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The statistics raise the question: "How can you critique a rose <br />with damaged petals when it had to grow up from the concrete?'. <br />This question references "Roses in Concrete", the motto behind <br />the non-profit Santa Ana Unidos (SAU). SAU is an intervention and <br />prevention program that utilizes alternative forms of <br />rehabilitation to combat youth gang violence and incarceration. <br />SAU is responsible for improving the lives of countless Santa Ana <br />youth with programs that range from boxing, to gardening, to <br />poetry, and music. Last year, SAU was joined by organizations like <br />Faces of Santa Ana, Inspyr Arts Studio, and Resilience OC to <br />support the fight for Schools Not Prisons, calling for an end to <br />overspending on prisons and new vision of community safety <br />centered on education, health, and investing in youth. <br />The WCW Team has a deep respect for the work done by SAU, <br />and share their vision of a path to a better life for at -risk Santa <br />Ana youth. We are committed to helping this program expand its <br />reach by providing them with resources to do so. <br />(c) Community Garden: <br />WCW is committed to provide sponsorship and resources to an <br />existing Community Garden and/or to establish a new Community <br />Garden in Santa Ana. The WCW Team is uniquely suited to this <br />"Community Benefit Program" as they have extensive <br />experience with cannabis cultivation and those skills directly <br />correlate to food production. <br />Community Gardens are one of the most impactful "Community <br />Benefit programs" as they provide a broad range of benefits that <br />improve the environment and nearly every aspect of <br />urban life in areas where improvement is most needed: <br />• Reduction of carbon footprint by reducing travel from farm to <br />fork and reducing transit spoilage. <br />• Provide economic benefit by increasing property values in <br />their immediate vicinity and by attracting small business. <br />• Provide a retreat from urban noise and commotion. Natural <br />spaces have been shown to foster recovery from mental <br />fatigue, improve outlook and life satisfaction, help in coping <br />22 <br />