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Waltham Trailblazers Attend The 84 Youth Power Summit (PHOTOS)

This year the Youth Power Summit focused on training in civic engagement skills.

Young leaders of the Waltham Trailblazers and their adult advisor from the Waltham Partnership for Youth participated in the The 84 Movement’s Youth Power Summit on October 28, 2017 at the UMass Medical Center in Worcester. The annual Summit brings together youth from around Massachusetts to take part in training and team-building activities with other young people who care about preventing youth tobacco use. This year the Youth Power Summit focused on training in civic engagement skills. Photo #1: Adult Advisor Shanesha Christmas, Allissa Masse, and Zaine Casmir boogie down during the Summit’s dance party; Photo #2: Shanesha and Allissa enjoy a presentation in the Sherman Center Auditorium; Photo #3: The 84 Statewide Leadership Team member Havo Akobirshoeva (also of the Waltham Trailblazers) poses for the camera.

Photos by Gretchen Ertl.

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