Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

Sun Youth Forum

Giving the valley’s youth a voice since 1956

58th annual Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum

By Steve Marcus · Nov. 13, 2014

The 58th annual Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum at the Las Vegas Convention Center Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.

Hundreds of students, dozens of thorny issues, one enduring quality: Mutual respect

By Paul Takahashi · Nov. 15, 2013

Nearly 1,000 Las Vegas high school students gathered this week at the 57th annual Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum to discuss hot-button issues such as abortion and gay marriage. It was not the chaos you might have expected. Instead of displaying vitriol and rancor, these students debated one another with courtesy and respect. More »

Potentially hazardous nuclear gauge missing in Las Vegas; reward offered

By Paul Takahashi · Nov. 15, 2013

Nearly 1,000 Las Vegas high school students gathered this week at the 57th annual Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum to discuss hot-button issues such as abortion and gay marriage. It was not the chaos you might have expected. Instead of displaying vitriol and rancor, these students debated one another with courtesy and respect. More »

2013 SYF Leadership

By Steve Marcus · Nov. 13, 2013

About the Youth Forum

In 1955, Las Vegas Sun founder Hank Greenspun approached his newspaper’s staff with a concept to gather students and have them debate topics that interested them. More than 50 years later, Greenspun’s mission is still going strong. Many former participants have gone on to be community leaders, including Sen. Harry Reid and Former Rep. Shelley Berkley. Read more »

Scholarship Recipients

Each year several lucky seniors are randomly chosen to receive a $1,000 scholarship. See this year's recipients »

Student Bios

Read extended bios for 10 students. See the bios »

History

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

:q