Tomorrow's Leaders
Today
2009 Youth Leadership Conference
Schedule of Activities and Workshops
11:00AM-1:30PM
Arrival and Registration
- (Lunch may be purchased for a nominal fee in the UMD student cafeteria)
2:00PM-5:00PM
LARGE GROUP OPENING SESSION - Ballroom B
- Musical Performance - Ms. Mari Harris
- Keynote Speaker - Foster Club All-Stars
5:00PM-6:00PM
Dinner - Kirby Cafeteria
6:00PM-8:00PM
Session I - Workshops
- Mask Making Part I
- Presenters: Lutheran Social
Service SEARCH Program
Room: Ballroom A
Participants work in pairs to create their own personal
mask.
Limited to first 25 participants!
- Leadership and Diversity Through Song
- Presenter: Ms. Mari
Harris
Room: Garden Room
This energetic and upbeat musical workshop will teach you
about leadership and diversity and leave you with a sense
of empowerment and groove.
- Meet Minnesota's Youth Leadership
Councils
- Presenters: Council members
- Current and former foster care youth
Room: Ballroom C
Learn what its like to be a member of the new Youth
Leadership Councils in Minneapolis, Duluth, and
Wilmar.
Their mission is to include the voice of youth in decisions
about how the foster care system works, and to educate
youth, foster parents, child welfare workers and the
public.
Are you interested in joining? Or starting a Youth Leadership Council in your own community?
- Sharing Foster Care Stories with the Public - Tell It Like It Is
- Presenters: FosterClub
All-Stars
Room: Rafters
The FosterClub All-Stars have shared their foster care stories with Congress, on national TV and radio, in Time magazine and in newspapers across the country. In this workshop, consider why and how to share your story in public for a meaningful purpose. The All-Stars have good ideas to share based on their own experiences.
- Is College Right for Me?
- Presenter: Linda Pesch
Room: Kirby 311
Explore college why’s and why not’s, how to and when to. Participants will walk away with concrete ideas of how to maneuver the college superhighway. Where to look, how to look, how to apply, how to pay, and how to survive!
8:00PM-9:00PM
Theater Group - R5 Productions - Ballroom B
9:15PM-9:30PM
Chaperone Meeting
9:30PM-12:00PM
- Art Projects in Ballroom C
- TLT Sweatshirts for sale in the Garden
Room
9:00AM-10:00AM
LARGE GROUP SESSION - Ballroom B
10:00AM-12:00PM
Session II Workshops
- Mask Making Part II
- Presenter: The SEARCH
Program
Room: Ballroom A
Completion of masks made earlier, and interpretation of
masks
- Give Back, Get Ahead
- Presenter: FosterClub
All-Stars
Room: Rafters
How can you leverage your foster care experience by turning what you know into something that will improve the system and make life better for other kids? You hold the power! Learn tried and true strategies for turning your foster care experience into expertise by leading a Community Service Project. Your efforts will not only provide value for others, but also for your own educational and career success.
- Point of View
- Presenter: R5
Productions
Room: Ballroom B
Sit down with R5 and discuss the evening performance in
more detail!
1:00PM-3:00PM
WORKSHOPS
- Wall Climbing/Leadership Initiatives
- Presenter: UMD Outdoor
Program
Room: Meet in the Ballroom
An introduction to the Vertical Pursuits indoor climbing wall! Learn how to develop your leadership skills in a challenging, energetic, and fun way. There will be NO sitting down in this session!
Limited to first 30 participants!
- Race to Freedom Part I
- presenter: Melvin Carter,
Chris Crutchfield & friends
Room: The Garden Terrace - Meet outside the Ballroom for
directions
Explore what freedom means to you. Be an active
participant in this physical and spiritual journey. Use
your wits and take part in a series of activities to
achieve freedom.
Limited to first 40 participants!
- How to Start Your Own Business
- Presenter: Ben Stowe
Room: Ballroom A
Do you have a dream about starting and running your own
business someday? Ben started his own DJ business at age
16! This will be a fast moving, practical session on how
to jump into the world of self-employment and
succeed.
- Being Me in a World Full of Expectations and Conformity
- Presenter: Linda Pesch
Room: Ballroom C
Explore the things that make us unique, maintaining the things that make us unique while “fitting in” to the many groups and organizations we all deal with on a daily basis. Your unique leadership skills will also be explored!
- Youth Speak with Listening Panel
- Presenter: FosterClub All-Stars
Room: Rafters
Participants break into small groups and tackle issues related to foster care, such as education, health care and housing. Youth identify obstacles and challenges to success for their topic then brainstorm a list of recommendations. Each group prepares a presentation of their ideas, and delivers onstage to a group of leaders in the foster care system, such as the state’s Independent Living Coordinator and Foster Care Manager.
3:00PM-5:00PM
WORKSHOPS
- Race to Freedom Part II
- Presenters: Melvin Carter,
Chris Crutchfield & friends
Room: Outdoors
Continuation of 1:00 - 3:00PM session
- Together for Youth
- Presenter: Shirley Duke and
GLBT youth
Room: Ballroom A
Queer kids are so much more than those shallow stereotypes. Teen members of Together for Youth (a GLBT social/support group) present a series of skits designed to educate and entertain.
- Leadership and Diversity Through Song
- Presenter: Ms. Mari
Harris
Room: Garden Room
This energetic and upbeat musical workshop will teach you
about leadership and diversity and leave you with a sense
of empowerment and groove.
- All-Star Panel
- Presenters: FosterClub
All-Stars
Room: Rafters
Join the FosterClub All-Stars as they share the wisdom they’ve gained in their transitioning process. Topics for discussion may include permanency, adoption, transition planning, recruiting teen foster homes, transitional housing, activating youth advisory councils, education, health, court and self-advocacy, disabilities, community involvement.
- Search and Rescue
- Presenters: KYouth Emergency Service Assistance Response Unit (YESARU)
Room: Ballroom C
Learn from these youth how they have become official “first responders” in their community, and how negative images of youth in the community have been changed as a result.
6:00PM-7:00PM
Newspaper Fashion Show - Ballroom B
7:15PM
Sobriety Support Group
7:15PM
TLT Sweatshirts for sale in the Garden Room
9:00PM
BOARD BUSES FOR THE HARBOR CRUISE!
9:30PM-12:30AM
VISTA CRUISE
9:00AM-10:30AM
CLOSING LARGE GROUP SESSION - Ballroom B
- Performance by Ms. Mari Harris
10:30AM-11:00AM
MOVE OUT OF DORMS & RETURN KEYS TO CHAPERONS
- Chaperones please return keys to the conference
registration room
Noonish
ON YOUR WAY HOME! DRIVE SAFELY AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!