The Third Annual #RISE Youth Summit features workshops on media, youth empowerment, community advocacy, and policy free entry. Free swag, giveaways, free meals, and much more await.

Adult chaperones with youth group (5 youth minimum) are allowed to attend the summit as volunteers. Participants must register in advance. Youth groups and adult chaperones must register by May 4th. The #RealTalkTobacco #RISE Youth Summit is a convening of 150 youth leaders from around the Philadelphia and Southeastern PA area who are currently engaged in or are passionate about public health advocacy work including tobacco control and prevention. The annual youth summit features special guest speakers conducting workshops on advanced advocacy content including social media, policy, storytelling, tobacco, and youth empowerment.

In today's Philadelphia, youth face a common crisis: the fight for a healthy and safe future. Our Advocacy Institute youth understand that their best chance to fight against health disparities and social injustices is to organize, mobilize, and advocate in solidarity. This summit is an opportunity for our AI Ambassadors and Summit guest speakers to equip rising youth leaders with the tools they need to stand together in the fight against Big Tobacco and any other industry or social system that prevents their communities from achieving health equity. The Advocacy Institute aims to highlight the importance of general advocacy training and youth empowerment by equipping youth leaders from all across the city to #RISE into Action in their own communities with the tools and skill sets they receive at our annual summit. The ultimate goal of the summit is to empower, equip and engage our youth leaders with the skills, knowledge and courage needed to create change in their communities both locally and nationally as it relates not only to tobacco prevention, but social justice and healthy equity in general.

Parking is extremely limited so public transportation is highly encouraged.