{"id":14450,"date":"2020-07-28T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akpsi.org\/?p=14450"},"modified":"2021-03-23T18:52:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:52:56","slug":"youth-equity-and-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akpsi.org\/youth-equity-and-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth, Equity, and Leadership with Sam Battan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: black;\">\n<p>Sam Battan, Colorado &#8217;07, joins the Business Edge podcast to chat about the importance of youth leadership and how teens are changing the Denver landscape through his organization, Colorado Youth Congress. To get involved, visit: coyouthcongress.org.<\/p>\n<p><em>As the founder and CEO of the Colorado Youth Congress, Sam Battan brings together diverse communities of young people to lead the fight to solve our most complex problems. Prior to starting CYC, Sam worked in New Orleans for five years teaching in an alternative high school designed for students who were overage and under-credited. Sam was recognized as the district\u2019s Teacher of the Year and has worked passionately to expand leadership opportunities for youth. In addition to being an educator, Sam is a proud community organizer, recently co-founding Equity Network United for Metro Denver, an advocacy organization, and previously serving as the education chair for the Welcome Table New Orleans, the nation\u2019s first city-sanctioned initiative on racial reconciliation. His advocacy work has been featured on NBC, NOLA.com, the Denver Post, and The Advocate.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/4efb0cb6-2330-4e5a-aa50-21b0c658abfb?dark=true&amp;color=4C5949\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>External Links:<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; background: #FFFFFE; margin: 3.0pt 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; color: #0f0f0f;\"><a title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sambattan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sambattan\">Connect with Sam Battan<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 18.0pt; background: #FFFFFE; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 3.0pt 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; color: #0f0f0f;\"><a title=\"https:\/\/coyouthcongress.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/coyouthcongress.org\/\">Colorado Youth Congress<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Battan, Colorado &#8217;07, joins the Business Edge podcast to chat about the importance of youth leadership and how teens are changing the Denver landscape through his organization, Colorado Youth Congress. 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