Congratulations to the graduates of the Advanced Organizing Institute at Centro Shalom, Class of 2012! On November 10th, 2012, the Institute graduated 16 young adults from the intensive five-month Institute. Funded by the California Endowment, the mission of the Advanced Organizing Institute is to create a cadre of young adults trained in advanced organizing skills who will implement policy and systems change consistent with the vision of the Building Healthy Communities Initiative. The sixteen resident-graduates listed below are well on their way to leading transformative change in the City of Long Beach.