Guiding Lights Network

Saturday: Closing The Opportunity Gap

Date: Saturday, January 30
Location: Fisher Pavilion

Schedule

8:30 am	Check-in & Register for Workshops
9:00 am	Keynote*
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	Saturday Workshop Session I**
12 noon	Lunch, Social Capital Exchange, Networking Time
1:45 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Saturday Workshop Session II**
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Youth Panel & Youth-lead Conversations
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