Whole Child, Whole Day: Heart, Mind, and Body

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8:55 a.m. Arrival 

9:00-9:40 a.m. Heart Opening Plenary 
 
9:00 a.m. Welcome: Mona Grife, SEL Strategy Senior Manager, and Anne Arias, Partnerships & Professional Learning Manager, Youth Development Executives of King County

9:10 a.m. Keynote: Listening to the Wisdom of Your Heart 
Damithia Nieves, Founder & Educator, Thrive Yoga

Educators in all forms love big and give big and though we may like to be, we are not infinite wells. We must take time and space to care for ourselves and each other and return to the root of our inspiration for this work again and again. And yet, self-care has been co-opted by a system more focused on extracting our labor then increasing our capacity to love. In our time together we will look at systems of care and explore ways we can disrupt the dominant narrative that asks us to live only in the mind of logic and tangible results and that tells us our healing is external to ourselves and can be bought. We will move without urgency, practice deep listening and center ourselves.

9:35 a.m. Closing 

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

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Update 8/05: Under the description below, you will find materials and resources from this session. 
For a recording of this session, please look for the "Video Stream" button, now visible (to logged-in participants) just above this message. 
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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

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Update 8/12: Please click the "I Am From - Poem" button above to watch the collective poem, co-created by Symposium participants.
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8:55 a.m. Arrival 

9:00 a.m. Welcome:
- Jessica Werner, Executive Director, Youth Development Executives of King County
- Hikma Sherka, Policy & Communications Coordinator, Youth Development Executives of King County

9:05 a.m. Keynote: Economy of Transformation: Divesting from Problems and Investing in Possibilities 
- Sean Goode, Executive Director, CHOOSE 180

Now more than ever our community is inundated with problems as we are grappling with the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and Racism. The world as we knew it seems to no longer exist and the way we have historically supported young people and their families has changed dramatically. As we are scrambling for solutions and have started to invest our time, resources, and emotions in problem solving, this keynote will serve as an intentional pause and opportunity to pivot in a new direction for our community. Together we will learn how to invest in creating possibilities, the importance of divesting from problem solving and how the economy of transformation works in the midst of these uncertain times.

9:35 a.m. Closing 

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