The 2015 Washington DC Trip
The 2015 trip was another tremendous success!
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Click here to meet the latest group of UPA kids to have this experience!
The 2014 Washington DC Trip
Every year the UPA "DC10" give this experience 100% and take away tons of knowledge and inspiration. This 5th year was certainly no exception!
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Click here to see pictures of our visit with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan on April 29, 2014.
Click here to see pictures of our trip to Washington DC!
The 2013 Washington DC Trip
It takes a LOT to organize and fund this trip, and we took a year off last year, but we are excited to make the 4th UPA trip to Washington DC in May, 2013!
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Click here to see pictures of our visit with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan on March 22, 2013.
Click here to see pictures of our trip to Washington DC!
Tram Huyn regonized with a 2013 "Women Who Dare Award"
Tram Huyn, currently a high school senior at Alameda Science and Technology Institute in Alameda, is being honored by Girls Inc. with this prestigious award! Tram participate in the 1st UPA trip to DC in 2009. Click here for an article in the San Jose Mercury News.
Tram Huynh is a senior at Alameda Science & Technology Institute. She has lobbied with Advocates for Youth in Washington, D.C., for the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act and is active in lobbying for women's rights. She said she stayed in the Capitol for five days training to lobby, and met with U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, whose East Bay district includes Alameda. Huynh plans to take peace and conflict classes and premedical studies to become an obstetrician-gynecologist.
The 2011 Washington DC Trip
Our 3rd annual trip was a tremendous success!!!! Click here to see our pictures!
The 2010 Washington DC Trip
Meet the 11 UPA students going to DC. Click here.
UPA students and runners featured in the East Bay Express. Click here.
The "DC 11" meet privately with Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums in City Hall! Click here to find out more!
The 2009 Washington DC Trip
The 2009 DC trip is here this link.
Other UPA News
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UPA was featured on NBC's Today Show. Follow this link to see it for yourself!