The inaugural Youth Diversity Inclusion Summit happened at the downtown headquarters of Wellmark Blue Cross, one of the event co-sponsors along with Des Moines Public Schools.

Ames, Ankeny Centennial, Johnson, Marshalltown, Southeast Polk, Urbandale, and West Des Moines Valley joined the five DMPS comprehensive high schools – East, Hoover, Lincoln, North and Roosevelt – as participants in the event.

Some 150 student leaders from the 12 area schools were welcomed to the Wellmark campus for a day of discussion, training and planning aimed at raising consciousness and fostering understanding.