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Update 7/18/20: This event is SOLD OUT with 200 registrants. Join YDEKC’s mailing list for updates on future events. For a look at the workshop descriptions and speaker bios, please browse the schedule below, or check out our event flyer and Symposium webpage for more details!

Join us for this virtual learning journey for educators and youth development professionals to strengthen their individual and collective capacity to create equity-based learning environments that support the whole child, with a focus on shifting adult practices and systems to better serve youth of color in the Road Map region. 

This symposium includes live plenaries, workshops, and community building sessions (with breaks in between sessions). Most sessions will be recorded and available to registered participants through the month of August. 

Thank you to our sponsors, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Kaiser Permanente; this event would not be possible without their generous support! Sponsored by Seattle Public Schools for Washington State Clock Hours and in partnership with School’s Out Washington to offer STARS Credits to eligible attendees.
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Friday, August 7 • 10:00am - 11:30am
Body Workshop C1 ⁠— Storify Your Life, Breathe Chapters into your Learning: Writing with Mindfulness and Movement
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Update 8/12: Under the description below, you will find materials and resources from this session.
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We are compelled by the transformative moment we live in to share our stories, make space for the stories of others, and have more fearless conversations about race, justice, community and health with our young folks and among adults. But PAUSE (record scratch!). Take a deep breath. Okay, unpause. "(We fail when) we try to teach our brains to think better about race..." writes Resmaa Menakem (author of My Grandmother's Hands) "... if we are to survive as a country, it is inside our bodies where this conflict needs to be resolved." Only through connection to our bodies, can young people and adults alike begin to heal and make brave spaces to tell our stories, create fearless learning communities, and find joy in our movements. As educators we must learn to embody (literally) mindfulness, movement, visual, oral and written engagement in ways that students can see and believe. Take time with us today to be in your body and feel good. You'll learn some easy and meaningful movement and storifying practices to carry with you today and in your learning places, in all the spaces that you move through.
Speakers
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Faith Eakin

Lead Program Manager, Bureau of Fearless Ideas
Faith Eakin is an educator and learner who believes that a direct emphasize on social emotional learning (SEL), growth mindset, and community building are essential to creating learning environments full of wonder, bravery, and curiosity. She is the lead program manager at the Bureau... Read More →
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Bryan Wilson

Program Manager, Bureau of Fearless Ideas
Bryan Wilson is a creative arts educator and writer in Seattle, WA. He is a Program Manager at the Bureau of Fearless Ideas (BFI), where his own fearless ideas focus on designing and facilitating inclusive creative writing and storytelling programs that engage students, community... Read More →
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Leeah Michael

Student Intern & Program Alumni, Bureau of Fearless Ideas
Leeah is a recent high school graduate and incoming Stanford University student. Leeah has been a BFI participant since elementary school and has grown into an incredible leader at BFI. Over the years, she has helped host BFI’s annual Day of Service and assisted in after school... Read More →

Friday August 7, 2020 10:00am - 11:30am PDT
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