2025 Theme: On Our Block

Registration now open for the

2025 BIPOC Youth Summit

✨ Learn
Unlock powerful insights about personal growth, leadership, and social justice.

🌟 Lead
Discover how joy and self-care can fuel your leadership journey.

🤝 Connect
Build meaningful friendships and networks with other BIPOC youth leaders across communities.

🎉 Have Fun
From entertainment to surprises, experience activities that celebrate culture and creativity.

💆🏽 Self-Care
Explore tools and practices that support your mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

🌍 Community Care
Gain skills to uplift your community and help create a brighter, more just future.

Workshops, games, food, prizes, and a block party

RAFFLE DONORS for PRIZES

Raising Canes

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Burgerville

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Brewed Awakening

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NW Escape Experience

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Salt and Straw

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1709 Records

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Short and Sweet

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Ice Cream Renaissance

Raising Canes • Burgerville • Brewed Awakening • NW Escape Experience • Salt and Straw • 1709 Records • Short and Sweet • Ice Cream Renaissance

What to Expect at the Youth Summit:

  • Quality Speakers

  • Community and Friendship Building

  • Free Food and Fun

This two-day event will focus

on how to use your voice

The summit will feature workshops led by local BIPOC leaders, interactive activities, and sessions on personal development, social justice, leadership, self-care, and community care. The summit aims to inspire youth to become proactive agents of change in their communities. Over the course of two days we provide youth lunch, swag bags, prizes, and community:

Last Year’s Speakers

  • Latino youth gather around a table with microphones

    Las Mariposas & the Charlitas Podcast Team

    Meet the Charlitas! An engaging and insightful podcast hosted by our Mariposas: Alma (our intelligent butterfly), Jair (our pun-master butterfly), Luis (our student athlete butterfly), Pamela (our sassy butterfly) , and Sam (our dramatic butterfly). Broadcasting from the heart of Vancouver, Washington, this podcast is dedicated to exploring a wide array of topics that resonate with both the local Latino community and a broader audience.

  • Tyler Monk & The Underdog Mentality

    Meet Tyler Monk, a first-generation college grad, entrepreneur, and dedicated professional. In 2018, Tyler founded The Underdog Mentality (TUM), a company dedicated to inspirational storytelling that embodies a mindset of overcoming obstacles. The organization’s mantra is, "An unwavering belief in self, despite the circumstances, conditions, and critics that surround a person." Tyler has the ability to help people tap into the power of their potential so they can lead into their greatness.

Event Details

Saturday, November 8 & Sunday, November 9

Audience: Youth ages 13-18.

Food is included.

Raffle Prizes from Local Businesses!

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We need volunteers for the BIPOC Youth Summit. If you’re interested please reach out to Sam Garrison, BIPOC Youth Outreach Coordinator.

  • Each year, the Prevention teen curates speakers and breakout room facilitators. This year, in 2024, we’ve confirmed 12 speakers. If you are interested in speaking please reach out to Sam Garrison.

  • The Prevention team does coordinate with local vendors to meet the food needs of the events for all participants. Please email Sam Garrison for any additional questions. There are refrigerators in the Community Room space you can use if you prefer or need to bring your own sack lunch.

  • Currently, we do not require attendees to bring parents to the BIPOC Youth Summit. This is a space that allows for youth to build community connections, enhance peer relationships, and explore cultural identity.