Thursday, November 19, 2020

3pm – 4pm ET / 12pm – 1pm PT

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Harnessing community strengths and assets — such as existing parent and community leaders — are critical to building local capacity and scaling up innovative solutions. This session highlights local models for creating sustainable leadership pathways for parents, caregivers, and community stakeholders to not only participate, but also design and implement systems change efforts. Speakers will highlight unsung leadership stories and examples of parent-led efforts to address pressing and emerging community challenges, from improving access to health promoting resources to mitigating natural disasters and COVID-19.

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Featured speakers include:​​

• Allentza Michel, Founder, Powerful Pathways
• Regina Elmi, Executive Director, Supporting Partnerships in Education and Beyond; Parent Leader, Family Leadership Design Collaborative
• Ann Ishimaru, Associate Professor of Education, University of Washington; Co-principal investigator, Family Leadership Design Collaborative;
• Moderator: Ronda Alexander, Director of Operations, Vital Village Network at Boston Medical Center

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Simultaneous Spanish interpretation services will be available  / La interpretación simultánea en español estará disponible.

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