The First Annual T.E.E.N. Summit

 

Here’s the press release for the First Annual T.E.E.N. Summit:

 

Text Box: Citywide TEEN Summit to protect environment Friday April 5th, 2002 9:00am-1:45pm Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum High school students from throughout the Tucson area have worked together to organize Tucson’s first T.E.E.N. Summit (Together Expressing Enthusiasm for Nature). Two hundred students and community members will attend the day long conference at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum on Friday, April 5. Their common cause is to learn about the Sonoran Conservation Plan and to get more people involved in protecting our environment. Conference hours: 8:30 – 9:00 Registration, Ironwood gallery 9:00 – 9:45 Poster session, Ironwood gallery 9:45 – 10:00 Welcome by Aglahel Avilez, Sunnyside High School summit coordinator of IMPACTT class. 10:00 – 10:40 Breakout session #1 10:45 – 11:30 Breakout session #2 11:35 – 12:30 Lunch/ Keynote 12:35 – 1:20 Breakout session #3 1:25 – 1:45 Call to action by Sunnyside High School IMPACTT students. Students are available for interviews ahead of & during the summit. Contact Celeste Gonzalez (520) 573-3067 or Monique Soria (520) 545-2093
 

 


Here’s the logo the students created:

 


 

 


Conference Chair: Aglahel Avilez

Hospitality Chair:  Mayra Balmaceda

Arts and Media Chair:  Celeste Gonzalez

Logistics Chair:  Alex Clarke

Speakers Chair:  Roxanna Lopez and Aracely Leyva

Scheduling Chairs:  Erika Morales and Blanca Trejo

 

The First Annual T.E.E.N. Summit was a huge success.  About 200 students attended and shared the work they have been doing to benefit our environment.  The Summit was covered on KOLD news and several of the students were interviewed and made passionate pleas to save our desert.