INTERVIEWS “Young People Have a Pure Sense of Justice, Fairness, and Equality and Will Fight for It”: An Interview with Sonya Mehta of Young Workers United Enrique C. Ochoa Education takes place in many sites. During this age of high-stakes testing, the defunding of public education, and the increased policing of youth, alternative spaces are important for fostering critical historical and political education that can help youth discover their place and empower them in their struggle for social jus- tice. Sonya Mehta is a twenty-seven-year-old South Asian woman who has been involved with Young Workers United (YWU) since its inception in 2002. A gradu- ate of the University of California, Berkeley, she has been intensely involved with Young Workers United’s numerous campaigns to create a more just San Francisco. As part of their work, Young Workers United developed Education for Liberation: A Popular Education Curriculum of Organizing Skills! This manual provides valuable interactive lessons that can be used in organizing and teaching. This interview was conducted by Enrique C. Ochoa of the Radical History Review editorial collective at the “Educating for Justice: Teaching for Labor and Community Power!” conference held at the Mission Campus of San Francisco City College on November 17, 2007. Radical History Review Issue 102 (Fall 2008) doi 10.1215/01636545-2008-021 © 2008 by MARHO: The Radical Historians’ Organization, Inc. 161