I had the opportunity to attend the Young People For (YP4) National Summit in Washington D.C. as a 2008 Young People For Felllow. It was a great opportunity to meet other fellows from across the nation and a wonderful learning experience through the workshops and the speakers presented. A workshop that I found particularly interesting was the one on "elevator pitches". The term "Elevator Pitches" points out the reality that generally we have a very short time to make our point across, so we have to deliver our message as quickly as if we were to have a moment to talk to someone in an elevator. I also liked the session called "Fishbowl Reflections" which gave the YP4 fellows the opportunity to share their thoughts among each other about the sessions they had already attended. I learned a lot from Van Jones presentation about how to create jobs through the environment and how to present the environmental causes to marginalized communities in such way that the community can visualize the positive impact environmental causes may have on their community. The energy of the people at the conference was tremendous. From Elody Gyekis mural project to Haya-Abdel Latif's work with international students, if you had a particular area of interest you could find someone at the conference that could share his/her experience with you. I encourage people look at the website and learn more about this excellent event. http://www.youngpeoplefor.org