Rooted in Unity: Celebrating Culture, Empowering Voice, and Carving Our Future
Join us for an experience where we embrace language, culture, and history as a source of power and responsibility.
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Mission
To support linguistically and culturally
diverse youth to:
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embrace language, culture, and history as a source of power and responsibility;
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embrace their power and responsibility as an invitation to lead; and to
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embrace their invitation to lead as an incentive to build partnerships amongst each other in order to prepare for a future of advocacy and the betterment of our diverse communities.
Will Feature
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Community Leadership
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Planning Workshops
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Breakout Sessions
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Guest Speakers
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Networking Tertulias
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Cost: $95 per student
Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM
SLI 2025 will bring together linguistically and culturally diverse students to focus on issues of identity, leadership, and the development of an asset-based perspective related to their diverse backgrounds.
SLI truly is an investment in our collective future that has the potential to be a benchmark moment in the minds of each of the participating students. As a networking opportunity for our future leaders, it ensures that our young people form strong and meaningful peer relationships at a young age, recognize assets, and develop a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for one another.
STUDENTS: SLI is open to 8th - 12th grade students. Participating students must be accompanied by a school sponsor. Student Sponsors attend SLI at no additional cost.
Download the 2025 SLI Informational Flyer now.
Questions? Contact Yanira Gurrola at sli@dlenm.org.