We are gearing up for the 12th Annual SAYS Summit College Day on Friday, May 19, 2023. The annual SAYS Summit College Day is a program designed to promote college awareness, college-going culture, and life preparation for all youths, especially those who will be first-generation college students. SAYS Summit College Day brings together hundreds of young people, teachers, college students, and UC Davis staff from different regions, schools, and economic and ethnic backgrounds to learn together and celebrate each other. At the Summit, students receive a preview into the college experience, critical social justice workshops, empowerment tools, and mentorship from community leaders like yourself. Not to mention all the swag, food, and more! This unique experience emboldens students’ horizons as they learn strategies to reach higher. 

This year, we will be welcoming approximately 250 middle and high school students and we would be honored if you decided to serve as a crew-leader.

Crew leaders will serve as guides and mentors chaperoning a crew of 20-25 students. Your time commitment would be 7:30am – 5:30pm on Friday, May 19, 2023 as well as a mandatory training session beforehand.

This year’s theme is "School is my Hustle.” Based on the theme, workshops should be rooted in helping youth learn and understand the ins and outs of leadership, and provide tools, methods, and techniques that provide young people opportunities to thrive into adulthood. We're asking that all workshops are focused on one of these themes: college readiness, home/money management, identity, life skills, health and wellness, self-care, civic engagement, creative arts, and/or artistic development.  

Why do we have a SAYS SUMMIT?

The annual SAYS Summit is a finale to our year- round programming in the schools. Hundreds of young people from different regions, schools, and economic and ethnic backgrounds come together, learn together, and celebrate each other. At the Summit, students receive college experience, mentoring, literacy workshops, empowerment tools, a t-shirt, program, and so much more. Significantly, the Summit is directed towards students that do not typically see college in their future. SAYS is one of the few programs (especially at the university level) dedicated to those students that are rough, tough, and misled. Yet research demonstrates that it is these very same students that can help transform the culture of a school, the neighborhood, and beyond. 

If you believe you have something to give to our youth, please fill out the workshop proposal by Friday, April 17, 2023.