YOUNGSTERS TO MIX FUN, HEAVY ISSUES AT SUMMIT.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer Freebies, jamming music and good advice await area youngsters Saturday, when CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge hosts Youth Taking Action, the third annual San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. youth summit. Special guests include Dian Diaz, host of ``Beating the Odds'' on KNBC KNBC Kings Norton Bowling Club (Channel 4); U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles; and a few ``surprise celebrities.'' As many as 600 young people are expected to turn out for the event from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an . Workshop topics include alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; youth violence; healthy relationships; AIDS/HIV and sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely ; and racism and sexism. For a workshop on entrepreneurship, representatives from four record labels will tell youngsters how to create their own jobs in the music industry. A lunchtime party will be hosted by Power 106 FM. A dance will be hosted by Groove 103.1 FM. Giveaways will be provided by Rap Pages Magazine, Green Sido Records, Starbound Records, Thump Records, Musik Factory, True Roots, Agua Boogie Records, Behind the Groove Records, Latin Style Magazine and Party Time Magazine. Summit sponsors include the San Fernando Valley Partnership Inc., San Fernando Valley Youth Organization, Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women, LA Link, CSUN Chicano Studies Department and Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. board member David Tokofsky. |
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