Youth Leading the Way to the Future: Girls Leadership Planning for Mayor’s Youth Summit 

Young ladies from LAYC’s Girls Leadership Gang Prevention program are enthusiastically helping coordinate the Mayor’s first Latino Youth Summit in the District of Columbia to take place at the end of February. About 15 girls ages 12 to 17 meet weekly to discuss format, logistics, workshops, and every little detail regarding the huge event.  From designing flyers to coming up with a tag line for the event, the girls’ creativity is flying high, and the remarkable experience has been a great youth development opportunity for them,” said Jasmin Benab, coordinator of the program. The summit will cover issues related to education, cultural identity and awareness, Civil Rights, and other topics of interest to the Latino youth.

The Latino Youth Summit is scheduled to take place on February 29th, 2008. Click here to register!