Engaging Youth in Career Opportunities - And Technology: #YESpvd Summit Organizer Wilson LIVE
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Engaging Youth in Career Opportunities - And Technology: #YESpvd Summit Organizer Wilson LIVE
“The summit started in 2015 — YESpvd is the “Youth Empowerment Summit,” formerly Turn Up RI,” said Wilson. “It’s a culturally relevant, diverse career conference. We actually put practitioners in front of youth in the community, so that the practitioners resemble the community they’re coming from — and professions they might not see emulated in their community.”
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“We have a lot of great speakers and workshops and we also give incentives to the youth,” said Wilson about gift cards and giveaways, thanks to event sponsors.
Wilson provided an overview of the summit and the speakers that will be taking part, focusing on such topics, advice, and career paths including financial literacy, the entertainment industry, political engagement, mental health, and guest speaker Dr. Deana Waite — a Providence native who went from earning her GED — to earning her doctorate.
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"We don’t want to keep them on all day," said Wilson. "This is a shorter summit than we normally have. We have to pivot, right? So we have to adjust to the times — I’m trying to get them engaged in technology, find a way to utilize technology, because post-COVID it’s going to be around."
Wilson spoke to his goal of ultimately having students run the summit itself moving forward.
“I’m hopefully getting the framework set, and then the fantastic adults will fade in the back and just provide the resources [as necessary],” said Wilson.