Youth Volume Up Expo
Ey! Don't Put Us On Mute!
Saturday, May 17th, 2025
10:00am-3:00pm
@ Camarillo Community Center
1605 E. Burnley Street
About
This free Event
The second annual youth equity event was CREATED BY YOUTH FOR YOUTH to center youth wellness, youth joy, and the importance of youth voices!
Free for all attendees ages 13-25, the expo will feature engaging activities and resources relevant to and chosen by young people. Feel free to stay for a little while or for the whole event. Prizes will be raffled every 30 minutes.
Free T-shirt, lunch and snacks for attendees while supplies last.
Online
Registration
We are asking organizations to complete the registration form to gauge anticipated attendance and prize numbers for this year’s Youth Equity Summit.
- Lucas Saucedo, Youth Equity Coordinator, County of Ventura
- 805-561-0359
- lucas.saucedo@ventura.org
Event information
Youth Changemaker Panel
- Moderator: Angel Castanon
- Panelists: Angelina Leanos
- Panelists: Thomas Valenzuela
- Panelists: Karina Cortes
- Panelists: Chantel Tapia
Activities
- Free Breakfast and Lunch
- Youth-Led Workshops
- Compassion Room
- Art Projects - Mural Painting
- Wellness Offerings
- Leadership Training
- Crisis Counselors Available
- Accessibility/Translation Available
Schedule
10:00am
Breakfast
10:30am
Welcome & Cultural Grounding
11:00am
Youth Changemakers Panel
11:30am
Morning Breakouts
Identity & Perseverance, presented by Angelina Leanos, previous Youth Poet Laureate of Ventura County (Youth Presentation)
- Location: Youth Room 1
- Duration: 45min
Labor Organizing: Better Wages for Farm Workers, presented by Karol Laiz and Maria Robles, One Step a la Vez
- Location: Youth Room 2
- Duration: 45min
Online Dating Safer Practices, presented by Brisa Romero (she/her/ella), LGBTQ+ Training Coordinator, Coalition for Family Harmony
- Location: Youth Room 3
- Duration: 45min
Youth & Community Engagement Part 1 - by Tracy Benson & manuel la fontaine of Haywood Burns Institute – CJNY
- Location: Guthrie Hall
- Duration: 45min
- Note: Adult Track - Adults Only
12:15pm
Lunch
12:45pm
Afternoon Breakouts
Identity & Perseverance, presented by Angelina Leanos, previous Youth Poet Laureate of Ventura County (Youth Presentation)
- Location: Youth Room 1
- Duration: 45min
Your Voice, Your Data: The Power of Citizen Science, presented by Lydia N. Collins, PhD Candidate, Saybrook University, Transformative Social Change
- Location: Youth Room 2
- Duration: 45min
Ancestral and Land Acknowledgment: Grounding and Guiding Ourselves led by Alotl Aparicio of Kalpulli Huitzilin Ihuan Xochitl
- Location: Outside
- Duration: 45min
Youth & Community Engagement Part 2 - by Tracy Benson & manuel la fontaine of Haywood Burns Institute – CJNY
- Location: Guthrie Hall
- Duration: 45min
- Note: Adult Track - Adults Only
1:30pm
Visioning & Closing
Location and Directions
Directions
The Camarillo Community Center is located at 1605 E. Burnley St., Camarillo, CA 93010, and is easily accessible from U.S. Highway 101. If you’re coming from the north (Ventura/Oxnard), take Exit 55 for Las Posas Road, turn right onto Las Posas, and drive about 1.5 miles. Then, turn left onto E. Burnley Street — the center will be on your right.
If you’re heading south on the 101 (from Thousand Oaks or Los Angeles), also take Exit 55 for Las Posas Road, but turn left instead. Follow Las Posas for about 1.5 miles, then turn left on E. Burnley Street. The Community Center will be on your right, just past the intersection.
Community Partners
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Ventura County
- Bike 4 a Cause
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme
- Casa Pacifica
- Future Leaders of America
- Gathering for Justice
- Goodwill Industries of Ventura & Santa Barbara Counties
- Interface Children and Family Services
- MANDO
- Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project
- Nate’s Place
- One Step a La Vez
- Pacific Clinics TAY Tunnel
- Planned Parenthood California Central Coast
- Soluna (Powered by Kooth)
- The Partnership for Safe Families & Communities
- Thousand Oaks Teen Center
- United Parents
- Ventura County Office of Education
County Sponsors
- Ventura County Probation Agency
- County of Ventura Youth Equity Initiative
Contact Information
Lucas Saucedo
Youth Equity Coordinator, County of Ventura
805-561-0359
lucas.saucedo@ventura.org
Lucas Saucedo
Youth Equity Coordinator, County of Ventura
805-561-0359
lucas.saucedo@ventura.org