Youth 2025

 APRIL Youth Conference Schedule

Friday, October 17, 2025

8:00 - 9:00 am "Camp Counselor" Breakfast (Regency B)

8:00 am - 4:00 pm (Regency C)

8:00 - 9:00 am Icebreaker (During Breakfast)

• Name, where you’re from, what is your special interest, why did you want to come to the APRIL Conference?
• Welcome and Introductions
• Promote Youth Conference t-shirts

9:00 - 10:00 am Keynote Speaker

• Andy Barlow (Voting and Advocacy)

10:00 - 10:30 am How to Get Involved with the YSC and Other Youth-Tailored Groups

• Can take a Break
• Announce upcoming activities (Youth Last Words/Dance/T-Shirts)

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Stand and Declare Hosted by Michael Beers

• Round Table Topics:
  • Disability and AI
  • Disability Myth Debunking
  • Advocacy
  • Neurodivergence
  • Mental Health

12:00 pm -1:30 pm Lunch (Regency Ballroom A-B)

1:30 - 3:00 pm Panel Speakers

• Youth Steering Committee (YSC) Executive Committee Members

3:00 - 3:15 pm Break

3:15 - 4:00 pm Youth Discussion "Hot Takes"

4:00 pm - ??? For those who want to stay after and speak to the YSC Executive Committee Members

Please note that dinner is on your own

Saturday, October 18, 2025

8:00 - 11:45 pm Youth Dance (Willamette 1)

• You can assist with Youth Dance set-up from 7:00 - 8:00 pm (speak with YSC Executive Members)
• Light snacks provided

Make sure to purchase a 2025 Youth Conference t-shirt while they are still in stock! $20 each!

APRIL LEAD ON Collaborative: Make Your Mark Schedule

This in-person conference will center around art as part of resistance and advocacy. Poets, painters, fashionistas, singers, all come together and perform.

Friday, October 17, 2025

8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast (Regency Foyer)

9:00 am - 4:00 pm (Regency D)

9:00 - 10:00 am Open Mic

10:00 - 11:00 am Resistance History

• Speaker: Jordan Hayes

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Arts and Crafts

12:00 -1:30 pm: Lunch (Regency  B)

1:30 - 4:00 pm Join General Youth Conference (Regency C)