Creative Visions Youth Summit A Success!
- Participants listen to presentation by Jamel Crawford from Grubbs YMCA
Creative Visions held it first ever youth and teen summit to an enthusiastic group of youths ages 9-15 years old from the Des Moines community. The two day event began Friday August 26 with a community forum for parents. During the over one hour long discussion, moderated by Ako Abdul- Samad, Creative Visions’ CEO, panelist from the Des Moines Police Department, Creative Visions, Urban Dreams, and Community for the Protection of Children discussed with parents the many risks and dangers facing community youths as well as the resources that are available to them to help overcome such problems and dangers.
The summit concluded Saturday with an all day summit for youths who participated in workshops conducted by representatives from PACE, EFR, Polk County Health, Polk County Juvenile Court, Grubbs YMCA, and the Des Moines Police Department. The workshop address a number of issues impacting youths ‘ health and safety and included two workshops on traffic safety which involved an actual demonstration by the Des Moines Police Department on the impact of being impaired.
“This summit was not only an opportunity to help educate parents and youths on health and safety issues impacting our youths, but also a chance for community partners to continue our collaborative efforts of working together for the betterment of our youths and our community.” “Creative Vision is pleased with the level of support we have received from community partners in putting on the summit, and we could not have done it without them”, said Ako
Creative Visions thank its sponsors: U.S. Dept of HHS Region VII Office of Minority Health, Governors Traffic Safety Bureau, Corinthian Baptist Church, Dan McFall, and Brent Williams and the panelist and workshop presenters who helped to make the event a success.