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Student Leadership
Conferences

The SLC brings student leaders together to learn, connect, and lead.
The conference gives young people space to share ideas and shape the future of food justice.

Students come together from every TFFJ farm. They meet. They think. They act. The momentum grows, and the ideas sprout nonstop.

This is youth power in motion.

What Students Do

Students move through workshops, discussions, and hands-on activities led by TFFJ staff, partners, and youth leaders. They explore hydroponics, nutrition, advocacy, and community action. They present their own ideas, learn from peers across other schools, and take part in activities that connect science, culture, and leadership.

Theme Setting

Each year centers a theme that helps students think about their role in the food system. The theme guides the workshops, activities, and student projects.

Exploring and Doing

Students join workshops, discussions, and hands-on activities led by TFFJ staff, partners, and youth leaders. They dig into hydroponics, nutrition, advocacy, and community action.

Learning and Skill Building

Students strengthen skills across TFFJ’s five pillars of learning. They practice leadership, public speaking, food justice thinking, CEA science, community partnership work, and nutrition.

Collective Impact

Students return to their school farms with new skills, new confidence, and new tools to grow change in their communities. The conference builds stronger connections across the TFFJ network each year.

Highlights from past Student Leadership Conferences

Blog Posts

From Seeds to Solutions: Celebrating Our 2025 Student Leadership Conference

On May 30, 2025, more than 100 students from 14 schools across New York City gathered at Teach for America for Teens for Food Justice’s annual Student Leadership Conference (SLC). This year’s theme—From Seeds to Solutions—celebrated the full journey of student impact, from growing food in school-based hydroponic farms to advocating for a more just and nourishing future.

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Student Leadership
Conferences