21st CCLC Spring Learning Series 2025

February to April 2025 | 1pm - 2pm

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Summary

Spring Learning Series: Fostering Community, Culture & Collaboration

Join us for the Spring Learning Series, a dynamic virtual event series dedicated to exploring the power of community, culture, and collaboration in creating inclusive, emotionally safe spaces for all. This series will bring together thought leaders and community builders to delve into the most important issues surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion.

What You’ll Take Away:

  • Practical Strategies for Inclusion: Gain actionable tools to create emotionally safe spaces and foster a culture of belonging in your community or workplace.
  • Deeper Understanding of Diversity and Equity: Learn how to approach LGBTQIA+ equity, support new arrivals, and address complex challenges in a thoughtful and inclusive way.
  • Improved Collaboration Skills: Discover how to work more effectively across differences and build stronger, more resilient teams.
  • Personal Growth: Uncover your own "superpowers" and how they can contribute to collective success in diverse environments.
  • Connection and Community: Build lasting relationships with like-minded individuals who are equally passionate about making a difference.

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage, learn, and connect with a community of passionate individuals all committed to making a difference.

Sessions

Creating Emotionally

Safe Spaces

We will provide tools and resources to help attendees create comfortable, collaborative spaces for all (including students and the school community) to connect and learn from each other.

Speaker:
Cornelius Bates, Epiphany Blue

February 26, 2025

1-2 PM

Conflict

Resolution

Our focus will be on communicating through differences. We will provide tools on how to respond to colleagues with different views and perspectives.

Speaker:
Cornelius Bates, Epiphany Blue

March 5, 2025

1-2 PM

Unimaginable Children: Honoring the Queer and Gender-Expansive Experiences of New Arrival Youth

Before labels, there are real experiences. Many young people live queer and gender-diverse lives before they even hear the term "LGBTQ+." How can we reflect on the assumptions we hold about the diverse youth we work with? How do we respect their unique cultural experiences and identities, question our colonial ways of categorizing, and recognize every child as imaginable?

Speaker:
Darielle Fernandez, Fresh Youth Initiatives

March 19, 2025

1-2 PM

Everyday

Superheroes

This session will equip you with superstrengths and the right tools of what you can do even through worst-case scenarios such as budget cuts and other difficulties.

Speaker:
Lenise Dazzel-Harris, WE CreateShop Planning LLC

April 2, 2025

1-2 PM

Mutual Respect and Families

Culturally responsive programming doesn't have to stop with students—extend it to families in your 21st CCLC program! Join the 21st CCLC National Technical Assistance Center (NTAC) to discover actionable tips and strategies for deepening your culturally responsive practices with families, creating a welcoming and inclusive space where they feel seen, valued, and inspired to engage.

Speaker:
Brittney Stanton, 21st CCLC NTAC

April 9, 2025

1-2 PM

Game

Day!

Join us for an afternoon of fun and trivia! We'll throw it back to the past and let's test your knowledge in Pop Culture and beyond!

Facilitator:
Cornelius Bates, Epiphany Blue

April 23, 2025

1-2 PM

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