Union City, CA Community Summit

Community: Union City, CA
Event Name: UC Exceed GradNation Community Summit
Convening Organization: Union City Kids’ Zone/New Haven Unified School District
Event Date/Time/Location:
Saturday, September 24, 2016 from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Conley-Caraballo High School
541 Blanche St, Hayward, CA 94544
Description:
The Union City Kids’ Zone GradNation Summit will use a “design thinking” approach to engage and empower students, young adult community members, parents, educators, local service providers, local business representatives, and local officials to eliminate inequities in students’ achievement, close the opportunity gap and increase graduation rates for all students. The summit will utilize student and community leaders to take participants through the process of need-finding, understanding, creating, and thinking with an end result of doing (actionable outcomes) designed with our community in mind.
Hashtag: #UCEXCEED # GradNation
Facebook: Union City Kids' Zone presents: UC Exceed GradNation
Snapchat: @ucgradnation
Instagram: @ucgradnation
Featured Sessions:
- Data Presentation & Data Gallery Walk led by youth leaders
- Design Thinking Working Session led by Stanford University Design School and youth leaders
- Career Fair