Youth Leadership Conference
Congratulations to all of the 2008 Youth Leadership Conference participants! We were very impressed with your team challenge presentations and want to thank you all for a wonderful 4-day conference!
The application deadline for 2008 has passed. Please check back with us next year for the 2009 Application.
Now in its sixth year, the Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) on Asian and Pacific Islander Health is designed to motivate and inspire high school students who will become the national and global leaders of tomorrow. Students learned about the fight against hepatitis B (HBV), from the scientific and epidemic aspects of the disease to strategies of outreach and education. During an intense four days, participants learned about the process of planning culturally sensitive community outreach events through workshops designed to teach strategies for conducting health education, developing marketing and advertising campaigns, and fostering leadership skills.Conference attendees worked together in teams to apply their newfound knowledge by designing their own outreach event from conception through implementation, and then presenting it in front of a panel of judges.
Students explored and learned about community health outreach from doctors, policy makers, and public health activists. Speakers included:
- California State Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, Assembly District 12, State of California (Friday, August 15th at 4:00pm at Wilbur Field- between Otero Dorm and Campus Drive)
The following speakers presented in Braun Auditorium, Mudd Chemistry Building:
- Dean Philip Pizzo, Dean, Stanford School of Medicine (Thursday, August 14th at 6:00pm)
- Dean Colleen Lim, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Admissions, Stanford University (Thursday, August 14th at 6:15pm)
- Dr. Samuel So, Director, Asian Liver Center, and Lui Hac Minh Professor of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine (Thursday, August 14th at 7:00pm)
- Ping Chao, Founder and Chairman, Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation (Sunday, August 17th at 9:00am)
- Ted Fang, Editor and Publisher, AsianWeek (Friday, August 15th at 9:15am)
- Laura Hardcastle, Chief, Office of Multicultural Health, California Department of Public Health, Health and Human Services Agency, State of California, and the California Department of Health Care Services (Saturday, August 16th at 8:30am)
- Dr. Stephanie Chao, General Surgery Resident, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics (Friday, August 15th at 8:30am)
- Jonathan Chen, Asian Liver Center Intern (Sunday, August 17th at 9:30am)
Steven Lin, a third year medical student at Stanford School of Medicine and a member of the Asian Liver Center, kicked-off the YLC Talent Show with a performance of a song that he composed about hepatitis B on Saturday, August 16th at 9:00pm (Otero Dorm Lounge).
YLC seeks to empower its participants to make substantive change in the world. Many YLC attendees become members of the Jade Ribbon Youth Council, summer interns at the Asian Liver Center (ALC), or founders of Team HBV chapters at their high schools and universities. Some ideas generated at YLC are incorporated into ALC outreach events and activities, for example, the Jade Ribbon LIVERight awareness bracelets.
Please see the Video PSAs created by our student particpants for their team challenges.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:
Amy Yu, Outreach Coordinator
Phone: 650.724.2923
Email: amyyu@stanford.edu
For media inquiries, please contact:
Alena Groopman, Global Community Health Coordinator
Phone: 650.721.6630
Email:groopman@stanford.edu
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Last Updated: August 19, 2008
