Youth Voice. Youth Power. Lasting Change.
ONe Step Adelante
One Step Adelante is the youth advocacy and organizing program of One Step A La Vez, designed to center, strengthen, and amplify the voices of young people who are too often excluded from the decisions that directly affect their lives. The program prioritizes youth of color, LGBTQ+ youth, youth impacted by the juvenile justice system, and young people from historically underserved communities throughout the Santa Clara River Valley.
Adelante believes young people are not only the leaders of tomorrow—they are leaders today. Through hands-on training, mentorship, civic engagement, and community organizing, youth develop the knowledge, confidence, and tools to advocate for themselves, their families, and their communities while working toward long-term changes in policies, institutions, and systems.
At the heart of Adelante is youth voice and youth power. Participants identify the issues that matter most to them and their communities and help determine the campaigns they want to organize around. Youth then learn how to transform their concerns into collective action by understanding the root causes of community issues, developing organizing strategies, building coalitions, engaging decision-makers, and mobilizing their peers and community.
Youth-Led Advocacy & Organizing Campaign
From Youth Voice to Community Change
Adelante provides young people with more than leadership training—it gives them opportunities to practice leadership in the real world. Youth learn that their experiences have value, their voices belong in public decision-making spaces, and collective action can create meaningful change.
Whether speaking before elected officials, organizing their peers, participating in a coalition, educating voters, advocating for policy change, or standing up for their community, Adelante youth are developing the skills and relationships necessary to become lifelong advocates and civic leaders.
Through One Step Adelante, young people move from identifying the challenges affecting their communities to becoming part of the solution—building youth power today while creating a more just, equitable, and inclusive future for generations to come. Adelante youth are currently organizing and advocating around issues that directly affect their families, neighborhoods, schools, and futures, including:
Environmental Justice
Empowering youth to advocate for healthy neighborhoods, clean air and water, environmental protections, and equitable policies for communities disproportionately impacted by environmental challenges.
Voter Education & Democracy Project
Building youth civic knowledge and participation through voter education, registration, candidate engagement, and opportunities to understand and participate in the democratic process.
Immigration
Supporting immigrant youth and families through Know Your Rights education, community advocacy, civic engagement, and efforts to advance dignity, safety, and equitable treatment for immigrant communities.
Farmworker Justice Project
Elevating the experiences and contributions of farmworkers and their families while advocating for dignity, protections, resources, and greater equity for the agricultural communities that are essential to Ventura County.
Save our Healthcare Santa Paula Hospital Closure Impact
Mobilizing youth and community voices to advocate for equitable access to healthcare and emergency medical services for residents of Santa Paula, Fillmore, Piru, and the greater Santa Clara River Valley.
Join the Adelante Youth Program!
Speak Up. Take Action. Lead Change.
Are you between 13–19 and ready to make a difference in your community?
The Adelante Program at One Step A La Vez helps you turn your ideas into action.
At our Teen Center in Fillmore, you’ll:
✅ Learn leadership and advocacy skills
✅ Plan real community projects
✅ Meet friends who care about making a difference
✅ Get mentorship, support, and a safe place to grow
Whether it’s social justice, or community improvement — your voice matters here.
Join us!
📍 421 Sespe Ave., Fillmore, CA 93015
📞 (805) 625-7066
🌐 myonestep.org
Be part of something bigger. Step up. Speak out. Adelante!
fighting for our health and its future
Join One Step A La Vez and our youth leaders in raising our voices to protect vital healthcare services for Santa Paula and surrounding communities.
We are calling on the Ventura County Board of Supervisors to find alternative solutions that keep the essential services currently provided by Santa Paula Hospital in Santa Paula.
Not having these critical services — including an emergency room — could put lives at risk in the growing communities of Santa Paula, Fillmore, and Piru.
The petition will be presented to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on August 18th by One Step A La Vez and our youth leaders.
Every signature matters.📢 Share this post.❤️ Stand up for healthcare access in our community!
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