07/01/2026
This weekend, we had a blast at our 2026 Glow Youth Summer Bash!!! 🥳☀️🎉
Our Rising Advocate Panel centered youth voice, leadership development, and peer-to-peer learning through both structured dialogue and hands-on collaboration. Youth founders and emerging community leaders shared their experiences in launching nonprofits, building school-based initiatives, and addressing issues such as education equity, sustainability, mental health, and civic engagement.
Following the panel and keynote, participants collaborated in an interactive “Idea Lab,” where they worked in teams across four thematic tracks—Technology for Good, Arts & Storytelling, Health, and Environment. Youth co-created project posters outlining community issues, target populations, and actionable next steps, resulting in four youth-led concept teams that demonstrated applied leadership, problem-solving, and cross-cultural collaboration.
We’d like to make a big thank you to the NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes and partners for their support. This project would not have been possible without your commitment to uplifting communities, preventing hate, and fostering cultural unity! 💪
NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes
Apex for Youth
H.AAPI
Project by Project New York
And we give great appreciation to our moderator, keynote speaker, & panelists for creating an uplifting space for our participants! 💛
Tina Wenting Xu
Dana He
Huiting 惠婷
