New York Youth Summit

The New York Youth Summit is a year-round educational program for high school students.  It is a partnership between high schools, Northwell Health, Berkeley College, and a number of other public and private organizations.  The first Youth Summit occurred on Long Island and took place in Oakdale, NY in 2009.  Today close to 500 students submit projects for the program and about 250 students are selected to participate in the Summit’s annual conference.  In 2017, the program was renamed the New York Youth Summit to reflect the participation of high school students from New York City, Long Island and Westchester.  The New York City campus of Berkeley College will host for the 2018 Youth Summit.

The program is designed to give high school students the opportunity to do research and arts projects that deal with important issues that impact communities in the New York City Metropolitan area and in the United States.  Students who have submitted the best projects go on to participate in the Summit’s annual conference where they work with top experts to develop solutions to a host of socio-medical, environmental and social issues.

The purpose of the Summit is to engage young people as early as possible in thinking about and solving the problems related to local and regional social, economic and environmental issues.  The Summit aims at developing research, creative, and social skills of high school students by allowing them to work collaboratively with leaders in business, government, and non-profit sectors.  The Summit also aims to bring together talented students of diverse backgrounds from different schools giving these students an opportunity to interact and propose solutions together.