Bridge Conference 2013

The Bridge from School to

Afterschool and Back:
 
ILLUMINATING POSSIBILITIES
for All Youth!
Keynote Speaker, Will Power
October 21 and 22, 2013
The Husky Union Building (HUB) at 
The University of Washington, Seattle
$375
 

Sessions will explore collaborations among school, afterschool, young people, and families as well as community, state and national systems that nurture and promote development of critical 21st century skills such as creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, inquiry and global awareness in order to empower all youth with future possibilities, opportunities, and choices.

 Will Power is an award-winning American actor, rapper, playwright, and educator. Wikipedia

Content Areas:

  • Expanded Learning

  • Equity

  • Family Engagement

  • Global Awareness

  • Policies & Systems

  • Program Quality

  • Social-Emotional Development

  • STEM

  • Summer Learning

  • Youth-led sessions

About The Bridge from School to Afterschool and Back Conference: Now in it's 11th year, the Bridge Conference brings together afterschool and youth development (AYD) professionals, school leaders (e.g. superintendents, principals and classroom teachers), funders, researchers, policymakers, trainers/coaches and business leaders from across the country. The Conference focuses on cutting-edge research, resources and strategies relevant to strengthening the services that youth (in grades K-12) receive both in and out of school.

About Keynote, Will Power:  Combining performance and presentation, personal anecdotes with observations, award-winning playwright, performer, and educator Will Power will explore with conference attendees ways to build healthy, creative connections between youth, colleagues, and community, and how to use the arts as a tool towards collective empowerment. Mr. Power is an Artist-in-Residence at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. He is a pioneer in Hip Hop Theater and recently created hip hop version of Caliban's "The isle is full of noises" speech from The Tempest for the Royal Shakepeare Company's online myShakespeare project. Learn more.

Lodging information: School’s Out Washington has reserved room blocks at local hotels around the University of Washington to support continued community building outside the conference. Transportation is available from the hotels to the conference site. Detailed information here.

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Select conference sessions are supported by the U.S. Department of Education (Department) under contract ED-ESE-12-C-0049. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department. No official endorsement by the Department of any product, commodity, service, or enterprise mentioned at this conference is intended or should be inferred.