Question: The writer of "I Am Joaquin" convened the first-ever Chicano youth conference in what year?
Context: YC Newfoundland (sometimes referred to as Youth Conference) is a Christian Youth Conference in Newfoundland, Canada which has been hosted in Corner Brook, St. John's, and Gander in different years. Generation of Youth for Christ, formerly the General Youth Conference, is an annual conference and expression of Adventist theology which organizes and coordinates Bible studies, online sermons, regional youth conferences, mission trips, global networking opportunities for young people, week of prayers and youth camp meetings.  It began with a small group of Korean students studying their Bibles together all night.  It developed through middle-of-the-night text-messaging between two university students, one in Massachusetts, the other in California.  They decided to call people together for a small conference in the woods of California.  At that first conference, held in 2002, 200 people were invited; 400 attended.  Since then, the popularity of the conventions has grown.  The 2010 convention registered 5100 participants.  At the main worship service on Saturday morning, 7600 people attended, including many local church members who joined in. I Am Joaquin (also known as Yo soy Joaquin), by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, is a famous epic poem associated with the Chicano movement of the 1960s in the United States.  In "I am Joaquin", Joaquin (the narrative voice of the poem) speaks of the struggles that the Chicano people have faced in trying to achieve economic justice and equal rights in the U.S, as well as to find an identity of being part of a hybrid mestizo society.  He promises that his culture will survive if all Chicano people stand proud and demand acceptance. Mark Matlock (born 1969) is the Executive Director of Youth Specialties and the founder of WisdomWorks Ministries.  He is an ordained minister and youth pastor who lives in Dallas.  He coauthored the book "Dirty Faith" with Audio Adrenaline.  He also wrote "Freshman: The College Student's Guide to Developing Wisdom".  In this book, Matlock gives the following definition for wisdom: "the human capacity to understand life from God's perspective"; in the book "Lost in Transition: Becoming Spiritually Prepared for College", Tommy McGregor praised Matlock's definition for recognizing that "true wisdom comes from God."  Matlock spoke at the 2006 Creation Festival, the world's biggest Christian music festival.  He also spoke to an audience of 11,000 Christian youth at DCLA that year.  In 2011, he spoke at the Nazarene Youth Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.  Mark is the main speaker and founder of Planet Wisdom, which has featured Chris Coleman, Mercy Me, The Digital Age, Addison Road The Swift, The Skit Guys (Eddie James & Tommy Woodard), Fred Lynch, Sean McDowell and Heather Flies. Their Dogs Came With Them is a 2007 novel by Helena Maria Viramontes.  Viramontes was born in East Los Angeles, California, into a Mexican American family.  She attended Garfield High School and later Immaculate Heart College where she earned her BA in English Literature.  During her time in school, Viramontes became deeply influenced by the Chicano Movement.  "Their Dogs Came With Them" is Viramontes most recent work.  Seventeen years in production, "Their Dogs" is acclaimed for its complex characters and personal, gritty writing style.  The novel is largely based on Viramontes's childhood in East Los Angeles.  The book focuses on the freeway construction and difficult conditions for the Mexican Americans living in this area at the time.  It also explores the formation of Chicano youth gangs and their impact on Chicano communities. Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzáles (June 18, 1928 – April 12, 2005) was a Mexican American boxer, poet, and political activist.  He convened the first-ever Chicano youth conference in March 1969, which was attended by many future Chicano activists and artists.  The conference also promulgated the Plan Espiritual de Aztlán, a manifesto demanding self-determination for Chicanos.  As an early figure of the movement for the equal rights of Mexican Americans, he is often considered one of the founders of the Chicano Movement. An International Vietnamese Youth Conference is organized every two or three years by the Len Duong International Vietnamese Youth Network, drawing Vietnamese youths from around the world to gather and discuss topics relating to Vietnamese youths and to network with each other.  These conferences are attended by between 200 and 600 young people from more than 15 countries.  The Vietnamese spelling of the conference is "Đại Hội Thanh Niên Sinh Viên Việt Nam Thế Giới," (World Vietnamese Student Youth Conference) and is therefore also abbreviated and nicknamed "DH" (conf.) , followed by the conference number, such as "DH1" for the first conference, "DH2" for the second, and so on. Youth of the Nation is an annual Christian Youth Conference held in Wanganui, New Zealand.  Unlike many other Christian conferences, this event is not held by one specific church or denomination.  Youth of the Nation conferences and events are hosted by The Youth Of The Nation Trust in collaboration with other churches from around New Zealand.  For the first 8 years the conferences were hosted by the Wanganui Christian Youth Workers collective, a group of Christian youth pastors & workers from different denominations & churches across the city of Wanganui.  This collective included representatives from Anglican, Apostolic, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Open Brethren, Catholic, Incedo, Presbyterian, Christian Outreach Centre—now known as International Network of Churches—, Elim, Salvation Army, & non-denominational.  Since 2012, the YOTN Trust has partnered with churches, not only in Wanganui, but from across New Zealand to host events in different cities. The Chicano Art Movement represents attempts by Mexican-American artists to establish a unique artistic identity in the United States.  Much of the art and the artists creating Chicano Art were heavily influenced by Chicano Movement (El Movimiento) which began in the 1960s.  Chicano art was influenced by post-Mexican Revolution ideologies, pre-Columbian art, European painting techniques and Mexican-American social, political and cultural issues.  The movement worked to resist and challenge dominant social norms and stereotypes for cultural autonomy and self-determination.  Some issues the movement focused on were awareness of collective history and culture, restoration of land grants, and equal opportunity for social mobility.  Throughout the movement and beyond, Chicanos have used art to express their cultural values, as protest or for aesthetic value.  The art has evolved over time to not only illustrate current struggles and social issues, but also to continue to inform Chicano youth and unify around their culture and histories.  Chicano art is not just Mexican-American artwork: it is a public forum that emphasizes otherwise "invisible" histories and people is a unique form of American art. The Plan Espiritual de Aztlán (English: "Spiritual Plan of Aztlán") was a pro-indigenist manifesto advocating Chicano nationalism and self-determination for Mexican Americans.  It was adopted by the First National Chicano Liberation Youth Conference, a March 1969 convention hosted by Rodolfo Gonzales's Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado.
Answer: 1969