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Registration Starts January 20th
Go to ILEAD Youth Summit 2026 event information to register!
For ILEAD IMPACT Awards Nominations, scroll down for the link.
Held annually in the capital city, ILEAD is a 1-day high school leadership summit connecting teens, inspiring change, and eating donuts.
In its 16th year, ILEAD is managed by City of Salem - Opioid Prevention as a Safe Community Program. The summit is coordinated in partnership with both a stakeholder Planning Committee including Marion County Health and Human Services, and a Youth Committee.
This free event brings together over 100 teens to develop as positive and healthy community members and leaders through workshops and pro-social activities.
Workshops and Activities
No matter the summit theme, workshop topics focus every year on:
- Leadership Development
- Personal Growth
- Teen Health and Well-Being; and,
- Life Readiness (college & career, workforce readiness, and adulting)
Summit Goals
Held in early Spring, the ILEAD Summit strives for teens to:
- be exposed to different techniques and practices to further develop and identify leadership styles
- gain an increased passion for educational success and civil responsibility
- build upon their personal protective factors (i.e. skills, strengths, resources, supports, and coping strategies) to increase resiliency and reduce the likelihood of risky behavior
- leave empowered & equipped to become school/community leaders, positive influencers and possibly increase attachment to school
ILEAD Impact Awards
Open to: Marion, Polk, and Linn Counties Only
The ILead Impact Awards celebrate the inspiring work being done in our community around…
- youth leadership & civic engagement through volunteerism
- investing in the next generation of leaders
- peer to peer advocacy of issues that matter to youth
- and, teen-relevant health promotion and prevention efforts.
Individuals receive recognition within the following three categories:
- Youth Impact,
- Youth Leadership Program Impact, and
- Adult Impact Award
(2025 awardees pictured below.)
To Nominate:
The nomination online form provides more award category details, selection and announcement process information, and submission deadlines.
2025 ILEAD Impact Award Recipients pictured above from left to right:
Top row (Left to Right) Salem non-profit Punx With Purpose's Hailey Hulsey (C-Emo) and Shyanne Tovar (Manager) and Woodburn High School student Melissa Dezofi.