La Lucha at TREC Launch—Highlighting Youth Voices and Community Impact
December 18, 2025
As part of the TREC Inauguration Launch, attendees were invited to a special screening of “La Lucha | Getting Schooled in America,” a powerful documentary that highlights the journeys of Learn4Life students and sparked meaningful dialogue on supporting at-promise youth.
Numerous picture-taking opportunities unfolded before the invitation to view La Lucha | Getting Schooled in America in the Guggenheim Theatre.
La Lucha: Getting Schooled in America followed five Learn4Life students from Pacoima, CA, for two years. We were grateful the Documentarian and Filmmaker, Rand Courtney, Creative Deviants Production, was at our launch. Following the documentary, Rand, Craig Beswick, and one of the youth mentors in the documentary, Rudy Rivera, had a panel with Q & A from the audience.
TREC National Advisory Board member, Carey Sipp, inquired with Rand how we can be further supportive of his cutting-edge work. Rand shared that supporting partners like Community Wraparound, who are doing the real work, boots on the ground, with lived experiences and deep passion for supporting at promise work would be the best supportive steps.
What a joy-filled, deeply meaningful TREC Inauguration launch we all experienced! Our collective impact with each other on transforming individual and organizational health is igniting a tipping point!
Dana Brown
Community Organizer, Trauma-Resilient Professional, TREC Pioneer, and PACEs Science Statewide Facilitator
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