Exploring the Power of Youth Leadership in Creating Conditions for Health and Equity: Proceedings of a Workshop (2024)
Chapter: Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
September 13, 2023
The California Endowment Center for Healthy Communities
2000 Franklin Street, Oakland, California
Workshop objectives:
- Underscore the power of young people as leaders, organizers, advocates, and experts
- Understand the barriers and solutions to building youth-led power and social movements and strengthen the platforms to amplify their voices
- Explore frameworks, concepts, models, approaches, and tools to promote and increase youth civic engagement and leadership in creating and changing the conditions for health, equity, and well-being
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
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Raymond Baxter (Roundtable Co-chair), Trustee, Blue Shield of California Foundation; Board Member, CDC Foundation |
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| 9:05 a.m. | Spoken Word Poetry |
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Jose Cordon, Spoken Word Artist |
| 9:15 a.m. | Youth Civic Engagement and Leadership—History, Frameworks, Challenges, and Lessons |
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Moderator: Jonathan Todres, Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law |
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Mónica Córdova, Co-Director, Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing |
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Shawn Ginwright, Professor of Africana Studies, San Francisco State University |
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Pedro Noguera, Distinguished Professor of Education and Emory Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean, University of Southern California Rossier School of Education [via Zoom] |
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| 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. | Child Development and Family and Community Context |
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Moderator: Sheri Johnson, Director, Population Health Institute and Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health |
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Cristina Flores, Program Coordinator, Homies 4 Justice, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) |
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George Galvis, Co-founder and Executive Director, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) |
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Dipesh Navsaria, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development & Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Abigail Robinson, Co-founder and Lead Teacher, Algoma Venture Academy |
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Alex Toris, Cultural Activist, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) |
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| 12:15 p.m. | Break |
| 1:15 p.m. | Data, Measures, and Research |
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Moderator: Hanh Cao Yu, Chief Learning Officer, The California Endowment |
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Tammy Chang, Founding Director, MyVoice [via Zoom] |
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Elena Padley, High school student (junior), Hawken School, Cleveland, Ohio [via Zoom] |
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Veronica Terriquez, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles |
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Kahlila Williams, Undergraduate student (sophomore), University of California, Los Angeles [via Zoom] |
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| 2:30 p.m. | Break |
| 2:45 p.m. | Infrastructure and Supports for Youth Leadership and Engagement |
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Moderator: Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, Chief Executive Officer, Latino Community Foundation |
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Jasmine Dellafosse, Community Organizer, Ending Poverty in California (EPIC) |
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Robert Ross, President and Chief Executive Officer, The California Endowment |
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Kiana Joy P. Yabut, Legislative Secretary and Chairwoman, Committee on Health, Human Services, and Gender Affairs, Guam Youth Congress; undergraduate student (junior), University of Guam [via Zoom] |
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Adrianna Zhang, Member, San Francisco Youth Commission; Founder and Executive Director, SF Change; undergraduate student (freshman), Stanford University |
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| 4:00 p.m. | Closing Discussion with the Planning Committee |
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Moderator: Raymond Baxter (Roundtable Co-chair), Trustee, Blue Shield of California Foundation; Board Member, CDC Foundation |
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Sheri Johnson, Director, Population Health Institute and Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, Chief Executive Officer, Latino Community Foundation |
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Veronica Terriquez, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director, Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles |
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Jonathan Todres, Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law |
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Teal VanLanen, Co-founder, Kinect M1 |
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Hanh Cao Yu, Chief Learning Officer, The California Endowment |
| Adrianna Zhang, Member, San Francisco Youth Commission; Founder and Executive Director, SF Change; undergraduate student (freshman), Stanford University | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
