YesPVD to Highlight Work of Young Community Leaders — Online Summit Taking Place This Saturday
Friday, August 28, 2020
The “YesPVD” virtual youth summit is taking place on Saturday — and the finalized event lineup features top career professionals, to young community leaders.
“On Saturday, August 29th, Rhode Island’s #1 Youth Summit – #YESpvd! (formerly TURNUPRI) is going virtual,” said event organizers. “Professionals from a variety of fields will provide in-depth, career readiness and life skills workshops for Rhode Island’s underserved young people, ages 13-24. Students will enjoy a day of fun and learning with guest speakers, featured keynote(s), gift card prizes & more! Don’t miss this!"
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Event organizers this week announced the addition of youth activist Gabe Mernoff.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTMernoff has been a youth activist in the Providence area for about four years. As a Providence Schools student, he worked with the Providence Student Union and NAACP Youth Council on issues ranging from school construction to the Counselors Not Cops campaign to general volunteer work in the community.
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As a Brown college student in Providence, he has deepened his involvement locally on issues like gun-violence-prevention, housing, and civics education, and can often be found advocating at the State House. Additionally, he remains deeply passionate about youth empowerment in his current work with A Sweet Creation Youth Organization and the Youth Voice Subgroup of the African American Ambassadors for the City of Providence.
He aims to continue his work on youth-empowerment and education-related issues and pursue a career in which he can work in the community as an ally for people—and particularly youth—of color.
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