BOOSTers! Are you ready for BOOST Conference 2025? TEAMBOOST wants to help you get ready by spotlighting this year’s BOOST Nation Town Hall meetings. Read on to learn more.
The BOOST Conference BOOST Nation Town Hall meetings are informal public meetings scheduled throughout the conference with national leaders. Everybody in the out-of-school time community is invited to attend, voice their opinions, share issues and challenges, share promising practices, and hear responses from public figures and elected officials about shared subjects of interest in your community. All registered attendees are welcome to attend and participate in the BOOST Conference BOOST Nation Town Hall.
Interested in learning more about this year’s BOOST Nation Town Hall meetings? Visit https://www.boostconference.org/boostnation-townhall for descriptions and more information!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30
10:30AM – 12:15PM
Expanding Student Success: State of Expanded Learning in CA
Michael Funk, Director, Expanded Learning Division, California Department of Education, Sacramento, CA; Heather Williams, Director, Policy & Outreach, California AfterSchool Network, Sacramento, CA; Vanessa Hernandez, Senior Specialist, Policy & Outreach, California AfterSchool Network, Fresno, CA
2:45PM – 4:45PM
Inclusive Policies & Gender Support Plans for Transgender & Non-Binary Youth
Ellen Kahn, MSS, Senior Vice President, HRC Equality Programs, Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC; Lisa Stanton, Development Director/Parent, Havaya Summer Programs / HRCF Parents for Transgender Equality Council, Denver, CO
THURSDAY, MAY 1
10:00AM – 12:00PM
Bridging the Gap: Promoting Well-Being Between Early Childhood and Adolescence
Philip Steigman, MS, MPP, Brookline, MA; Carlos Santini, CEO, Mizzen Education, Los Angeles, CA
1:15PM – 2:30PM
#AfterschoolWorks – Opportunities and Challenges in the Trump Administration
Jodi Grant, JD, Executive Director; Maria Rizo, Sr. Communications Associate, Afterschool Alliance, Washington DC; Lisa Lucheta, Principal, Torani/R. Torre & Co., San Leandro, CA
3:45PM – 5:15PM
Storytelling for Advocacy
Mike de la Rocha, Co-Founder, Revolve Impact, Los Angeles, CA
FRIDAY, MAY 2
9:15AM – 11:15AM
Winning Settlement Dollars to Support Engagement, Community, & Connections in the Age of Social Media
Elizabeth Gaines, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Children’s Funding Project, Washington, DC; Erica Lim, Ed.L.D., Senior Program Officer, The Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; Jennifer Dietrich, MA, Director of Policy, Partnership for Children and Youth, Sacramento, CA; Diana Carrillo, MBA, Vice President of Programs, arc, Torrance, CA; Eleanor Blume, Special Assistant Attorney General for Economic Justice, Office of the Attorney General, State of California Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA
Get ready for this one-of-a-kind professional development experience, where local, national, and global leaders gather to grow together, build community, and co-create a great world for kids. Together we INSPIRE YOUTH, INSPIRE LEARNING, and INSPIRE CHANGE.
Still need to register for BOOST 2025? Visit boostconference.org/registration for more information.
BOOSTers, we can’t wait to learn with you April 29 – May 2, 2025, in sunny Palm Springs!
Start planning your conference experience TODAY!