SpeakUp! provides the tools and creates the opportunity for meaningful dialogue and understanding which then become a catalyst for change. Your Youth Leadership Committee will select 4-5 topics that focus on the unique issues facing your community. Some topics chosen in the past are:

AIDS & STD Alateen Apathy: I don’t care, do you? Body Image Bullying / Cyber-Bullying Coping with War & Threats of Terrorism Dealing with Mental Health Issues Depression Destructive Behaviors Domestic Abuse & Child Abuse Drugs & Alcohol Drugs / Alcohol and Parent / Staff Denial Eating Disorders Effects of Alcohol / Drugs in the family Growing Up Too Fast Hatism Healthy Living Impact of the Internet Inter-Racial Realtionships Kids not interested in Academics / School Leadership Male Pressure

Male/Female Pressure Man Up / Girl Empowerment Media & Portrayal of Youth-Body Image Parental Expectations Parent-Teen Trust Peer Pressure & Conformity Power of Spirituality Premarital Sex/Pregnancy/Abortion Raising of our Consciousness Relationships Respect Respecting Differences Self-Mutilation Sex & Pressure Snitching Stress Teen Pregnancy Teen Suicide Teenage Immortality Verbal Abuse Violence