We are pleased to announce the opening of school registrations for the 13th Annual Youth & Peace Conference (YPC), taking place in person on Friday, September 20, 2024 from 8:15 AM to 2:15 PM at the Pima Community College West Campus. All registrations for this event are free.

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​​​​Conference Themes & Title: Creating Safe Spaces in Our Community: Raising Awareness and Finding Resources

The 2024 YPC Youth Leadership Team chose to focus this year’s conference on the following themes:

• Mental Health

• Social Media (Safety)

• Substance Misuse Prevention

• Self-Care

 

Conference Logistics

• Registration is open to young people ages 12 to 24, with a special focus on high school students.

• To maximize the participatory nature of this youth-led conference, we are limiting registration for the 2024 YPC to 250 students. To help diversify the participation of district and charter high schools, we strongly recommend that schools register no more than 20 students.

• Schools are encouraged to allow students to explore their individual interests by selecting their own workshops. However, we understand if schools decide to restrict workshop selections to ensure direct oversight from their chaperones. 

• A conference photographer will be taking photos. Please consider whether you need to add anything to your internal permission slips with regard to photography/media release. 

• Please find the conference schedule here. Groups who have participated in the past will notice that we’ve changed it a bit this year! Workshops will take place in the afternoon. After workshops, attendees will return to the Palm Court where they will reconvene with their group before heading to their buses. Please note on the registration form if you anticipate challenges with how the conference schedule aligns with your school schedule, both in terms of when you can arrive and need to depart. 

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​Conference Workshops

Thirteen (13) 1-hour workshops will be offered during the 2024 Youth & Peace Conference. On the registration form, you are asked to indicate a first and second choice workshop for each student you are registering. We will do our best to accommodate these preferences but cannot guarantee it. ​Please note, although your students are selecting two choices, they will participate in only one workshop. Adult chaperones are also free to select workshops of their choosing and do not have to stay with their students. A monitor will be assigned to each workshop. Monitors will take attendees to their respective workshop locations and will have a list of who has registered for their workshop so they may track attendance. View Workshop Descriptions

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​Registration Timeline

School registration opens Thursday, August 15th and closes Friday, September 6, 2024.  

 

​Registration Instructions

School registrations require the school contact person handling registrations to gather and provide the following information on each student and adult chaperone being registered:

• First & Last Name

• Grade level (students only)

• Email address (required for adults, optional for students) 

• Phone (adults only)

• Top 2 workshop preferences for each attendee. – Please share the workshop descriptions with your students and adult chaperones and be prepared to list each person’s top two workshop choices when you register them.

• Dietary restrictions (i.e., vegan/vegetarian, allergies) to determine how many alternative meals are needed.

 

For Questions, Contact

If you have any questions while completing the registration form, please contact Courtney Waters (cwaters2@arizona.edu) or Jeff Mace (520-360-3199, jmace@arizona.edu)

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Many thanks for your school participating in the 13th Annual Youth and Peace Conference!​