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Support YOung Activists at the Y.E.S. Pasta Dinner May 16th
Keynote speaker Sergio Argueta is the Executive Director and Founder of S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth, whose mission is to reduce gang violence and promote a variety of opportunities and other competencies that give youth in our community a way out; alternatives to a violent life on the streets. Mr. Arguerta's talk will parallel the teens' focus topic of the year of racism on LI.
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On Saturday, May 16th at 6:30pm, the LI Youth of Ethical Societies (Y.E.S.) will host its 15th annual Pasta Dinner! The pasta dinner is a chill night with tons of entertainment, speakers, and of course, pasta. Performances will include bands Spazz Logic and The Ravets, a magic act, dancing, singing, jamming, and more. 
The dinner will take place at the Ethical Humanist Society of LI at 38 Old Country Road in Garden City. $10 adults and $8 students; proceeds will be split between S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth and Y.E.S. (who will use the funds to help attend next year's National Y.E.S. Conference in Washington, D.C.). Y.E.S. is a group of teenagers who are determined to make the world a better place.
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