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Youth Track
For
a detailed listing of the youth track sessions, please click
here.
The
power of the Youth Track of the Conference is twofold. It will
first and foremost serve as an opportunity for youth leaders
to foster a distinctly youth oriented and safe environment
to share ideas, experiences, and teaching techniques regarding
their health rights.
It will also serve as a reality check
for adult providers attending the conference – encouraging
open-minded dialogue between youth and adults to explore
the status of
Adolescent Health in California.
This cross-pollination
of ideas will undoubtedly make adult providers more sensitive
towards specific youth concerns, while providing youth
leaders with a more complete picture of the opportunities,
challenges,
and realities of this line of work. The end results will
be:
- More effective and relevant health services and programs
for youth
- Empowered youth leaders, more knowledgeable and
capable in their front line efforts.
The Youth Track will compliment the Conference structure,
while allowing for some creative implements. In addition
to traditional workshops (some led by youth for a strictly
youth audience – others led by youth and open to all),
there will be panels, educational performances, and community
building events not usually included in your typical plenary.
The curriculum for the Youth Track is the responsibility
of the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC); a diverse group of
Bay Area young people who have volunteered their efforts
to the success of the conference. The YAC is working closely
with all potential presenters and performers to ensure that
all curricula is distinct, relevant to the Health Rights
theme, and addresses concerns of Youth Leaders in our field.
It is important to note that the Youth Track does not represent
a “separate” entity from the conference, but
serves as a supplement. Being the first time that youth have
been invited to join this conference in such a meaningful
way, the Youth Track will walk the line between maintaining
a strictly “youth space” and sharing this new
pool of resources with adult participants. It is inevitable
that this infusion of adolescent-fueled energy will add an
element of rejuvenation to the overall conference, and serve
to excite and remind us of whom we’re working for.
If you are or know of youth that would be interested in
attending or presenting at the Youth Track of the conference,
contact Carnelius Quinn at (415) 274-1970 x32 or quinn@hify.org.
More Youth Track information coming soon!
YAC Bios
GIANA:
A 15 year old superstar who works with the PASSHEN Peer Education
program at Berkeley High. (Ask her what it stands for.) Her
favorite thing to do more than anything is cook.
TYLER:
“
Ty” is an 18 year old pioneer in the Peer Education Program
at Lick Wilmerding High School. Ty survives on pizza and burritos
from his favorite SF spots and can usually be caught outdoors
or taking photos.
CINDY:
Nearly 16, Cindy is absorbing all the knowledge she can from
Oakland High. She serves her community providing Peer Education
for HIFY, and loves to meet new people.
JANAY:
Janay is an 18 year old activist and peer educator at Huckleberry’s
Cole St. Clinic. She doesn’t have much free time, but
when she is free, she enjoys spending time with her family.
EMILY:
Emily is an 18 year-old member of Lick Wilmerding’s Peer
Educators Program that you can catch either sipping coffee,
or unwrapping her latest burrito adventure.
CRYSTAL:
A student of Philip & Sala Burton Academic HS, Crystal
works as a Peer Educator at Huckleberry’s Cole St. Clinic.
When she’s not saving the world, she can be found smiling,
playing with children, or munching on a loaded burrito.
KARA:
Kara is all about PASSHEN – her peer education group
at Berkeley High. She is a 16 year-old who can put down more
cake than an entire wedding reception party.
DANIEL:
Daniel is 17, and makes the streets safer for all of us by
working with the Peer Resources program out of Balboa High
School. But would you believe it? He has a horrible fear of
live crabs!
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