About the Youth Summit

September 9, 2011 in Youth Summit by john.jewitt

 

The Youth Summit is Voices for Change’s signature annual event, bringing together students from the 12 Howard County High Schools and 19 middle schools that display leadership initiative. This years’ Youth Summit will be held on March 8,2011 at the Bridgeway Community Church. The event is produced and run by V4C students.

Youth Summit 2009

On April 16, 2009 the 3rd Annual Youth Summit was held at Glenwood Community Center. In attendance were 8 representatives from each high school in Howard County. They focused on three major issues; Hang Out Places, SGA’s and Food.
The Summit, a collaborative effort of many Howard Community groups, was planned by students from Howard County high schools and adult representatives from the sponsoring organizations.
The goal of the Youth Summit was to hear youth voice and empower young people in Howard County by working with them to take action to improve theses issues.
Click here to see pictures from the 2009 Youth Summit.
Click here to see the Opening Video from the 2009 Youth Summit.
Click here to see the Slideshow from the 2009 Youth Summit.

Youth Summit 2008

The second Howard County Youth Summit was held on Friday, April 11, 2008 at The Gathering Place in Clarksville.  Speaker Derek Peterson helped empower young people in Howard County to take action on issues important to them.

Youth Summit 2007

A Howard County Youth Summit was held at Marriotts Ridge High School on April 27th.  The Summit was sponsored by Howard County Recreation & Parks, The Locale Children’s Board, Howard County Connections, HCPSS, and the Columbia Association. Sponsoring organizations are those that have pledged funds or resources. The goal of the Youth Summit was to hear youth voice and empower young people in Howard County by listening to students’ issues and working with them to take action to improve these issues.

A Facebook page was created to keep the momentum of the Summit going: click here to access it.

Take a look at this introductory video for the 2009 Youth Summit, held at the Glenwood Community Center.

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