VIRTUAL LEARNING LAB ARCHIVE
Creating Pathways for Community Leadership
Thursday, November 19, 2020
3pm – 4pm ET / 12pm – 1pm PT
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.
Featured speakers include:
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Allentza Michel, Founder, Powerful Pathways
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Regina Elmi, Executive Director, Supporting Partnerships in Education and Beyond; Parent Leader, Family Leadership Design Collaborative
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Ann Ishimaru, Associate Professor of Education, University of Washington; Co-principal investigator, Family Leadership Design Collaborative;
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Moderator: Ronda Alexander, Director of Operations, Vital Village Network at Boston Medical Center
Simultaneous Spanish interpretation services will be available / La interpretación simultánea en español estará disponible.
VIRTUAL LEARNING LAB ARCHIVE
Collective Action Towards Movement Sustainability: Reflections from LGBTQIA+ Justice Movements
Thursday, June 12, 2025
1pm – 2pm ET / 10am – 11am PT
Join us for the second installment of Rooted in Connection, Rising in Power, Vital Village Networks' 2025 NOW webinar series, exploring the question: How can nurturing our connected roots help build and sustain our collective power? Drawing on the longstanding history of justice movements past and present, we’ll hear from local leaders as they reflect on the legacies of advocacy, creativity, and joyful resistance from LGBTQ+ and gender expansive communities. Hear their reflections on what movement sustainability looks like in our current moment and collective strategies, resources and actions needed moving forward.
Featured speakers include:
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Jasmin Hoo, Lavender Phoenix
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Galloway, Ali Forney Center
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Moderator: Lisa Fujie Parks, Prevention Institute, Vital Village Networks National Advisory Board Member