CAYC 2025: Re-Imagining the Future of Youth Commissions

Saturday, April 19, 2025

9 am - 5 pm

Burlingame Community Center

850 Burlingame Avenue

Burlingame, CA

All Youth Commissions in California are invited to attend the inaugural, annual conference of the CAYC. Come and share best practices of creating and maintaining youth commissions, and discuss youth issues that can be pursued on the state level.

AGENDA

  • 8:15 am -  9:00 am: Registration (free)

  • 9:00 am -  9:15 am: Welcome and Strategic Vision of CAYC 

  • 9:15 am - 10:00 am: Local Government: How to Define a Policy Agenda

  • 10:00 am - 10:30 am: The Climate in D.C.

    • U.S. Congressman Kevin Mullin

  • 10:30 am - 11:00 am: Youth Commission: Pearls and Pitfalls

  • 11:00 am - 11:30 am: The State of California: Safety and Fairness in our Justice System

    • Attorney General Rob Bonta, State of California

  • 11:30 am - 12:15 pm: Building Resilience: Teen Mental Health, Vaccines, and Opioid Awareness

  • 12:15 pm- 1:00 pm: Lunch Symposium: Empowering Youth Minds: Strategies for Supporting Elementary and Middle School Students

  • 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm: Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy? 

    • Professor James Fishkin, Stanford University

  • 1:45 pm -2:00 pm: Crumbl Cookie Break 

  • 2:00 pm - 2:40 pm: Workshop Session A

    • Sparking Change: Youth Action for Wildfire Prevention

    • Teen Social Media Use: Finding Balance for Better Mental Health

    • Adapting to Change: AI’s Impact on the Workforce of Tomorrow

  • 2:40 pm - 3:10 pm: Workshop Session B

    • Fentanyl and Youth: Prevention, Education, and the Power of Narcan

    • At the Crossroads: Immigration in a Changing World

  • 3:10 pm - 4:00 pm:  Workshop Session C

    • Votes at 16: Empowering Young People to Participate in Democracy

    • Deliberative Democracy: Finding Common Ground in a Polarized World

    • Fostering Unity: A Workshop on Youth and Elder Civic Engagement

  • 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Closing and Path Forward

  • 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Networking Reception

    CONFIRMED SPEAKERS (so far!)

  • Rob Bonta- Attorney General, State of California

  • David Canepa- President, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors

  • Jennifer Carroll- West Hillsborough Elementary School Teacher

  • Sophie Cole- Mayor, Hillsborough

  • Abdul el-Sayed, MD- Policymaker, University of Michigan; former epidemiology professor, Columbia University

  • Chris Field- Addiction Education Society

  • James Fishkin- Professor, Stanford University

  • Mary Taylor Fullerton- San Mateo County Behavioral Health

  • Lisa Gauthier- San Mateo County Board of Supervisors

  • Don Geddis- Trustee, Hillsborough School Board

  • Jess Dang- Head of Middle School, Crystal Springs Uplands School

  • Nancy Magee- Superintendent, San Mateo County Schools

  • Bill McKibben- Environmentalist and Author, founder of 350.org; Professor, Middlebury College

  • Kevin Mullin- U.S. Congressman, 15th District

  • Leslie Ragsdale- Vice-Mayor, Hillsborough

  • Stefanie Roumeliotes- Founder and CEO, SGR Consulting

  • Renee Saucedo- Immigration Attorney, Raizes Collective

  • Malathy Subramanian- Partner, Best Best & Krieger

  • Ani Vartanian Boladian- Managing Partner, Rubicon Point

  • Laura Zappas- Head of Middle School, Castilleja School