Safe Schools, Safe Communities 2024 Agenda

 

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Friday Schedule

TJ and YAC resized

 Day 1 will have a larger focus on schools and will feature the voices of trans, queer, and BIPOC youth, as well as educators across plenary sessions and panels. Attendees will have a variety of workshops focused on best practices that create safe and affirming schools and how to advocate for them.

 

8:15-9:00 AM   Registration Opens

9:00-9:45 AM   Welcome and Youth Voices Panel

10:00-11:15 AM   Breakout Sessions
11:30-12:30 AM   Lunch
12:30-1:45 PM   Breakout Sessions
2:00-2:45 PM   Keynote with Rebecca Kling: Unapologetically Transgender: Disrupting the Narrative through Storytelling

2:45-3:00 PM  Raffle Drawing & Closing Comments: State Superintendent of Education Dr. Jill Underly

3:00-3:30 PM   Book Signing with Rebecca Kling, JR and Vanessa Ford


Dinner on Your Own 

6:00-8:00 PM Mama Bears Community Screening and Panel Discussion

 


 

 

 Saturday Schedule

 

JR and Vanessa Ford with their two kids

Day 2 will have a larger focus on families and will feature keynote speakers JR and Vanessa Ford as well as a variety of workshops and sessions focused on parents and caregivers of trans and queer youth. 

 

8:15-9:00 AM   Registration Opens

9:00-10:00 AM   Welcome and Keynotes JR and Venessa Ford: One Decade In: What We've Learned About Advocacy as Parents of a Trans Child

10:00-10:30 AM  Book Signing with JR and Vanessa Ford

10:30-11:45 AM   Breakout Sessions

11:45-12:30 PM   Lunch

12:30-1:15 PM   Choose Your Own Plenary

1:30-2:45 PM   Breakout Sessions

3:00-3:30 PM   Raffle Drawings and Closing

 

 

Both days will feature workshops, panels, and resources for both adults working with children in schools and communities and families of LGBTQ+ young people. We will also have experienced youth care providers on hand both days providing fun and engaging activities for young people of different ages who attend with their families.