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Sessions
Concurrent Session Block A (9:45-11:00AM)
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Getting the Policy Agenda Adopted
A panel discussion on how community-centered groups and organizations can impact policy.
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Bharti Wahi, Executive Director, Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota; Voices and Choices for Children Coalition
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May Losloso, Senior Organizer, Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota; Voices and Choices for Children Coalition
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Kim Sykes, Director of Education Policy, New York Immigration Coalition
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Representative Marjorie Decker, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 25th Middlesex District
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Equity in Education
Panel discussion unpacking how equity in education, beginning in early childhood, can impact the trajectory of a child's life.
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Samantha Aigner-Treworgy, Massachusetts Commissioner of Early Education and Care
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Neva Bandelow, Early Learning Program Manager, Alameda County Office of Education; California Consortium for Equity in Early Care & Education
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Latoya Gayle, Executive Director, Boston School Finder
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Joseph Graham Jr, Student Equity Advocate, Global Research Solutions, Inc.
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Adrienne Troy-Frazier, Executive Director, Berkeley County First Steps; Berkeley Eduation and Early Care Collective
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Dr. LaWanda Wesley, Director of Quality Enhancement & Professional Development of Early Learning, Oakland Unified School District; California Consortium for Equity in Early Care & Education
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Coalition Building
Panel discussion highlighting approaches and strategies of various groups to build and maintain coalitions focused on maternal and infant well-being.
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Pauline Erices, Jefferson County Public Health - Colorado, Moving Ahead Adelante
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Richie Simone Lee, Community Champion, Berkeley Early Education and Care Collective
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Doug Kress, Director of Health and Human Services, City of Somerville
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Melody Cunningham, Vital Village Network's Boston Breastfeeding Coalition
*Spanish Interpretation
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Human-Centered Design - Part 1
A workshop to learn how to identify and scale solutions through collaborative efforts using design strategies.
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Augusta Meills, Candace Brooks, and Lou Whiting, Agncy
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Building Beloved Community - Part 1
A workshop to learn principles and practices for building more equitable communities.
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Nikotris Perkins, Senior Strategist, Ubuntu Research and Evaluation
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Dr. Monique Listen, Chief Strategist, Ubuntu Research and Evaluation
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Please note that session titles, descriptions, and schedule may shift.​
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Concurrent Session Block C (1:15 - 2:30PM)
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Data-Driven Decision Making
What story does your data tell and how to use it to align cross-sector efforts.
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Efren Aguilar, GIS Unit Chief, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, & Communities
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Ginneh Baugh, Vice President of Strategy and Knowledge, United Way of Greater Atlanta
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Community-Centered Engagement
Panel discussion highlighting key takeaways of lessons on how to authentically and meaningfully engage and build relationships with members of the communities we seek to serve and support.
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Amy Crosby, Agency Corodinator, West Alabama Food Bank; Young Child Wellness Council
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Rosazlia Grillier, Community Organizing and Family Issues, POWER-PAC IL
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Dr. April Kendrick, Director of Early Childhood Mental Health Mentor, Child Development Resources, The University of Alabama; Young Child Wellness Council
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Marisa Luse, Vital Village Network's Village Strategists of Boston
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Marv Neal, Executive Director, 365 Dads
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Adrian Pedroza, National Director of Strategic Partnerships, Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors
*Spanish Interpretation
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Building your Brand Strategy
How to use branding to tell the story of your social impact work.​
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Pam Daly, DK Brand Strategy
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Pre-Father Care: Prenatal Care for Fathers​
Interactive workshop highlighting exercises and strategies to support fathers connect and reconnect with their children.
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Leonard Tshitenge and George Boakye-Yiadom, Father's Uplift
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Innovation Pitch (continued)
Listen to peers pitch promising new ideas, prototypes or solutions to a challenge facing children, families and communities to experts judges. Sign-up here.
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Guest Judges:
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Lola Adedokun, Child Wellbeing Program and African Health Initiative Director, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
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Dr. Charles Carter Jr. LICSW, Senior Evidence Director, Project Evident
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Martha Davis, Senior Program Office, Robert Wood Johnson foundation
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​Brian Gold, Early Childhood Program Officer, The Boston Foundation
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Please note that session titles, descriptions, and schedule may shift.​
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Concurrent Session Block B (11:15-12:15PM)
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Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
A panel discussion on economic opportunity and mobility. How do social enterprises merge business strategies and social impact? How can those who experience injustice design solutions?
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Kymberly Byrd, Community Research and Action, Vanderbilt University
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Dr. Megan Sandel, Principal Investigator, Children’s HealthWatch; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
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Jessica Taubner, Greater Boston Director, Family Independence Initiative
*Spanish Interpretation
Trauma-Informed Transformation
Panel discussion on what it means to foster and nurture a trauma-informed community.
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Spencer Coats, Director of Health and Wellness, Downtown Women's Center
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Leslie Lieberman, Senior Director of Training and Organizational Development, Health Federation of Philadelphia
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Dr. Beverly Lynn, Executive Director, Programs for Parents; Essex County Council for Young Children
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Crystal Wyatt, Real Resilience Prison Wife Life, Philadelphia ACE Task Force Steering Committee
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​Workshops
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Human-Centered Design - Part 2
A workshop to learn how to identify and scale solutions through collaborative efforts using design strategies.
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Augusta Meills, Candace Brooks, and Lou Whiting, Agncy
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Building Beloved Community - Part 2
A workshop to learn principles and practices for building more equitable communities.
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Nikotris Perkins, Senior Strategist, Ubuntu Research and Evaluation
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Dr. Monique Listen, Chief Strategist, Ubuntu Research and Evaluation
Innovation Pitch
Listen to peers pitch promising new ideas, prototypes or solutions to a challenge facing children, families and communities to experts judges. Sign-up here.
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Guest Judges:​​
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Lola Adedokun, Child Wellbeing Program and African Health Initiative Director, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
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Dr. Charles Carter Jr. LICSW, Senior Evidence Director, Project Evident
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Martha Davis, Senior Program Office, Robert Wood Johnson foundation
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​Brian Gold, Early Childhood Program Officer, The Boston Foundation
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Please note that session titles, descriptions, and schedule may shift.​