Connects youth with community leaders and government officials, provides opportunities to share voice, build employment and social skills and inspires a sense of self-worth and confidence. Skills benefit youth long after program completion, and will help drive youth to realize continued personal success. Engages participants in activities in which they might not otherwise be exposed to, and provides a voice to youth skateboarders which is not often sought after or heard in the community. Provides an opportunity for youth to learn and grow through skateboarding.