Students selected for the 2011 KIDS SPEAK Forum (from left to right) are Baylee Dittman, Spearfish High School; Lesley Stone, Rapid City Central High School; Tarin Hupp, Huron High School; Jamie Withorne, Sioux Falls Washington High School; Jamie Fosheim, Pierre Riggs High School; and Madisyn Gohn, Huron High School.

The 2011 Panel of Distinguished Listeners for KIDS SPEAK 2011 included (left to right) Pam Teaney Thomas, counselor, Rapid City Central High School; Dr. Allen Nord, Rapid City physician, chair, Tobacco-Free Kids Network; Jill Callison, columnist, Sioux Falls Argus Leader; Sen. Todd Schlekeway, District 11, Sioux Falls; Theresa Two Bulls, former senator, District 27, Pine Ridge, and former chair Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Selected to present ideas at the 2009 KIDS SPEAK public policy forum were these South Dakota high school students (left to right): Sean Higgins, Brookings; Andrea Driscoll, Spearfish; Mitchell Witt, Custer; Natasha Grussing, Brandon Valley; Heidi Ranschau, Sioux Falls Lincoln; Katie Rall, Brandon Valley; Tiffany Schlotterbeck, Castlewood.

The topic, decided by South Dakota Voices for Children's Youth Advisory Council: Healthy Bodies¦Health Minds: How can communities create a positive environment for children and youth?

The 2009 KIDS SPEAK Distinguished Panel of Listeners included (left to right) Rep. Shantel Krebs, District 10, Sioux Falls; Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth, state Department of Health, Pierre; Joanne Groves, 2009 School Board Member of the Year, Associated School Boards of South Dakota; Huron School Board; Sen. Craig Tieszen, District 34, Rapid City; Tom Simmons, emcee, South Dakota Voices for Children Board of Directors; David Law, journalist, Greater Dakota Radio News Service, Watertown.