What: The Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services’ (PRNS)
Youth Commission hosts the 6th Annual Citywide Youth Conference.
When: Friday, June 14, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where: San José City Hall Rotunda
200 East Santa Clara Street
San José, CA 95113
Who: 300 high school students throughout San José
Norberto Duenas, Deputy City Manager, City of San José
Kansen Chu, Councilmember, District 4
Ash Kalra, Councilmember, District 5
Donald Rocha, Councilmember, District 9
Johnny Khamis, Councilmember, District 10
Background: The 2013 Youth Conference theme of “Dream It, Live It”, will focus on the
unbridled spirit of entrepreneurship, with a goal to educate, empower and
inspire youth to pursue future endeavors of building a successful business.
The conference connects our future generation with some of San José’s
prominent leaders and successful business owners.
By choosing the topic of entrepreneurship, the Youth Commission hopes to
motivate the next generation to actively pursue opportunities in business, in
order to create a robust economy for their city, state and nation.
The conference is fully developed and implemented by the Youth
Commissioners and is centered on empowering our future generation to be
leader of our local communities and beyond. Teens from all different walks of
life actively participate in workshops, discussions, debates and hands-on
learning that have a direct impact on their daily lives. In addition to workshops
correlating to the annual theme, the conference is attended by elected
Citywide Youth Conference officials, local leaders and business owners who fully support the
Commission’s vision of playing a vital role in shaping the future of San José
and our nation.
The Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services’ Youth
Commission is an appointed body of eleven youth, 14 - 21 years of age, and
is modeled after the San José City Council. They are recognized as the
official youth advisory group to the City Council and the Department of Parks,
Recreation and Neighborhood Services. Youth Commissioners are involved
with policy recommendatiions concerning youth and support the development
of youth who desire to serve their community through active civic participation
and constructive decision-making.
*** MEDIA INTERVIEWS ***
Local media is invited to attend the conference to interview Youth
Commissioners and available speakers immediately following opening
remarks on Friday, June 14, 2013 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
