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About

The Yetunde Price Resource Center was created to honor the life and memory of its namesake. Yetunde was the oldest of five sisters, the youngest two being Venus and Serena Williams. Yetunde was every bit the oldest sister, nurturing and loving and always making sure others had before she did. Her compassion continued into adulthood as the mother of three and the caretaker of so many through her work and nature.

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Mission

The Yetunde Price Resource Center (YPRC) collaborates with partner organizations to offer trauma-informed programs that promote individual and community-wide healing and resiliency. YPRC works to ensure that victims of direct or indirect senseless violence have complete access to existing resources and that where there is a dearth in services, new resources are created.

Highlights

2020-2021

Leader in Mental Health Services in Black and Brown Communities

• In the past year and a half, YPRC has been recognized as being a leader for mental health programming in Black and Brown communities. YPRC partners with the Compton community and corporate partners to create trauma-informed, culturally attuned programming, and to elevate the voices of Black and Brown people.

• YPRC launched a robust mental health program for high school students in Compton. The program aims to provide tools and resources for high school students struggling with heighten mental health issues due to the pandemic.

• YPRC transitioned over 12 mental health programs to virtual platforms to serve our network of over 1,000 community members and mental health providers.

Center Rennovation

• The center is just finishing a gut renovation. The center is scheduled to reopen June 2021 with new multipurpose rooms, meeting spaces, demonstration kitchen, outdoor space, a technology center, and fully furnished by VStarr (Venus Williams

design firm). This new space will allow us to serve our network of over 1,000 members while continuing to expand.

• Due to COVID-19, YPRC transitioned its programming budget to support the Southern California region. The center contributed over $20,000 in direct food support to more than 5,000 families. Additionally, YPRC contributed COVID-19 supplies to Compton Unified School District provided by Serena Williams’ S Brand.