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Nov 3, 20221 min read

The Holiday Season: Give to Extend

This year, CYS was honored with a feature in The Giving List book, profiling innovative and highly impactful LA-area non-profits.

CYS Communications Team

Nov 3, 20221 min read

CYS Is Hiring!

CYS is growing because of our transformational impact on the Los Angeles community.

CYS Communications Team

Jul 28, 20222 min read

Spotlight On National Pride Month

LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebrates love, acceptance, and freedom of expression

CYS’s New Community-Healing Collaboration

CYS Communications Team

Jul 28, 20222 min read

CYS’s New Community-Healing Collaboration

CYS is proud to announce its participation in the East Side Community Healing Collaborative

Spotlight On Our Volunteers: Jamal Epperson

CYS Communications Team

Jul 28, 20221 min read

Spotlight On Our Volunteers: Jamal Epperson

Mediator Jamal Epperson is one of the younger members of the CYS volunteer team

CYS Preparing Other CBOs To Do Diversion

CYS Communications Team

Jun 7, 20221 min read

CYS Preparing Other CBOs To Do Diversion

Stanislaus County selected a CBO called Sierra Vista Cares, who were eager to begin providing restorative justice conferences.

Spotlight On Our Board: Robert Pullen-Miles

CYS Communications Team

Jun 7, 20221 min read

Spotlight On Our Board: Robert Pullen-Miles

Meet CYS President and Board Chair, Robert Pullen-Miles!

CYS Celebrating National Family Month In The U.S.

CYS Communications Team

Jun 7, 20221 min read

CYS Celebrating National Family Month In The U.S.

National Family Month focuses on the importance of good family relationships and the systems of healthy communication they can establish

Spotlight On Our Volunteers: Denise Yusuff

CYS Communications Team

Apr 27, 20222 min read

Spotlight On Our Volunteers: Denise Yusuff

April is National Volunteer Month, and CYS recognizes the contributions of our mediators, surrogate victim advocates and skilled translators

CYS Communications Team

Apr 27, 20222 min read

Greetings From Our Team At CYS!

In addition to an incredibly generous team of volunteers, CYS is lucky to have a staff with big hearts and varied talents.

CYS Instagram Page Features Volunteer Videos

CYS Communications Team

Apr 27, 20221 min read

CYS Instagram Page Features Volunteer Videos

CYS invited our volunteers to say a few words about why they contribute their time and talents to the program.

CYS Restorative Circles in Compton School District

CYS Communications Team

Apr 4, 20222 min read

CYS Restorative Circles in Compton School District

Recently, a group of twelve students at Compton Unified’s Enterprise Middle School were invited to take part in Restorative Circles...

Spotlight on our Volunteers: John Manulis

CYS Communications Team

Apr 4, 20222 min read

Spotlight on our Volunteers: John Manulis

For CYS volunteer and strategic advisor John Manulis, community involvement is a passion.

CYS Communications Team

Apr 4, 20221 min read

The Arts of Restitution: A Natural

CYS youth participants often have a talent that is revealed during mediation and provides a springboard for a meaningful restitution.

Spotlight on our Volunteers: Andre T. Moore, Sr.

CYS Communications Team

Feb 22, 20222 min read

Spotlight on our Volunteers: Andre T. Moore, Sr.

Judging from the number of skills and hours Andre T. Moore, Sr. contributes to the well-being of our Los Angeles communities — from...

CYS Clinical Case Management: Turning Lives Around

CYS Communications Team

Feb 22, 20222 min read

CYS Clinical Case Management: Turning Lives Around

The story of why Nicole brought a knife to school revealed profound hardships in her life and threats to her well-being.

CYS Takes Mediation and Peacemaking to Schools

CYS Communications Team

Feb 22, 20222 min read

CYS Takes Mediation and Peacemaking to Schools

CYS’s new Mediation Office Hours program, has become a powerful, positive and well-attended program.

Artwork Reveals Inner Life and Lessons Learned by Youth

CYS Communications Team

Jan 26, 20222 min read

Artwork Reveals Inner Life and Lessons Learned by Youth

Crafting meaningful restitution agreements in Victim-Offender Restitution (VORS) mediations is a collaborative process combining input...

S. Mark Taper Foundation Grant to Boost CYS Programs

CYS Communications Team

Jan 26, 20221 min read

S. Mark Taper Foundation Grant to Boost CYS Programs

CYS is proud to announce it recently received a $50,000 general operating support grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation.

Los Angeles Times & CYS Urge County Supervisors to Fund Youth Justice Reimagined

Jessica Ellis, CYS Executive Director

Jan 26, 20222 min read

Los Angeles Times & CYS Urge County Supervisors to Fund Youth Justice Reimagined

Currently, the County of LA has a budget of over $409 million to incarcerate just 400 youth. It's time to reimagine what's possible.