Well, the Cincinnati Youth Summit went off without a hitch! It was a huge success with over 80 attendees (excluding panel members and staff)! It was a long day, arriving at UC aroun 8am and then leaving at 10pm. I am very happy that I was able to play a small roll in this great event. I really look up to those who led the project and dedicated so much of their time to the summit.

The GSA panel which I was part of went well. There were many people from U of D in the audience. It seems like NKU is a little bit ahead of the other alliances because we have been around for about 6 years. Some of the other alliances are starting up some very interesting projects. I really need to get on the ball to setup a meeting of all of the college GSAs in the area. I believe that will help each school reach out and be more effective because we can learn lessions from each other.

The religion panel went even better then I expected. Most of the panel was comfortable working together, so they played off of one another. The audience asked some very interesting and direct questions which the panel responded brilliantly to. Chris seemed a little disinterested though... I need to send out thank you cards to each of the panel members for taking the time out of their schedules to come to the summit.

The dance was interesting... I think that 4 hours was a bit too much. It was odd to have both high school and college students there. I really don't fit in with the high school crowd (actually, I did not even fit in with them when I WAS in high school), but the older college crowd doesn't seem to accept me either. That kind of left me off to the side for the most part. For a while I was being stalked by a 16 year old, but he decided to find someone else to hound. I mean, come on... I am 22 and he is 16. That is not like legal at all! :)

Overall, I very excited that I was able to be a part of the summit. I think that those who skipped out from NKU really missed out. Now I am off to bed so I can catch up on some of my lost sleep! Hopefully I will have some time to go over the video footage from the summit tomorrow. I am a little concerned about the sound/quality, but it will have to wait until I get some sleep.