22nd Annual YOUTH TO YOUTH Middle School Conference

About the Conference

As of 1/13/16, we have closed the registration for the conference, since we have reached capacity. On 1/18, we have discontinued the waitlist. We are sorry that we could not accommodate more. Thank you for your interest in the Youth to Youth Conference.

Where else would you want your son or daughter to be but at the 22nd Annual Y2Y Conference held at Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon?

More than 80 high school leaders from the San Ramon Valley and Castro Valley are going to be asking 350 middle school youth to "MY WAY" on Saturday, March 5, 2016.

For the past several months these high school students have been working enthusiastically planning drug prevention programs, participating in leadership activities and having a whole lot of fun while planning this conference for your 6th, 7th or 8th grader.

High school leaders will guide their younger peers through skits, panel discussions, team building challenges, and small group activities. More than 20 workshops will be offered throughout the day. The conference will end with an exciting dance geared towards middle school students. More than just an event, the Youth to Youth Middle Conference is a way to see the best in teens and their leadership skills. If your kids like hanging out with their friends, meeting new friends, having fun, dancing and good food ~ then this is the conference for them.

Examples of Workshops:

From Boys to Men
Zumba
Juggling 101
What to Expect in High School
Drug and Alcohol Information
And many more!

What will our day look like? Who will we meet? What will be do?

Morning

Welcome - Opening Ceremonies
Family Groups - Small breakouts
Key Note Speaker - Javier Sanchez
Team Building Challenges

Afternoon

Lunch
Workshops
Teen Panel
Dinner
Y2Y Drug-Free Dance!

This is your site for all the conference information. Below is the link to our online participant registration form. We have sold-out for the last 5 years, so please register early in ordr to save your space(s).

Conference Fee: $40 before February 21st. After February 21, the price increases to $50 (Fee includes: lunch, dinner, t-shirt, keynote speaker, dance, dj....and much more)

Helpful tips before you REGISTER:

CRITICAL!!! Once you begin the registration process, please be prepared to answer all questions regarding your child's name, school, medical and emergency contacts, and make your payment. If you exit the registration page without completing all sections, you will need to contact us.
Please be advised that all payments will be accepted thru PayPal. It is NOT required to have a PayPal account to use this feature. You will be given the option to pay via debit or credit card.
There are no refunds after February 21, 2016.
This is a full-day conference. For participants to get the most out of the conference, they are expected to arrive on time and remain for the full conference. If a participant needs to leave during the conference, they will not be permitted to return. As conference coordinators, we are very firm with this policy.

Meet this year's keynote speaker...Javier Sanchez!

Since 1992, Javier has been inspiring and equipping youth and adults to be intentional about adding process to their passion.

Javier believes that once you have a vision and a sense of purpose for your life there are almost NO LIMITS to what you can accomplish. As an author, performer, and filmmaker, Javier has the opportunity to deliver life building messages to youth and adults all over the planet while keeping them entertained through comedy, spoken word poetry, and powerful stories from his own life. Javier’s experience and expertise in effective student and community engagement / empowerment comes from more than 10 years of work with the Youth to Youth International Program both in the United States and abroad as a Youth Program Coordinator.

In 2003 he was awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Developing Leaders in Reducing Substance Abuse Fellowship and is a graduate of the Ray Miller Institute for Change and Leadership. He also works on projects focused on health and wellness in urban communities with MEE Productions Inc., one of the successful / impactful communications, research, and marketing firms in the world.

In 2008 he wrote his first book entitled “Look In My Mirror”. It’s a very special book for Fathers and Daughters that has taken the world by storm! His follow up is an exciting project for youth and adults entitled From This Moment On: Personal Reminders for Massive Success at Home, at School, at Work, and in the Shower! Javier writes, produces, and performs his material at schools, colleges & universities, conferences, corporate, and community events across the United States and around the globe, but the best part of the work he does is coming home to his two beautiful children!

Video Clip of Javier Sanchez

About Youth to Youth

The Youth to Youth program is a community-based drug, alcohol, tobacco prevention and youth leadership program created in 1982 in Columbus, Ohio and is proudly sponsored by Community Against Abuse (CASA) in the San Ramon Valley and Castro Valley Community Action Network (CV CAN) in Castro Valley. The all day conference is an entire day that kids get together, have fun and talk about some really important issues. It is an opportunity for young people to support each other working towards one common goal - to make the very best decision and live a healthy, drug free life.

Support Youth to Youth

If you would like to donate to Youth to Youth, in order to support our ongoing, year-round, youth development and drug-free offerings, including the youth-to-youth program, we would gladly accept your donation and support.