Each summer, YLC hosts a series of presentations on a variety of topical areas. We welcome attendees from California QLSPs and Support Centers, including staff, interns, and volunteers. Please join us!

This session looks at different tools available to advocates to bring about systems change. Using real world examples, we will investigate the pros, cons, and consequences of using different tools for specific situations. We will discuss using public sector financing to empower youth and families, narrative to bring equity to kin and families, preventive litigation to stop harm, constructive litigation to rebuild systems, and more in the areas of youth homelessness, foster care, and juvenile justice reform. Special attention will be given to collaborating and partnering with young people on systems reform work regardless of the chosen tools.