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Youth Conference Offers Eye-Opening, Life-Changing Experiences

by ECT

Everything from how to find a job or preparing for college to how to make a film to dating relationships will be offered to the youth who attend the 16th Annual Youth Conference & Empowerment Summit Formerly known as the Youth Summit, this year’s countywide gathering of young people from 6th grade through high school, will discover that have a plethora of new offerings for their workshops, an integral part of the summit, which will be held at Pittsburg High School on May 21, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“We are changing the flavor of the summit this year,” says Supervisor Federal Glover, who sponsors the conference. “We are updating some of the workshops and offering new ones to make them more relevant to today’s youth. There’s a stronger emphasis on the STEM fields and how the new technology affects our everyday lives.”

The charismatic Shaun Derrick will be returning for the third year to emcee the proceedings and to guide the youth through the day’s activities. “He connects with young people through straight talk and music,” says Glover. “Students from 6th grade to 12th grade are encouraged to enjoy the day.”

One of the more intriguing workshops will talk about the results of a research project by Rising Youth for Social Equity (RYSE), based in Richmond. It will explore the coping strategies for stress caused by living in an environment where friends and family are shot and killed is an everyday experience of growing up.

The young people growing in such a stressful environment are showing signs of PTSD, a malady usually associated with veterans of warfare.

Here’s a sampling of the other 40 workshops being offered:

  • Dance movement
  • Developing trust
  • Navigating the media maze
  • Healthy relationships
  • Empowering youth to change communities
  • Find your voice, find your ‘hustle’
  • Building a rocket
  • How to cope with violence
  • Access to new technologies
  • How to build a robot
  • The alcohol industry’s marketing towards youth
  • Trademarks of an effective leader

Besides the workshops, there will be inspirational speakers, entertainment, raffle prizes and dozens of resource tables. Before the program starts at 9 a.m., a light breakfast will be available so it is advised to arrive early.

The first 250 youth who walk through the door will get a free summer bus pass. A tasty lunch will also be offered. The entire day is free.

For more information, contact Holland White, [email protected] ; 925-335- 8200

Website: Y.ASSEMBLE.CO or text YASSEMBLE to 76000

 

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4 comments

Gary May 12, 2016 - 8:43 am

This summit is all fine and good, but, when are you going to address the REAL problem plaguing the black community: black men who refuse to take mental, emotional, and financial responsibility for the children that they create and walk away from leaving society to raise them? You wanna fix the problem, start here!

Beelzebub May 13, 2016 - 1:52 am

Gary, get out of here with that pseudo-race ideology.

Regardless of skin color, we all share across the globe the bottlenecked genes of around 15,000 folks that survived the environmental chaos of a volcanic winter that occurred some 70,000 years ago. We are all more alike than we’d like to accept, Race differences are real, but what you speak of ade specific cultural shortcomings that find their way into many skin color shades present in modern society.

Old Pittsburg/Antioch Hwy Border May 13, 2016 - 4:49 am

Glover is extremely out of touch with youth today. Does he know nothing about gangs, peer pressure, and bling? A well liked music talent (DJ or Musician) encourages youth who have limited interest in the workshops. Security is going to be busy. If Glover planned no security then I hope the youth who want to be educated in the workshops will not be victims instead.

Unome May 13, 2016 - 8:59 am

OldPittsburg, you are on spot. The kids who want to be productive in today’s world must be protected from the thugs. Two groups both very different.

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