Santa Clara University

The Bay Area Leadership & Social Justice Conference seeks to network and empower college students from across the Bay Area to learn skills and understand issues to create positive social change on their campuses and in their communities. In 2009, over 125 students, staff, faculty and community partners participated in the 1st annual leadership & social justice conference at Saint Mary’s College of California. In 2010, over 430 participants gathered for the 2nd annual conference at U.C. Berkeley. In 2011, nearly 500 students participate in the 3rd annual conference at U.C. Berkeley. The workshops for the 2011 conference focused on the following areas: Education, Environment/ Sustainability, Poverty/ Homelessness, and Leadership Skills for Social Justice.

Watch Brahm Ahmadi’s keynote address

Brahm Ahmadi is an advocate and social entrepreneur working to build healthier and more equitable inner city communities through solutions shaped by the history, knowledge and cultures of those diverse communities. With a background in the environmental justice movement, Brahm has, for the last ten years, focused his work on creating meaningful change and innovation to critical facets of the food system that directly impact low-income urban communities.