California Youth Leadership Summit 2022 ,

The 2022 California Youth Leadership Summit and California Young Artists Expo are free online events for youth by youth. The summit will be streamed on Saturday, November 5, 2022, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. (PST) and art from the expo will be on display from November 5, 2022.

This is an excellent opportunity for high school and college students to connect with youth throughout the state of California and internationally. The theme of the California Youth Leadership Summit and California Young Artists Expo is Peace, Kindness, and Cooperation.

The California Youth Leadership Summit panel topics include:

Climate Change & Sustainability
Racial & Gender Equity
World Peace & Cooperation
Adapting to a New Normal

The California Youth Leadership Summit website can be seen at https://youth.socalsistercities.org/summit

Participants in the California Young Artists Expo will share art related to:

Climate Change & Sustainability
Racial & Gender Equity
World Peace & Cooperation
Adapting to a New Normal
My Identity & Self Expression
Open Category: All Art Forms

The California Young Artists Expo website can be seen at: https://youth.socalsistercities.org/art

Youth/Students are invited to take part as an interactive attendee or if they are passionate, knowledgeable and outspoken, they may wish to apply to become panelists in the online 2022 California Youth Leadership Summit. Aspiring artists are welcome to submit their art for the California Young Artists Expo. Panelists and artists will include high school and college students and young professionals from the State of California and around the world.

The California Youth Leadership Summit and California Young Artists Expo is hosted by California Sister Cities and is organized by the Sister Cities International Southern and Northern California Chapters. Sister Cities International was founded in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower for the purpose of bringing about peace throughout the world through citizen diplomacy. Today, this network unites tens of thousands of citizen diplomats and volunteers in 500 member communities with over 1,800 sister city partnerships in 138 countries on six continents. California has more sister city organizations than any other state in the U.S.: 82 California cities have 356 partnerships with cities overseas in over 50 countries.