I actually loved the Lights on After school Summit! My favorite part was when Kiera Bulter from Diversity Talks went looking for the Youth in the room. I have done some work with LRI that has merged with Diversity Talks for PD and I absolutely loved that she went in and really followed her personal beliefs that kids are the best experts on them. I also loved the workshop with Youth Pride. It was so detailed and really gave us a solid list of resources. I even was able to share with my staff some of those resources. One thing that was kind of showy in my opinion was all the awards to politicians. It kind of felt like a political event at first which kind of turned me off. I also loved the way the guest speaker from the Nellie Mae fund really dove deep into racism and how to advocate for youth and give them skills. I really appreciated him being very honest and upfront.
Overall, next year my boss and I will be attending and it has also lead to my work getting to be able to learn new information. The conference was great, but I was feeling pretty sick, so I was not all there, even though I tried super hard to be focused.
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