About this course

California Youth Leadership Corps (CYLC) – Mt. Sac

Mount San Antonio College is committed to providing quality education, services, and workforce training, empowering students to attain success in an ever-evolving diverse, sustainable, global society. The College pledges to serve students so they may achieve their full educational potential for lifelong learning, for attaining certificates and associate and bachelor’s degrees, for employment, and for the completion of career and transfer pathways. 

California Youth Leadership Corps (CYLC) has partnered with Mount San Antonio College to create a new community change learn-and-earn career pathway in Environmental Justice. The CYLC-Mt. Sac Environmental Justice Career Pathway Program will prepare students to become community organizers, change agents, and leaders in their local communities.

Latest Information:

CYLC-Mount San Antonio College offers a learn-and-earn community change career pathway program that enriches and prepares historically marginalized students for community change careers in the nonprofit and public sectors. While students pursue their postsecondary credential (either a certificate or an AA), they participate in paid work-based learning opportunities with nonprofit organizations partner organizations in their local communities. These nonprofit organizations help to prepare CYLC student participants with the community organizing, advocacy, and leadership skills to enter a community change career in environmental justice fields.

Students who participate have the opportunity to be awarded up to $10,000 in stipend awards and a scholarship of $5,000 while they are enrolled in the CYLC-Mt. Sac program.

Eligibility: CYLC serves community college students who are primarily between the ages of 18-24; however, students who are over the age of 24 are eligible to apply.

Application Dates: The application for the CYLC-Mt. Sac Pathway Program Fellowship is coming soon.