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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Imani Muhammad
(E): info@portlandyouthsummit.org
Press Release
7th Annual Youth Summit Addresses The Need to Heal
the Mind, Body and Spirit of our Families
Portland, OR: Youth Organized and United to Help (Y.O.U.th) is focusing this year's Portland Youth
Summit on encouraging families to focus on building their mind, body and soul. The theme of this FREE
annual, daylong event, “Be Healthy or Die Trying,” acknowledges that racial disparities can lead to obesity,
substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, and other education health and social problems.
WHAT: 7th Annual Portland Youth Summit
WHEN: February 9, 2013
WHERE: Portland State University
Smith Memorial Union, 3rd Floor
1825 SW Broadway, Portland
TIME: Registration starts at 11 a.m.
Youth talent show begins at 6:30 p.m.
REGISTRATION: www.PortlandYouthSummit.org
The Portland Youth Summit offers workshops for parents/ adults and young people. One is a
movement workshop, called Soulfly Groovment, which will feature a workout CD produced by rapper and
activist stic.man from the political hip-hop duo Dead Prez. This workshop will teach the necessity for
meditation, holistic health, and natural body movements. Another workshop will address mental health
and the societal stereotypes and resources for families.
The additional workshops topics will vary from social justice, youth and leadership empowerment,
and metaphysics. On Saturday night, a Youth Talent Show, featuring rappers, dancers and singers, will be
hosted by Vursatyl, an MC from the Portland hip hop group Lifesavas.
Contact: Imani Muhammad, founder of Y.O.U.th and the Portland Youth Summitboss14 boss14
Web - www. portlandyouthsummit.org - E-mail – info@portlandyouthsummit.org
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All of our powerful and educated facilitators volunteer their time to the Summit. Informative
vendors, from non-profits to small businesses, are also core to the Summit. A pizza feast and networking
will be held at the end of the workshops.
The first youth summit was founded by award-winning community activist Imani Muhammad in
2007 in response to the inner Northeast Portland killing of 14-year-old DaVonte Lightfoot, a Benson High
School student and one of Muhammad’s former students at Victory Middle School in North Portland. Past
keynote speakers have included Professor Griff of Public Enemy, Jasiri X, and the late Rob Ingram.
The summit provides an atmosphere for youth and adults to experience a high level of reasoning
and “edutainment” while also exploring the five elements of Hip Hop, such as :
 Graffiti, the writing of language or the scribe that documents the history
 Emcee, the oral griot, conveyer of the message
 Djing, the heart beat, the drum of the art or movement; DJ comes from the Djembe drum
 B-Boy/Girl , the exercise and the human expression through dance or body movement to keep the
body in proper health.
 Knowledge, the reason why we are who we are and where did our roots comes from, what is the
beginning of Man and where are we today.
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Contact: Imani Muhammad, founder of Y.O.U.th and the Portland Youth Summitboss14 boss14
Web - www. portlandyouthsummit.org - E-mail – info@portlandyouthsummit.org