Agenda
What does a society that values community leadership look like?
What resources does it need to transform its immediate and long-term futures?
Monday, October 18
Sessions and speaker information
11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Pre-Summit Engagement Planning
12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Opening Plenary - Remember
Opening Keynote by Clint Smith, How the Word is Passed
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Clint Smith is a Staff writer at The Atlantic, New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning poet.
Spark Speech and Land Acknowledgement by Meredith Kennedy, Leading with Families - Remembering and Reclaiming Our Power
1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Virtual Networking/ Social Innovation Marketplace
1:20pm - 2:10pm EDT
Concurrent Sessions Block A >>
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Radical Reimagining of Systems: Participatory Budgeting for People to Access Real Power for Change – Shari Davis, Co-ED, Participatory Budgeting Project
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Liberating Birth –Reclaiming Space for Birth Justice and Equity - Nashira Baril, Founder, Boston Neighborhood Birth Center, Leseliey Welch, Co-Founder Birth Detroit, Stephanie Crawford, Founder Propa City
Poster Sessions: Live Poster Presentations
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The Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Undocumented Latinx Immigrants Living in the US – Idalis Ramos Correa
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Breastfeeding in Color: Advancing health equity in Springfield one drop at a time -Shenell Ford
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Using the Help Me Grow Model to Support Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Cassandra Therriault
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Associations between supermarket access, neighborhood income, and reported nutrient intake among a cohort of pregnancy planners – Martha Koenig
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The Double Burden: Disparities in pap smear receipt among racial and ethnic minority women with disabilities – Sharonda Lovett
2:10pm - 2:30pm EDT
Virtual Networking/Social Innovation Marketplace
Child Enrichment Program
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Children’s Mental Health Storytime: When I Miss You with The Boston Public Library and Vital Village Mental Health Committee -- Sunday Taylor, Shondell Davis, and Allison Hahn
2:30pm - 3:20pm EDT
Concurrent Sessions Block B >>
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The Science of Community Engagement in Research – Melody Goodman, Associate Dean NYU
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Community-Driven Local Food Systems - Karen Washington, Co-Owner Roots and Rise Farm and Jillian Waln, Journalist REDCO
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Declaring the Rights of Children - Promoting Spaces, Places, and Opportunities to Flourish. – Jamoul Celey, Founder Carbonado Coaching and Erika Rodrigez, Executive Director, Chica Project
3:20pm - 3:30pm EDT
Break and Transition
3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Townhall - Honor
Townhall: Transformational Moments with Children – Joy, Justice and Racial Identity
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Andrew Grant-Thomas and Melissa Giraud, Founders of Embrace Race
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Cherie Craft, Executive Director of Smart from the Start
4:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Virtual Networking/ Social Innovation Marketplace
Friday, October 22
11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Pre-Summit Engagement Programing
12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Townhall - Restore
Call to Action: Creating Avenues for Healing
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives
Spark Speech: Social Justice Parenting and Youth Empowerment
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Traci Baxley, Professor, Facilitator and Coach and Founder of Social Justice Parenting
Townhall Plenary: Youth Leadership for Sustainable Social Change
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Jennifer Arwade and Raul Botello and Meyiya Coleman, Communities United
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Marsha Jean-Charles, The Brotherhood Sister Sol
1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Virtual Networking/Social Innovation Marketplace
1:20pm - 2:10pm EDT
Concurrent Sessions Block A >>
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Workshop Session – Moving from Trauma-Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement – Lee Porscha Moore, The Flourish Agenda
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Panel Discussion - Transforming Food Systems for Indigenous Well-Being: From Community to Action to Policy and Beyond - Elise Dela Cruz-Talbert and Jennifer Gauthier
Poster Session: Live poster presentations:
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Engaging Underserved Youth with Mental Health Activities in a Community-Based Sexual Health Clinic – Lauren DiGiovanni
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No Throw-away Kids; #150YearsIsEnough – Ashanti Jones
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What matters to you: Evaluation of a participant-centered approach to needs identification and connection to community resources – Camille Casareno
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Transforming Practice with HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) – Laura Gallant
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Household Pesticide Exposures and Infant Gross Motor Development in the MADRES Cohort – Ixel Hernandez
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2021 Parent Leadership Academy: Parents are the Community Designers - Judy Bennett
2:30pm - 3:20pm EDT
Concurrent Sessions Block B >>
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Workshop Session - Redesigning for Justice: Amplifying the Power of Equity Designers - Cordell Billup and Hilary Sedovic, Creative Reaction Lab
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Breaking Topic Session: Black Families and the First 1,000 Days – Iheoma U Iruka
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Panel Discussion: Beloved Community Incubator: Cooperatives and Transformative Community Capacity Building for Equity and Justice – Megan Macaraeg, Bianca Vazquez, Beloved Community Incubator
2:30pm - 3:20pm EDT
Child Enrichment Program
"No More Elegies Today" Puppet Show by Tanya Nixon-Silberg, Founder/Facilitator Little Uprisings
3:20pm - 3:30pm EDT
Virtual Networking/Social Innovation Marketplace
3:20pm - 4:00pm EDT
Closing Plenary – Reclaim
Spark Speech: Stand Up for Children and Families – Immigration, Trauma, and Restoring Hope through Belonging
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Smith G H Lamothe
Closing Keynote by Porsha Olayiwola, Reclaiming the Power of Us!
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Porsha Olayiwola is the current poet laureate for the city of Boston, a writer, performer, educator and curator.
We are grateful to our Spanish language support partners who are working with us to ensure a meaningful summit program and experience! Thank you to Vital Village Networks staff for providing website translations, and to the Community Language Cooperative for providing simultaneous interpretation services.
