11:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Pre-Conference

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Opening Plenary

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Welcome: Dr. Renée Boynton-Jarrett, Founding Director, Vital Village Networks

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Spark Speaker: Danielle Hill, Founder of Heron-Hill LLC, Co-Owner of Wampanoag Trading Post and Gallery, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

• Uplifting Indigenous Communities, Protecting Tribal Sovereignty

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Opening Keynote: Loretta Ross, Advocate and Author, Reproductive Justice: An Introduction

• Calling In as a Leadership Skill

1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

BREAK: Virtual Networking/Engagement 

• Poster Session: Office Hour 1 - View Poster Program >>

  • ​Data-Driven Trust-Based Philanthropy for COVID-19 Response

  • A Beautiful Mess: Pivoting Family Play Week to a Virtual Platform

  • Wellness in the Workplace – Going Virtual & Trauma-informed: Philadelphia ACE Task Force Leaders Share Their Skills on Managing and Mitigating Secondary Traumatic Stress During COVID

  • Parenting for Liberated Healthy Children

1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT

Concurrent Sessions Block A - View Sessions >>

• Counter Stories from the Frontlines of Early Care and Education 

• Communities Birthing Justice: Advancing Maternal and Child Equity

• Using Data for Action: The Healthy Neighborhood Study **

• Emergent Strategy in These Times (90min)*

• Group Peer Support for Parents: Inviting Parents to Share Deeply About What's Most on Our Minds (120min)*

2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT

BREAK: Virtual Networking/Engagement

• Performing Arts: OrigiNation (I)

2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT

Concurrent Sessions Block B - View Sessions >>

• Wake Up: How to Become an Advocate for Dismantling Racism within the Early Childhood System

• Authentic Community Engagement for Health, Justice, and Racial Equity **

• Feeding Our Babies for the Future (60mins)

• Revolutionary Self-Care (60mins)

3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT

BREAK: Virtual Networking/Engagement

• Performing Arts: OrigiNation (We)

• Poster Session: Office Hour 2 - View Poster Program >>

  • Disparities in Food Insecurity Among Maryland Middle School and High School Students

  • The Intersection of Environmental Justice and the Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education Pilot Program in Southeastern Massachusetts

  • Mississippi CHAMPS Initiative: Integrating Communities to Reduce Breastfeeding Disparities

  • Modeling Health Data of Interest to Community-Based Organizations in New Bedford, MA

  • Picking up the Pieces: Building a Better Child Care System Post-COVID-19

4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT

​Concurrent Sessions Block C - View Sessions >>

• Taking Education into Our Own Hands: Parental Leadership for Equity **

• Centering the Dignity of Children: New Approaches to Child Welfare

• It's Our Planet Too: Recentering the Fight for Environmental Justice (55 min)

• Lessons from Social Justice Mediation: Navigating Power Dynamics*

• Little Uprisings: Move for the Movement (30mins)

4:45pm - 5:00pm EDT

BREAK: Virtual Networking/Engagement

• Performing Arts: OrigiNation (US)

5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT

Closing Keynote: Mayra Alvarez, President, The Children's Partnership

• Reimagining Child Wellbeing Together: The Role of Race, Love and the Power of Partnership

11:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Pre-Conference

12:00pm - 1:15pm EDT

Opening Plenary

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Opening Keynote: Jennie Joseph, Advocate, Founder and Executive Director of Commonsense Childbirth Inc., National Perinatal Task Force

• Building a Movement to Birth a More Just and Loving World

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Acknowledging the Four Direction in Our Lives 

• ​Colleen Roan, McKinley County Early Childhood Coalition, Navajo Nation

• Emerson Toledo, Community Health Coordinator, New Mexico Social Justice Equity Institute

1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

Virtual Networking/Engagement​​

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• Poster Session: Office Hour 3 - View Poster Program>>

  • Role Models! Exploring Organizational Positions in the Literacy Ecosystem

  • Literacy and Justice for All: Supporting Teachers and Families through COVID-19 and Beyond

  • Measuring Collaboration and Systems Alignment in the Treatment of Pregnant Mothers with an Opioid Use Disorder,

  • Responding to Immigrant Students Needs Through a Village Model

  • Exploring Heat Vulnerability and Cooling Resources in the City of Boston

1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT

​Concurrent Sessions Block A - View Sessions >>

• Data for Equity During the Twin Pandemics and Beyond

• Community Journey's to Self-Healing (60 min) **

• Strengths-based Approaches to Equitable Civic Engagement

• From Pandemic to Protests to Power

• Stakes is High: Meeting the Urgency of this Moment (90min) *1:15pm START TIME

2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT

BREAK: Virtual Networking/Engagement

• Performing Arts: OrigiNation (I)

2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT

​Concurrent Sessions Block B​ - View Sessions >>

• The Roadmap for Community Transformation (60 min) *2:30PM START TIME

• Pivoting in the Pandemic: A Tool to Support Good Decision Making*

• Beloved Community in Practice (60 min) *

• Self-care: Self-love is not selfish* **

3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT

BREAK: Virtual Networking/Engagement

• Performing Arts: OrigiNation (We)

4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT

​Concurrent Sessions Block C - View Sessions >>

• Moving Beyond Organizational Goals: Promoting Internal, Sustainable Racial Equity and Policies in Early Education

• Narrative Justice for Maternal Equity - Mamatoto Village

• Language Justice: Advocating in the Language of Your Heart**

• A New Kind of Leadership: Youth Civic Engagement and Advocacy

• Little Uprisings: Move for the Movement (pre-record)

4:45pm - 5:15pm EDT

BREAK: Virtual Networking/Engagement

• Performing Arts: OrigiNation (Us)

5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT

Closing Keynote: Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, President and CEO of Deaconess Foundation and incoming President and CEO of Children’s Defense Fund

• The Confluence: Racial Justice and Child Well-Being

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