YOUTH ACTIVISM SUMMIT

HOSTED BY TRIANGLE PEOPLE POWER

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JAYCEE PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, RALEIGH, NC

MAY 3, 2019

4:30 PM

This event featured: 

1. Panelists from the Poor People’s Campaign, the Raleigh-Apex NAACP, NARAL-NC and the ACLU of North Carolina speaking on youth engagement

2. Testimonials from youth in Duplin county living adjacent to hog waste farms and environmental injustice

3. A breakout discussion on either saviorism or intersectional advocacy/the intersection of advocacy and diversity and inclusion work

4. A presentation on the youth-to-adult activism pipeline with leaders from Triangle People Power and NC WARN and Power Shift Network climate justice youth engagement organizers

5. A short debrief/moving forward session

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Over 50 students were present! Thank you all for being there!