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LOC Toolbox: The LOC Toolbox is a general resource designed for Local Organizing Committees (LOCs) across a range of topics. While our partnership with Faith in the Valley (FIV) and Cultiva Central Valley (CCV) has primarily focused on housing LOCs, we hope this toolbox will support those interested...

Guiding Principles | Nuestros Principios Rectores: Summary: Recognizing the importance of local organizing committees (LOCs) in effecting positive social change, HOPe Lab, Faith in the Valley Fresno, and Cultiva Central Valley - as a collaborative, aim to provide accessible resources, tools, and...

About Us Our team is committed to catalyzing positive change within all communities. In line with this commitment, the HOPe Lab is actively reissuing valuable materials used by our esteemed partners, Faith in the Valley (Fresno) and Cultiva la Salud, to form Local Organizing Committees (LOC). The...

Hello, I'm Dr. Irene Yen I'm the Principal Investigator and Director of the Lab. I'm a social epidemiologist and a public health professor at the University of California, Merced. My research is currently centered on the question of how place influences health. That is, how things like housing...

Sofia Aguilar, a native of Los Angeles, California, graduated from the University of California, Merced in 2024 with a bachelor's degree in Public Health. She was a Student Researcher in Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. In this role, Sofia...

Sofia Aguilar Sofia Aguilar, a native of Los Angeles, California, graduated from the University of California, Merced in 2024 with a bachelor's degree in Public Health. She was a Student Researcher at Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. In this...

I'm the Principal Investigator and Director of the Lab. I'm a social epidemiologist, a public health professor at the University of California Merced and a Robert Wood Johnson Interdisciplinary Research Leadership fellow. My research is currently centered on the question of how place influences...