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The AI and Youth Initiative: Policy, Advocacy, Education & Everything in Between!
Tuesday May 13, 2025 TBA
The Encode Oregon chapter is a completely youth-led organization that seeks to uplift the student voice in artificial intelligence policy, education, and advocacy. As students, we are often a minority in spaces that directly relate to and affect out futures, especially when we consider the ways that AI is rapidly developing and making its way into our classrooms. Our session will be a chance for educators, policy-makers, students, and community members to understand how students can get involved in advocating for equitable and responsible technology use inside and outside of the classroom. We lead community AI workshops at local community centers, libraries, online community forums, and in our classrooms, centered around this idea of "by youth, for youth" and also actively work toward empowering youth by ensuring their know their rights around technology that's quickly making its way into their classrooms and social circles, such as surveillance technologies or even AI-powered deepfakes. We aim to not only spread awareness about the work we are doing through this session, but to truly create a space where we can learn from each other as to how we can work toward increased student involvement in this space, and why it is so vital! 
Speakers
avatar for Sahana Srinivasan

Sahana Srinivasan

Chapter Co-Lead, Encode Oregon
Sahana is currently a Junior at Jesuit high school. During her time at Encode she has helped pass SB 619 (OCPA) and led multiple community workshops around Oregon. In her free time, Sahana loves to spend time with her dog Sugar.
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Julianne Huang

Director of Research and Education, Encode Oregon
Julianne is a Junior at Valley Catholic High School. During her time at Encode, she has co-authored an AI in Education Implementation Framework, written a case brief on sexually explicit deepfakes, and been featured by the AI for Education movement. A fun fact about Julianne is that... Read More →
avatar for Alena Peethala

Alena Peethala

Chapter Co-Lead, Encode Oregon
Alena is currently a senior at the International School of Beaverton. During her time at Encode, she has co-authored an AI in Education Implementation Framework, spoken and paneled at community events and educational workshops around the state, and been featured in The Oregonian... Read More →
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Nicole Reksopuro

Director Advocacy/Outreach, Encode Oregon
Nicole is a sophomore at Adrienne C. Nelson High School. During her time at Encode, she has testified at school board meetings, lobbied for AI policy, and spoken at various educational workshops and conferences around Oregon. In her free time, Nicole loves to play the cello and b... Read More →
Tuesday May 13, 2025 TBA
  Ethics/Equity/Access

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