We create change

through radical love.

Central Valley Empowerment Alliance aims to address economic and educational inequity, advocate for affordable housing and empower underserved communities in the Central Valley.

In Loving Memory of Ronaldo Manaay

“Ronaldo Manaay is a disabled farmworker and welder who suffers from advanced diabetes. He is on dialysis awaiting a liver transplant. “I’m scared,” he says. “I don’t know how long I’ll live.”

excerpt from "Ill Harvest" by David Bacon        
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What We Do

Central Valley Empowerment Alliance empowers youth and rural communities to become leaders, advocates, and catalysts for change.

Our Strategies

Empowerment

We empower communities to use their voice to create change. Uplifting the youth to become leaders is also central to building equity.

Health

We provide free health resources to underserved communities. Monthly food banks are used to disburse healthy groceries to people in need.

Affordable Housing

We advocate for housing in low-income communities, keeping families and entire support systems together for the betterment of generations to come.

Our Programs

LUPE'S Promise Youth Leadership

We promote youth leadership by developing their skills through community engagement and creating a safe place for the youth to be accepted as they are.

Larry Itliong Resource Center

We provide a safe space for the community to assemble as needed as well as a place for youth to study for their future, this judgement free building helps future leaders grow.

El Mercado

We provide community food banks to help feed local communities as well as health initiatives alongside street medicine. This monthly effort has helped keep communities strong and vitalized.

Are you / Do you know a Filipino, Ilokano, Tagalog, or Bisaya farmworker based in the Central Valley?

Share your story with us.

through Our Stories, Our Histories Fellowship Program with Amado Khaya Initiative 

“Our life’s journey is guided by the choices we make and directed by the choices we don’t.”

— Arturo Rodriguez Leon

You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

- Cesar Chavez