California 100: Youth Futures Summit

Join California 100 for our first-ever Youth Futures Summit on Sunday, March 12, 2023! Meet up with hundreds of young people, youth-driven organizations, and students on the West Side Lawn of the state Capitol in Sacramento for a day of participatory action, celebration, and youth-led visioning for the future of California.

The Youth Futures Summit is FREE to attend, and invites young futurists to:

• Travel into the multiverse with AfroRithms from the Future
• Consider climate action and trade futures currency with larger-than-life Astrobotanical sculptures and Dadara’s Transformoney Tree
• Explore art installations and a mural inspired by our collective Youth Manifesto for the Future
• Participate in healing justice and reduce stress with the Blackfullness app
• Create your own 'zine with comic artist Golnoush Pak
• Write a letter to your future self (we’ll send it for you!)
• Connect with changemakers, dreamers & activists from across the state
• Plus: a mainstage lineup of musicians and DJs, food trucks and free refreshments, live screen printing, freedom dreaming workshops and more...

The California 100 Youth Futures Summit is free and open to all young people who envision a more vibrant future for our state. For groups of 15 or more, please reach out to youth@california100.org.

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact youth@california100.org with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

Thanks to our partners UCSA, CSSA, CALPIRG Students, GENup, YR Media, UC Riverside Center for Social Innovation and the Inter-Collegiate Council of the Inland Empire (ICCIE), Empowering Pacific Island Communities (EPIC)Youth Leadership Institute, Rise Free CA, Young Invincibles, Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE), MILPA Collective, Native Vote Project, AfroRithms From the Future, Sacramento Youth Center, Leveraged Play, among others.

Check the California 100 Youth page for details and updates, and follow along @weareCA100 and #California100 to join the conversation.