We are counting down the weeks until we convene our national network at the Opportunity Youth Forum (OYF) Spring Convening 2025 in California. We are thrilled to reconvene the OYF network in LA for the first time in 10 years! We are honored to return to LA to uplift this full circle moment in our movement, in partnership with the Los Angeles Opportunity Youth Collaborative (LA OYC), our local OYF Collaborative hosts, as they mark a major milestone: their 10-year anniversary.
During our time together, we look forward to engaging in national conversations that inspire intergenerational approaches to achieving equity, justice, and impact, in ways that improve systems that serve opportunity youth and foster belonging, meaning-making, wellbeing, and purpose (BMWP).
Bringing together the collective expertise of a diverse range of national, state, local, youth, and social sector leaders, organizers, and artists, we will set stage to spark ideas and dialogue that builds community and solidarity. Through collective action, we aim to drive transformative change that accelerates the power of community organizing, civic engagement, and the values of our democracy. By immersing in truth-telling and leveraging the knowledge of our network, we will propel intergenerational partnerships and foster progress — to achieve meaningful outcomes that inform policies and build towards an equitable future where all people can flourish and thrive.
Stay tuned for more on Featured Plenaries and Speakers!
Unable to join us in-person this year? We extend a virtual invitation to subscribe to our Youtube Channel to view all our featured plenaries online later this Summer. Follow us on our social media channels @AspenFCS for LIVE updates during the convening.
About Us
The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions (AFCS)
The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions plays an integral role throughout the opportunity youth movement, with a primary focus on supporting the Opportunity Youth Forum. The Opportunity Youth Forum was launched in 2012 to leverage the new visibility and momentum of the opportunity youth movement coming out of the White House Council on Community Solutions, which called for innovative, place-based, collaborative solutions to reconnect the 6 million opportunity youth in the United States at that time.
The Opportunity Youth Forum (OYF)
The Opportunity Youth Forum (OYF) is a network comprised of over forty local collaborations in urban, rural, and tribal communities across the United States that seeks to build and scale reconnection pathways that achieve better outcomes in education, employment and overall well-being for opportunity youth. Opportunity youth are young adults, 16-24 years of age, who are engaged in neither work nor education. Learn more about our opportunity youth work.
