Teens Take Over UC Davis for César Chávez Youth Leadership Conference 2025

The University Credit Union Center pulsed with energy on May 10 as about 1,400 students from over 450 schools filled the arena for the 2025 César Chávez Youth Leadership Conference at UC Davis. Students filled rows of folding chairs, many seated alongside parents or teachers, listening attentively to welcome remarks by Chancellor Gary S. May and a keynote address by Raquel E. Aldana, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis.