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Monday
, October 26
Ballroom, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
7:45am •
Registration & Breakfast
8:45am •
Opening Plenary with Keynote Speakers Sangita Kumar and the Belonging Resident Company
11:45am •
Lunch & Exhibitor Showcase
Chambers Bay 1, Marriott (3rd Floor)
10:15am •
Reimagining Resilience: Understanding Trauma & Creating Safer Environments
12:30pm •
Best Starts for Kids Expanded Learning Grantee Gathering (CLOSED SESSION)
2:30pm •
Refugee School Impact Program Grantee Gathering (CLOSED SESSION)
Chambers Bay 2, Marriott (3rd Floor)
10:15am •
LGBTQI+ Inclusive and Affirming Programs: Using an Intersectional Lens
12:45pm •
Inclusive Facilitation: Creating Spaces Where Everyone Can Participate and Thrive
2:30pm •
Supervision for Growth: Inclusive Leadership for Effective Employee Development
Chambers Bay 3, Marriott (3rd Floor)
10:15am •
Playworks Group Management
12:45pm •
KC CONNECT: Restorative Responses to Harm
2:30pm •
Designing Our Own Learning (DOOL): Building Belonging, Invigorating Student Voice and Practicing Shared Power
Commencement I & II, Marriott (2nd Floor)
10:15am •
Belonging: The Impact of Difference
12:45pm •
Youth Power in Practice: How Young People Are Leading Social Change Across Washington
2:30pm •
Flowing Together: Coalition Clinics for Building Collective Power
Point Defiance, Marriott (3rd Floor)
10:15am •
From Compliance to Collaboration: Empowering Families, Students, and Staff Through Intentional Partnership
12:45pm •
OSPI 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs (21st CCLC) - CLOSED SESSION
Prefunction, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
4:00pm •
Exhibitor Showcase & Happy Hour
Room 315, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
10:15am •
All Bodies are Good Bodies: Building Weight-Inclusive Spaces to Protect Youth Development and Wellbeing
12:45pm •
The Wild Current: Moving with Purpose in Work That Asks So Much
2:30pm •
Riding Upstream: Showing Up When the Current Gets Strong
Room 316, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
10:15am •
Belonging Before Leadership: Creating Communities Where Every Young Person Can Lead
12:45pm •
Weaving Without Erasing: Equitable Enculturation for Diverse Communities.
2:30pm •
Engage IRL: Building Student Belonging Through Meaningful Engagement
Room 317, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
10:15am •
Building Knowledge Together: Data Equity from Early Learning to Early Adulthood
12:45pm •
On the Same Page: A Positive Coaching System with Ready-to-Use Tools for Staff & Volunteer Success
2:30pm •
Flow by Design: Creating the Conditions Where People and Teams Thrive
Room 318, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
10:15am •
Design Organizations Where Hope Thrives: Creating the Conditions for Belonging and Impact
12:45pm •
From Staff Learning to Youth Impact: Building a Community of Practice for Continuous Improvement
2:30pm •
Art With, Not About: Building Ethical Art-Making and Storytelling Practices
Room 407, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
10:15am •
Fixing our Fixed-Math Mindsets!
12:45pm •
Creating Ripples of Opportunity: Financial Aid Strategies that Advance Equity and Access
2:30pm •
Beyond Four Walls: Mapping Multidimensional Ecosystems and Black Girl-Led Geographies of Belonging
Stadium, Marriott (2nd Floor)
10:15am •
Serving Youth & Adolescents of Color Through Connection, Cultural Awareness, and Mental Health Support
12:45pm •
Mindsets Matter: exploring fixed, growth and benefit mindsets
2:30pm •
Advocacy 101: Creating Your Advocacy Toolkit
Union, Marriott (3rd Floor)
10:15am •
Inspiring Action: Crafting Stories with Purpose
12:45pm •
Skills for Theatre, Skills for Life: incorporating social and emotional learning into the classroom through drama games and activities
2:30pm •
Tuning In: Building Feedback Loops and Amplifying Youth Voice
Tuesday
, October 27
Ballroom, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
8:00am •
Breakfast & Registration
9:00am •
Plenary Session
12:30pm •
Lunch
1:15pm •
Closing Plenary
Chambers Bay 1, Marriott (3rd Floor)
10:30am •
Why Grief Matters and how we might respond
2:30pm •
Soothing the Nervous System Sound Bath Meditation
Chambers Bay 2, Marriott (3rd Floor)
9:45am •
Meditation & Stretches
10:30am •
Who Taught Us That? Unpacking the Messages That Shape Us
2:30pm •
Build the Village: Circle Practices That Grow Belonging, Resilience, and Youth Leadership
Chambers Bay 3, Marriott (3rd Floor)
9:45am •
Walking Hart’s Ladder: Strengthening Authentic Youth and Adult Partnerships for Lasting Engagement
10:30am •
De-escalation Strategies: Return to Baseline
2:30pm •
Beyond the Circle: Expanding Your Multi-Modal Toolkit for Deeper Reflection and Debriefing
Commencement I & II, Marriott (2nd Floor)
2:30pm •
School-Community Partnerships: A Blueprint to Improve Youth & Family Food Security
Point Defiance, Marriott (3rd Floor)
10:30am •
Finding the Current: How Black Male Mentor-Educators Build Trust, Brotherhood & Belonging
Room 315, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
9:45am •
A Kinder Inner Voice: Self-talk Strategies for Self-Care
10:30am •
Moving Beyond Labels
2:30pm •
Flow Forward: Help Youth Build Identity, Belonging, and Career Pathways
Room 316, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
9:45am •
Make Belonging a Daily Practice: Simple, Off-Screen Games for Busy Programs
10:30am •
Stronger Together: Building Strategic Partnerships to Support School Behavioral Health – The Kids Mental Health Pierce County Approach
2:30pm •
Ask, Listen, Empower: Shifting from Control to Connection
Room 317, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
9:45am •
Developing Evaluation Frameworks: Youth-led Community-wide Impacts of Out-of-School STEM Programs
10:30am •
The Art of Facilitation: Leading through Emotions in Discourse about Race
2:30pm •
Building a Dream Team
Room 318, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
9:45am •
Bingo, But Different
10:30am •
Human-Centered Transitions: Rethinking Layoffs, Firings, and Organizational Change
2:30pm •
The River of Liberation: Connecting Past, Present, and Future Through Healing and Action
Room 407, Greater Tacoma Convention Center
9:45am •
A Global Perspective on Aftershool and Democracy
10:30am •
The Journey of Transcreation: SOWA Case Study - Adapting the School Age Basic Training into Spanish
2:30pm •
All Means All: Using Differentiation to Increase Access & Inclusion
Stadium, Marriott (2nd Floor)
10:30am •
Being Water in Practice: Supporting Newcomer Students & Families Through Adaptability, Access, and Belonging
2:30pm •
The Power of Home, How Place-Based Programs Build Upon the Strengths of Youth, Family, and Community
Union, Marriott (3rd Floor)
10:30am •
The Water We Don't See: Building Belonging Across Race, Culture, Ability, and Identity
2:30pm •
Community Data in Practice: Who Owns Your Story?
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