cohort of Youth Voice Youth Vote (YVYV) Student Fellows!
🔗 Link in bio.

Students will benefit from a great experience, and...
✅ Upon successfully completing a term of service of at least 35-50 hours, students receive a $500 scholarship from LEAD California.

Don’t let us be the only one to tell you why you should apply. Check out the YVYV highlight in our profile and spend 2 minutes with one of the fellows from our most recent cohort. 🤩

With The Alliance for Campus Community Engagement, we are pleased to announce funding from , in coordination with , to support campus volunteer projects and events during the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. 🇺🇸

Grants of $1,250 and $2,500 will be awarded to selected applicants from ACCE member campuses - which includes all LEAD California members.

🔗 Application link in bio.
⏰ Apply by Friday, June 26, 2026 at 5 PM PT