A Youth Advocacy for Action Summit Highlights

This week, DC Alliance of Youth Advocates convened a summit for peers, colleagues and friends from across the DCAYA community to dig a bit deeper into the challenges our youth face, and help inform how we will respond now and in the years to come as we continue our collective work to make sure all our young people are safe and stable, able to grow and thrive.

Here are some highlights from Twitter.

Registration is open! @amy_dudas, @AWayofLife0, and the rest of the @DCAYA team is ready to get you checked in & this summit started. #YA4AS pic.twitter.com/yFGHnGTnNK

— DCAYA (@DCAYA) March 29, 2017

Excited to be here with many of our closest partners at @DCAYA's Youth Advocacy for Action Summit! #YA4AS @MaggieRiden #DCFY18 pic.twitter.com/viGMQO9ilW

— DCFPI (@DCFPI) March 29, 2017

Excited to be at @DCAYA advocacy summit to talk about the path forward in the face of federal uncertainty! #YA4AS pic.twitter.com/PJYbVgYl1i

— Academy of Hope (@AoHDC) March 29, 2017

We are excited to be at @DCAYA Youth Advocacy for Action Summit today! #YA4AS pic.twitter.com/OBfoal5mpo

— Justice for Youth (@justiceforyouth) March 29, 2017

Young people need a voice at the table! Great to be among allies @DCAYA @DCOmbuds @CLCPolicy @TheNextStepPCS #YA4AS pic.twitter.com/yiCVFXsGFX

— DC Special Ed Co-op (@SpecialEdCoop) March 29, 2017

"We don't react to empty rhetoric, we strategize." Excited to be strategizing with advocates for meaningful change for #DCKIDS #YA4AS @DCAYA pic.twitter.com/PL1wwZ8R7c

— DCActionforChildren (@ActforDChildren) March 29, 2017

@DCAYA #YA4AS remembering to involve student voice in policies and advocacy to better meet the needs of the youth we all serve!

— ASAS DC (@ASAS_DC) March 29, 2017

Some great collaboration. Really interesting thoughts on opportunities going forward in #YouthDev #YA4AS https://t.co/oVtbxn7jdY

— Capital for Children (@Cap4Children) March 29, 2017

.@edlazere shares the 3 goals that will allow us to #UntieDC and meet DCs needs to support our youth & residents in #DCFY18 #YA4AS pic.twitter.com/J5ZF8YYBoQ

— DCFPI (@DCFPI) March 29, 2017

We were excited to be a part of @DCAYA 's Action Summit! #YA4AS Click here to learn more: https://t.co/bURHE96YGF #OutOfSchoolTime #Youth pic.twitter.com/q8LXDut1N8

— The Fishing School (@TFSinDC) March 30, 2017

Thank you to all of our attendees. A special thank you to our board members and facilitators. And we are especially grateful to the sponsors who helped make this event possible.