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title: Youth Climate Action in SMC
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# Youth Climate Action in SMC: Amplifying and Supporting the

# Next Generation of Sustainability Leadership

# Thursday, May 20, 3:30 - 5:00 pm

  

Youth. Climate. Action. Who better to illuminate San Mateo County’s carbon-free pathway than our inspirational youth leaders?

Hear from environmental trailblazers harnessing student power and accelerating change. From plastic reduction to sustainable farming, and from renewable energy to electrified transit, learn how their projects and programs are beacons for local and global transformation.

  

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**Meet the Speakers:**

![kendall post](https://info.thrivealliance.org/hs-fs/hubfs/kendall%20post.jpg?width=200&height=200&name=kendall%20post.jpg "kendall post")

![vanessa teo](https://info.thrivealliance.org/hs-fs/hubfs/vanessa%20teo.png?width=159&height=200&name=vanessa%20teo.png "vanessa teo")

Acterra - Kendall Post, You(th) Be the Change Program

Bay Area Youth Climate Action Team - Vanessa Teo, President

![Katherine\_Headshot](https://info.thrivealliance.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Katherine_Headshot.jpg?width=250&height=184&name=Katherine_Headshot.jpg "Katherine_Headshot")

![landon smith](https://info.thrivealliance.org/hs-fs/hubfs/landon%20smith.jpg?width=200&height=200&name=landon%20smith.jpg "landon smith")

SMC Community College District - Katherine Chen, Energize Colleges Program

SMC Community College District - Landon Smith, Energize Colleges Program

![sonia s](https://info.thrivealliance.org/hs-fs/hubfs/sonia%20s.jpg?width=200&height=200&name=sonia%20s.jpg "sonia s")

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SMC Office of Education - Sonia Schendel, Environmental Youth Leadership Network Program

Citizens' Climate Lobby Aragon High School - Josh Wing, Student Leader

![kelly chan](https://info.thrivealliance.org/hs-fs/hubfs/kelly%20chan.jpg?width=200&height=200&name=kelly%20chan.jpg "kelly chan")

Citizens' Climate Lobby Aragon High School -Kelly Chan, Student Leader

![zoe v](https://info.thrivealliance.org/hs-fs/hubfs/zoe%20v.jpg?width=200&height=200&name=zoe%20v.jpg "zoe v")

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Citizens' Climate Lobby Aragon High School -Roisin McElarney, Student Leader

![alton lee](https://info.thrivealliance.org/hs-fs/hubfs/alton%20lee.jpg?width=200&height=200&name=alton%20lee.jpg "alton lee")

SMC Office of Sustainability - Zoe Van Duivenbode, Youth Climate Ambassadors Program

Woodside High School - Alton Lee, Green Academy Program

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