Y Fest 2005

Photos: Shari Young Kuchenbecker

The Y Fest is an annual celebration of the important role young people play in the global community.

The inaugural Y Fest took place on May 14, 2005, and brought over 1,500 people together in San Francisco Civic Center Plaza for a day of presentations and performances about global change. The festival featured live music performed by youth, as well as presentations from over a dozen globally-focused organizations. Exhibitors, vendors, and performers are listed below. Stay tuned for information on Y Fest 2006! We would like to extend a special thank-you to the 150 volunteers who made this day a huge success!

Exhibiting Organizations

• International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE)
• Music for America
• Free the Children
• Equal Access
• Global Fund for Women
• Hesperian Foundation
• Relief International
• To Love Children
• Global Exchange
• Paintbrush Diplomacy
• Amnesty International
• Earth Team
• San Francisco Youth Commission

Performers

• The Gnomes (please contact YPW for more information)
• Backlight
• Youth Movement Records
• New Telepathic Friends
• LVEO
• Youth Speaks Slam Poets

Vendors

• Juicey Lucy's
• HOMEY (Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth) - contact taymade-at-gmail.com

Thanks To Our In-Kind Supporters

• Clif Bar
• GAP
• Scharffen Berger Chocolate
• Shari Young Kuchenbecker (photography)