Marcus Alston is pretty comfortable with a megaphone in hand.

For him, student voice is second nature. As part of the public action team for Teens Take Charge, a group that empowers students to become civic leaders, he organizes rallies and protests as part of the group’s push for integrated schools across New York City’s five boroughs.

Forging an army of good, for good.

That’s One Stone’s vision and the driving force behind Hands Down, Voices Up – A Summit to Empower Student Voice at JUMP in Boise, Idaho from October 23-25. The interactive gathering for students and a supportive adults will focus on three ideas: how to inspire, practice and create good.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. But when it comes to student voice, practice creates change.

Hands Down, Voices Up – A Summit to Empower Student Voice will explore the idea of practicing good, and what that looks like, at JUMP in Downtown Boise from October 23-25. 

Adults don’t raise their hands in conversation. Why should students? 

That’s the idea behind Hands Down Voices Up, a summit to empower student voice at JUMP in Boise, Idaho on October 23–25.