3rd Annual Youth Summit
Ey! Don’t Put Us on Mute! Locked in on Wellness!
April 4th, 2026 – 10am-2pm
Oxnard Performing Arts Center
800 Hobson Way, Oxnard, CA 93030
- FREE EVENT
- Raffle Prizes!
- Live Performances: DJ & Mariachi Ocho Estrellas
- Outdoor & Indoor Activities
- Key Note Speaker
- FREE FOOD
- Wellness, Career & Education Information
- Youth Engagement Stations
- Arts Activities
- Sound Bath & Compassion Room
Event Schedule
Ventura Room - Mainstage
10:00AM
DJ & Brief Announcements
Miss Alynette
10:30AM
Formal Welcome
Emcees
11:00AM
Land Acknowledgement
Alotl Aparicio
11:30AM
Performance Mariachis
Ocho Estrellas
12:00PM
Keynote speaker
Coach Al
12:30PM
Raffle Prizes
Emcees
01:00PM
Bike Safety Presentation
Special Guest
01:30PM
Closing Words & Raffle Prizes
Emcees
02:00PM
END
Ventura & TO Courtyards
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Resource Tables
Camarillo Room
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Resource Tables
Fillmore Room
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Sound Bath
Hueneme/TO Room
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Arts Activities: OPAC, Stephanie
12:00PM - 2:00PM
Arts Activities: Face Painting OPAC, Stephanie
About
This Free Event
The third 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 13-24, 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
The event will be held Saturday April 4th, 10am-2pm at Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard, CA 93030.
The intended audience is young people ages 13-24.
We are asking organizations to complete the registration form to gauge anticipated attendance and prize numbers for this year’s Youth Equity Summit.
We are asking organizations to complete the registration form to gauge anticipated attendance and prize numbers for this year’s Youth Equity Summit.
For questions about the summit, please reach out to:
- Kate English, Youth Equity Manager
- 805-662-6958
- Kate.english@venturacounty.gov
Media Toolkit
Click on links to flyers and social media graphics. Please add hashtags #lockedinonwellness #dontputusonmute
Location and Directions
- Volume Up Expo Event Flyer Spanish - PDF
- Volume Up Expo Event Flyer Spanish - JPG
- Youth Equity Volume Up English - Story/Reels
- Youth Equity Volume Up Spanish - Square Post
- Youth Equity Volume Up Spanish - Square Pos
community partners
- Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families
- Global Empathy Training Academy
- One Step A La Vez
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme
- Oxnard College EOPS
- TEQUIO YOUTH from MICOP (Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing project)
- United Parents
- Buen Vecino
- Reel Guppy Outdoors
- Autism Society Ventura County
- Promotoras y Promotores Foundation
- Interface Children & Family Services
- Ventura Cycling
- Pacific Clinics
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County
- Icon Boardshop
- Xielo Artisan Desserts
- Otani’s Fish Market
- CASA of Ventura County
- Ventura County Public Health HIV/AIDS Program
- OceanAir Federal Credit Union
- Westminster Free Clinic
- Nate’s Place
- Mando Youth Development Group
- Semillas Counseling & Wellness
- Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
- Ventura College
- Interface Children & Family Services Street Outreach Program
- Torres Excellent Care LLC
- Elemental Hardware
- GOLD COAST
- JJDPC
- Oxnard City Corps
- Equus-Fields of opportunity
- Dee Dinnie
- Future Leaders of America
- Partnership for Safe Families
Event Hosts
- Contact Information
Kate English
Youth Equity Manager
805-662-6958
Kate.english@venturacounty.gov