8:00-9:00 am Registration (Monona Terrace’s Grandview Café is open to purchase coffee, snacks.) |
9:00 am-4:00 pm – Public Areas Open (at no charge to the public throughout the day.)
DreamFlightUSA Mobile Space Classroom (outside in parking lot) &
Educational Resource & Enrichment Areas (Grand Terrace) |
9:00-10:15 am Welcome & Keynote
Welcome - Mariah Miller, Wisconsin Youth Company, Inc.
“Make A Difference” – vocalist, Myschelle Kober
Keynote Presentation - Empowering Youth As Leaders in Our Global Village
Tom Tuohy, Dreams for Kids
Kids for Peace Grantee Presentation - Michelle Morency, Olive Early, Isak Lund, & Henry Shotwell
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Discussion Groups |
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Youth
Track |
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10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
The Social Ecology
of Learning
& Support
for African American Children
Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, U.W. Madison |
Educational Alternatives
Representatives
of Montessori,
Waldorf,
Charter, WI
Virtual Academy, Wingra School & other alternative
schools & programs. |
Approaching
the Outdoors w/sense of wonder
Carmen
Rivers,
Playworks
4 Kids |
How To
Make a
Zine*
Kati
Fernandez
& Ey Gurl
Zine Team, Commonwealth Development |
MULTICO:
Exploring
Tolerance &
Diversity through
Acting
Rebecca
Jallings
& West High School Students
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How To Start an Art Club
Abby Shotwell,
Abby’s Art
Club
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Reaching
Visual
&
Kinesthetic
Learners
Chris Lutter,
PuppetFarm Arts |
Percussion
as a Tool
for
Youth Empowerment
Ubaka Hill
(pre-
registration
requested) |
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch / Exhibits (register for sit-down lunch with performance by West High School's MULTICO - or lunch on your own). |
1:00
-
2:00
pm |
Dream Leaders/
Linus Foundation: Inspiring Youth Leadership
Tom Tuohy, Dreams for Kids, &
members of Linus Foundation |
Keep the Arts Alive in Your Kids’ Schools: Supporting Arts Education
for Every Wisconsin Student
Anne Katz, Executive
Director, Arts Wisconsin
& Karin Wolf, Director,
Madison Arts Commission |
Kid Citizens: Engaging
Young Children in their Neighborhoods, Communities
& the World
Sandra Bonnici-Hoecherl & Kia Karlen, Madison Children’s Museum |
Mic Check: Spoken Word
& the
Poetics of Possibility*
First Wave & Josh Healy,
UW Madison OMAI |
"You never listen!": Communication
for Connection
Susan Kaye,
Malcolm Shabbazz High School |
Children at Promise with the Gift of Dylexia
Al Arnold, Walbridge School |
Fusion Moves: Yoga Tai Chi Animal
Frolics & Creative Dance for Youth
Jonathan Garber, Geri Gurman & Dianne Brakarsh |
DrumSong:
The Art &
Spirit of Drummng
Ubaka Hill
1-3:30 pm
(pre-
registration
requested) |
2:15
-
3:15 pm |
Youth
Media &
Technology Panel
Jeanne Erickson, Betty Banks,
Club TNT & others |
Homeschooling
Discussion
Tanya Cunningham, Luke & Taylor Kokinos
& other homeschoolers and
unschoolers-
youth &
adults |
Is
Education Failing Your Child or Is
Your Child Avoiding Their Insecurities?
Dolores
Kokinos, The Empowerment Café & Children of the Future |
Speak Out Sister!
Exploring
Girls' Leadership*
Natalia Thompson & Madison SOS |
HOPE:
Having
Options in Public
Education
Nancy
Donahue,
Organizer,
Lauren
Cunningham
& others |
Helping Youth with Cranial Sacral Therapy
Karen Hoyem,
CST,
NCTMB,
WI Certified Bodyworker
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Hip Hop
101: Experiential Education for Youth
Arthur Richardson, Streets of Gold Productions |
| *Denotes Youth Track, however all workshops are suitable for and open to both youth and adults. |
3:30 - 4:00 pm Youth Performance & Closing (featuring PuppetFarm Arts, Drumming, & More)
Closing Remarks – Nancy Goodell, Executive Director, Wisconsin Youth Company |
7:00 pm Ubaka Hill & Drumsong Orchestra in concert! (Monona Terrace General Session Room)
This is a fundraiser for Celebrating Youth - bring your friends & family, $12 adults / $5 youth*
*concert admission is included for those who take Ubaka's workshops. Tickets are $5 you've attended the 2008 OAE Conference.
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