Silicon Valley Urban Debate League — San Jose, CA Will integrate Safer Internet Day topics into its annual speech and debate tournament, including public speaking, impromptu speech, and World Schools Debate divisions, encouraging students to research, analyze and...
Andrea first joined yli as a youth participant in Community Action Model, advocating for minimum price laws and price promotion in San Francisco. She later became the program intern where she continued to uplift Bay Area youth with her commentary and passions for...
After 25 years of public service, including the past 11 years as Chief Counsel to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary, Alison recently retired from state service. Alison began her legal career practicing criminal law, including five years as a deputy public defender....
Allison Mishkin leads youth policy at OpenAI. Allison Mishkin has devoted her career to ensuring young people have safe and delightful experiences with technology. Allison received her PhD from the University of Oxford in Technology and Child Development and has...
Ava Smithing is the Advocacy Director at the Young People’s Alliance, where she builds nonpartisan policy solutions for safer technology development and empowers youth to reimagine what social media could be beyond the attention economy. She also hosts and...
Wesly Hernandez serves as U.S. Policy Lead for the West Region at Snap Inc., where he works with policymakers across the country to explain Snap’s platform, core values, and robust approach to user safety. He partners closely with state and local officials to shape...
