VIDEO: State Assembly Committee on Status of Boys and Men of Color Hearing in Coachella

Leaders of the California State Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color said it was important that they gathered in Coachella. The hearing gave young residents a chance to hear ideas from other communities -- and stories from their older counterparts about incarceration and family issuesState Assembly Committee on Status of Boys and Men of Color Hearing in Coachella. In the Eastern Coachella Valley, 98.6% of males under the age of 24 are of boys and men of color. The great majority of juveniles arrested in Riverside county are boys and girls of color.  1 in 3 Latino students in Coachella don't finish high school.Watch the video on Coachella Unincorporated[youtube=http://youtu.be/ik6fu3j_Bek]