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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, July 31 • 9:00am - 9:40am
☀ Mind Opening Plenary ☀ Panel: For Us, By Us – A Chat on the Importance of Race, Identity, and Belonging
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8:55 a.m. Arrival

9:00 a.m. Welcome: Anne Arias, Partnerships & Professional Learning Manager, Youth Development Executives of King County

9:05 a.m. Panel: For Us, By Us – A Chat on the Importance of Race, Identity, and Belonging    
Conversation facilitated by:
  • Janell Jordan, King County Program Quality Manager, School’s Out Washington 
Featuring:
  • Vaudery Frelix Brown, Counseling Dept. Curricular Leader, Kent School District 
  • Robert Daniel, Lead School Outreach Coordinator, Communities In Schools of Federal Way 
  • Willie Seals III, CEO, The Academy for Creating Excellence (ACE) 
  • ChrisTiana ObeySumner, Social Equity Consultant & Racial & Disability Justice Advocate, Epiphanies of Equity LLC


What does it look like to support a young person to be self-determined? Autonomous? Socially aware? How do adults support one’s ability to thrive in a virtual setting? Join our panel to hear community and school leaders discuss their take on why intentionally centering race, identity, and belonging need to be foundational components in education and youth spaces.

9:35 a.m.  Closing 

9:40-10:00 a.m.  Break & Transition to Workshops; Arrive at 9:55 a.m. 

Resources include: https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-2019/speaking-up-without-tearing-down

Speakers
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Anne Arias

Programs & Partnerships Director/Bridge Conference Project Manager, SOWA/YDEKC
Anne Powell Arias has roots deeply embedded in youth development, starting as a volunteer at the YWCA Family Village in 1997. For more than a decade, she built and managed programs and teams for organizations including the YMCA of Greater Seattle and Good Shepherd Services in New... Read More →
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Janell Jordan

King County Program Manager, SOWA
As a youth mentor for grrls and co-founder of Womxn of Color in Tech, a project-based initiative focused on the entry, growth, and sustainability of womxn of color in Seattle tech companies, Janell is driven by their background in critical race theory and community organizing to support intentionally designed spaces and projects that radicate change... Read More →
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Vaudery Frelix Brown

Counseling Department Curricular Leader, Kent School District
Vaudery Brown was born in Illinois; relocated to Washington; and worked as a School Counselor for both online and “brick and mortar” schools for over 16 years. She was an Adjunct Instructor teaching English Development and Psychology in the Workplace at several community colleges... Read More →
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Robert Daniel

Lead School Outreach Coordinator, Communities in Schools of Federal Way
Robert Daniel is the Lead School Outreach Coordinator at Lakota Middle School, Communities In Schools Federal Way. He is an educator with 10 years of experience in adolescent youth development and creative empowerment. 
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ChrisTiana ObeySumner

CEO, Epiphanies of Equity LLC
ChrisTiana ObeySumner (them/they) is a Black and Indigenous, Queer, Non-Binary, and Multiply disabled person. ChrisTiana is the CEO of Epiphanies of Equity LLC, a social equity consulting firm that particularly specializes in social change, intersectionality, antiracism, and... Read More →
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Willie Seals III

CEO, The Academy for Creating Excellence (ACE)
Willie Seals III currently serves as CEO/Co-Founder of the Academy for Creating Excellence (ACE). Willie has served in educational and social services for over 20 years, and Health and Wellness Coach at Reign Fitness and Performance. Willie has knowledge of the intersections between... Read More →

Friday July 31, 2020 9:00am - 9:40am PDT
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