Rooted in Community Youth Leadership Summit

“Honoring our Land: We lend our voices, We lend our hands”

We are so excited to announce the 2016 Rooted in Community Youth Summit, hosted by RIC in partnership with GRuB, the NW Native Plants and Foods Collective, the Nisqually Tribe, and more fabulous youth & food justice organizations. Before Olympia was a capital city, or an art-filled college town, it was an industrial center for logging and other industries. Being at the southernmost tip of the Puget Sound, and also a major railroad junction, made it a vibrant center for trade since the early 1900s.Along with location, weather and wildlife – both plant and animal – makes Olympia a rich environment for physical and metaphorical growth. From the capitol campus to Cooper Point, our rainy slice of the Pacific Northwest is easy to navigate, and inviting.

Join youth from across the country to cultivate grassroots leadership, and strengthen the movement through skill building, co-learning, creative arts and direct action. Join us and experience:

Field trips to Local Farms, Community Gardens and Food Justice Organizations
Getting a taste of Food and Social Justice in Olympia
Learning the History of Olympia’s Struggles and Activism
Youth-led Workshops
Celebration of Food, Arts, and Culture, with special connections to the Indigenous People of the South Puget Sound
Opportunities to connect with the unique landscape of the South Puget Sound
Staying in dorms at the Evergreen State College
Growth, Inspiration, New Connections and Fun!!!

Registration due by July 3 -- Please extend this invite to folks that you know who are working on related- food, health and economic equity in historically excluded and low-income youth communities. Thank you!

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