Remember the days when finding parking and navigating street street cleaning was a thing? Well those days are now replaced with looking for the best wifi signal in your home and making sure you can find the ZOOM link to log into. While traditional

Tired of Zoom? We all are…BUT there are ways you can capture youth’s engagement with experiential, fun virtual icebreakers! We will lean on the Youth Development Framework to focus on activities that will build safety and connection during the first few weeks of summer

Being black in America brings unique joys as well as stress. If you identify as black, you need no further explanation of what we are referring to. This session is an opportunity to join other black identified youth workers to share what it means

When our world flipped upside down three months ago, leaders everywhere scrambled to find the rights tools to support teams working from home. During the last 3 months of our shelter in place order, we have learned a lot about what is needed to

How does our “whiteness” impact our work with communities of color? Now more than ever we need white people empowered to talk to other white people. Join us for an insiders conversation on what it means to be white, and the allyship opportunities that

Tweens and teens are already experiencing a monumental development during these years. Many of them are learning to navigate their new physical, mental and social changes. Just imagine how a pandemic could add more challenges. All of them are going into the summer with

How can we create the space to replace morning drop offs and evening sign outs to connect with families to share stories about their student’s success? When we don’t have these moments, we are missing the opportunities to learn about their values and who

There’s nothing like a global pandemic compounded with an uptick of anti-black racism to kick up a spectrum of stress to trauma responses. Developing a culture of resilience and well-being can prevent the burn out of your team. In this session learn practices that

DJ bust me a beat. Why “Remix?” In music, a remix is a song that has been altered from its original state by a new artist by adding new loops, beats and lyrics in a way to create something both recognizable and entirely new.

Imagine being stuck in front of the computer the last 4 months of school and you are not allowed to play tag or hug your friends when you see them? All this change will be hard for your youth to process and understand how

Racial constructs have long impacted our culture – what can we do about it? In this session we will unpack a three-part framework that describes the journeys we walk to disentangle ourselves from institutionalized racism. This work requires knowledge of oneself, ability to recognize

You Got Mail. 362 Unread emails!! Working from home has offered some new dips and turns. The simple in person reminders have turned into 3 texts, 2 emails and 1 ZOOM call. How can we pivot and move the traditional ways we have worked

“No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!” Social justice is more than just a single subject to be taught. It is a concept that should be infused in every academic subject and daily life. Over time, students will learn to look at current

Where do I go next to level up my virtual facilitation game? Mural, JamBoards, Slidesgo oh my… There are so many virtual platforms out there to level and flex your virtual facilitation game. In this session, participants will get to try out a handful

Information overload is a real thing!  Right now many of our families are in need of a variety of support. Luckily, there are many resources available. But is your organization confusing or overwhelming your community by sending links and contacts and information in a

Remember when we had to lay out the table cloth and brewed the coffee for our monthly community gatherings? The tray full of pastries and baskets of fruit helped break the ice and invite families in. What do we do now when we are

What will it look like in the Fall? Will students ever get to go back to their classrooms? Let’s work together to plan for all possibilities.Using what we learned in the summer, we can better plan to support our youth and families. In this

In the past few months the education field has been flipped on its head, and youth workers have endured a dramatic shift in role and identity. In this session each participant will have an opportunity to acknowledge the impact this sudden shift in the

What can we learn from young people’s behaviors? In this session, we will learn to apply a trauma-informed framework to identify unmet needs of our youth. Using a trauma-informed assessment process can help bring empathy and simple solutions to an otherwise triggering situation.

No matter where you live, there is likely some weather-related threat to the area once in a while. In the Bay Area we have to deal with earthquakes and occasionally mudslides. 2020 has brought us more to add to our disaster preparedness kit. Since