5th Annual Youth Empowerment Summit

FREE!

Rico Pabon and Destani Wolf just added to the Arts Festival!
Come out, support, spread the word...
"Borderline oFENCEive"
The 5th Annual Youth Empowerment Summit
August 3rd, 2007
SF State University
FREE!
Contact makingwaves@branson.org to register!
Schedule of Activities:
10-11am- Registration (Towers Conf. Ctr)
11am-12pm- Opening Ceremony- Xiuhcoatl Danza Azteca & Eli Painted Crow
12pm-1pm- Lunch (not provided)
1-2:30pm - Workshops #1 (Burk Hall)
2:30 - 4pm- Workshops #2 (Burk Hall)
4-6pm - Arts Festival / Vendors / DJs (Jack Adams Hall- Cesar Chavez Student Ctr.)

Workshops Presenters and Topics include:
Afia Walking Tree - "FunDRUMentals: Come Play Your Soul Free"
Capoiera Mandinga - "Music, Movement, History & Social Relevance of Capoiera"
KMB Pro People Youth - "Using Advocacy & Media as Organizing Tools"
H.O.M.E.Y. - "From Thug to Revolutionary: Legacies of Resistance in Communities of Color"
Julia Gonzalez Luna - "Untold Histories"
MASCA - "La Cultura Cura: Violence Prevention Based on Cultural Values"
Planned Parenthood - "Sexy Safer Sex For Teens"
Revolution Youth - "No one is Illegal: The Fight for immigrant Rights"
Timothy Manuel Lopez - "Graff 101"
UC Energy Institute - "Global Warming: What type of Planet are You Inheriting?"
Youth Speaks - "Words for Change"

With Performances by:
Rico Pabon
Destani Wolf
Dahlak of Ill-Literacy
Brown Buffalo
Urban Apache
Lalin St. Juste
Youth Speaks Poets
Dj Joedobo & Dj Spinja

On August 3rd, student organizers from Making Waves and Youth Speaks will bring together hundreds of young people, community organizers and artists to SF State. The Summit is FREE and provides panels and workshops on social justice, ethnic studies, hip-hop culture and health awareness followed by an Arts Festival featuring conscious Bay Area performers, DJs and artists.
This year the Summit is focused on reclaiming borders and shedding light on divisive practices that are aimed at breaking down our communities. Through workshops, art and performance, the goal of the Summit is to challenge youth to think critically and consciously about their own communities and the world around them and to take an active role in being part of the solution.

Check us out at www.myspace.com/youthempowermentsummit