This article was originally posted on Organizing Upgrade on October 8, 2012. It is part of the ongoing conversation on Self and Community Care on Organizing Upgrade.  The discussion in Organizing Upgrade on the relationship of self-care to movement-building, initiated by B....

Carla is a community rights activist and co-founder and leader of the Summer Youth Organizing Academy (SYOA). Carla has been doing amazing work recruiting and training young high school age organizers for many years now from many of LA's...