Civic engagement summit
Michael Cheng, 18, a senior at Irvington High School in Fremont, recently organized the 2007 Summit on Student Civic Engagement, held in Hayward.
The focus of the summit was on learning how to work with legislators to get laws passed that are important to young people. Cheng said it’s important to show young people the ways in which laws affect them.
Civic engagement and advocacy are important forms of service to the community, especially if we want to create long-lasting change in the world.