Date: Saturday, January 30
Location: Fisher Pavilion
Schedule
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8:30 am |
Check-in & Register for Workshops |
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9:00 am |
Keynote* |
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10:15 am |
Break |
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10:30 am |
Saturday Workshop Session I** |
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12 noon |
Lunch, Social Capital Exchange, Networking Time |
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1:45 pm |
Break |
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2:00 pm |
Saturday Workshop Session II** |
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4:00 pm |
Break |
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4:15 pm |
Youth Panel & Youth-lead Conversations |
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5:00 pm |
Close of Conference |
* Saturday Keynote
An inspiring address by Professor Charles Ogletree of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School.
** Saturday Workshops
Look over the Luminaries web page to familiarize yourself with this inspirational group of Luminaries and their workshops. When you arrive at the conference, you will have the chance to sign-up for workshops!
Saturday’s workshops are a mixture of experiential workshops that will raise your awareness of specific issues within the Oppportunity Gap, as well as interactive sessions that will build your transferable skills and tools for acting as a change-maker. All workshops are presented by Luminaries who are bold leaders in their fields and inspiring mentors in their own right. See the Luminaries page for full descriptions of each workshop.
On Satuday, you'll experience TWO workshops from among the following:
Cara Anderson-Ahrens, Lynda Lavore, Pang Chang, Terrah Goeden: Voice-It: Teaching Youth to Engage in Critical Thinking
Alex Bautista, Irene Ruotte, Suntonio Banadanaz, El Centro de la Raza: Hope for Youth: Civil Rights & Hip Hop Poetry
Alan Blickenstaff, Youth Venture: Call to Action: Best Practices for Social Entrepreneurs
Bill Block, Judy Lightfoot, Joe Ingram: Yes in My Backyard: Addressing Homelessness Through Personal Initiatives
Bobbe Bridge: Improving Opportunities for Youth in the Justice System
Hazel Cameron: Putting the Men in Mentoring
Amanda DuBois: Civil Survival
Wanda Hackett, The Mockingbird Society: Who We Are Informs What We Do: Aligning Personal Values and Purpose with Practice
Sumiko Huff & Sarah Smith, Rainier Scholars: Closing the Opportunity Gap through Empowerment (Education, Access, and Leadership)
Whitney Keyes: Make the News: Marketing Your Social Venture
Cheryl Kilodavis, Authentic-i: Creating a Life Path: Claiming Authenticity and Setting Goals with Children
Kent Koth, Carol Schneider, Jessica McPherson, Victoria Rucker, Seattle University: Higher Education's Response to the Opportunity Gap
Tina LaPadula & Lara Davis, Arts Corps
Emma Le Du: From Idea to Reality: Project Initiation & Project Management for Change-Makers
Andrea Levere & Bob Friedman, Corporation for Enterprise Development: Building Assets for Low Income Individuals and Communities: Scaling Innovation and Impact
Mariko Lockhart, Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative
Gil Pettit, Boeing: Youth Entrepreneurial Program
Andy Smallman, Puget Sound Community School: Radical Teaching
Rob Smith & Johanna Wald, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law School: Implicit Bias: Working with Trauma Sensitive Schools
Kaia Stern, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law School: Education in Prison: Closing the Opportunity Gap Behind Bars
Harla Tumbleson, Mercedes Cordova-Hakim & Kyla Lackie, SOAR helping kids reach for the sky: Promotoras: A Community-Based Approach to Education and Outreach
Joshua Welter and Fatima Morales, Washington CAN!: Heathcare for Everyone: Community Organizing to Destroy Disparities
Tami Wilson, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law School: Mapping the School to Prison Pipeline
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