PYP's Annual Agents of Change

For the past 14 years, Pima YOUTH Partnership has endeavored to create healthy and safe environments for children, youth, and families in communities around Pima County.

In the course of our work, we have met a wonderful group of community members of all ages and backgrounds, who have made outstanding contributions resulting in change. Neighborhoods become safer, youth become valued members of the community, kids have more to do, and community members take pride in their surroundings. Local laws and policies have also been changed.

These community members make these changes, not as part of a paid job, but as part of a personal commitment to improving conditions within their neighborhoods.

As a community development and prevention organization working to build on the strengths of our communities, we realized a need to acknowledge these outstanding Agents of Change in each of our communities and some of our programs.

2003 - 2004 Agents of Change

Ajo
Miss Katie Fout (youth)
Ms. Olivia Garcia (adult)

Catalina
Miss Angela Parnell (youth)
Mr. Bob Washuta (adult)

Marana
Mr. Danny Grant (youth)
Ms. Christina Noriega (adult)

New Pascua Yaqui
Mr. Ernest Espinoza (adult)

Old Pascua Yaqui
Mr. Heriberto Gastellum (youth)
Mr. Frederico Calmenero (adult)

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Mr. Stan Hovey (adult)

Tohono O’odham
Miss Camille Carlos (youth)
Ms. Arlene Miguel (adult)

Communities

Pima YOUTH Partnership (PYP) was incorporated in 1990 by a group of concerned citizens that wanted to connect rural communities with the same programs, services, and activities available to youth and families living in the metropolitan Tucson area.

As a prevention agency, PYP works with youth and families in rural and Native American communities to reach its mission, "In partnership with communities, develop resources to promote the positive growth of their children." Since 1990, PYP has grown from its original three (3) communities of Ajo, rural Marana, and Sahuarita, to include Catalina, Flowing Wells, New Pascua Yaqui Reservation, and the three (3) western districts of the Tohono O'odham Nation.

PYP's 9th Annual Agents of Change