Leading with Confidence, Connecting Across Cultures

I M U Peace Club partners with young adults to promote multicultural and socio-emotional literacy and develop leadership skills by leading community workshops and events for their peers.

Our Vision

A world community where we express our true selves and celebrate each other across language and culture.

Our Mission

To inspire young people to understand people of different cultures, and to address social justice issues in their lives and around the world. Through intercultural and leadership education, and events such as the International Day of Peace (IDP), youth will apply new skills and knowledge to better the world.

Our Principles

As a student-centered, social-justice organization, we:

Value diversity, creativity and fun
Communicate with honesty, curiosity and empathy
Act with transparency, kindness and non-violence

Peace Club Retreat at Crissy Field, San Francisco in 2013.

Our History

2008

First pilot program launched in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and we welcome our first volunteers

OUSD students from Castlemont Business Information Technology High School on a field trip to International Hotel Manilatown Center as part of the original program pilot.

OUSD students from Castlemont Business Information Technology High School join adults in Oakland to name the organization.

2009

Organization’s name is developed in a community meeting, I M U becomes fiscally sponsored, and creates the first youth-led workshop at San Francisco International High School (SFIHS)

2010

10-10-10 I M U’s vision, mission, and guiding principles are finalized in a community meeting. 2009-2010 first full year programming

2013

First programming 10K grant from Youth Funding Youth Ideas (YFYI) helps serve ~400 participants at SFIHS

2015-2019

Programming includes annual overnight, youth-led camping trips, organized by youth in partnership with adults

2024

5-year capacity grant funds 2 staff, and new partnership is established with Refugee and Immigrant Transitions (RIT) and the San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF)