Over 130 high school and college students met at UC Riverside for a youth summit Saturday, Oct. 1, to discuss civic engagement and other issues related to facilitating change in their communities.

California Freedom Summer, a project led by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, in partnership with the Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside’s Intercollegiate Council of California-Inland Empire, hosted the Youth Leadership Conference attended by students from Riverside and San Bernardino counties. It was third in a series of summits throughout California and the first in the Inland Empire.

The event featured youth-led workshops that covered topics including civic engagement/voting, community organizing, labor rights, and investing in underserved communities. 

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