Session 1 Opportunities
Find a session of interest and click on the link below it to access the session.
Note: some sessions will be recorded and available after the P2 Summit.
The Importance of Being Engaged: Advocating for Yourself and Your Community
Join Katarina Lisaius, Outreach Representative at Senator Bernie Sanders’ office and Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyle from the Vermont Center for Independent Living Youth Advocacy Council for a dialogue about advocating for yourself, for other people, and for the ideas and issues that are important to you.
The Session will provide an opportunity to tell your story, listen to other people’s experiences and together lift up the helpful, supportive, and inspiring takeaways to help positively change our communities.
Presenters:
Katarina Lisaius, Outreach Representative for Senator Sanders
Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyle, Independent Living Coordinator at the Vermont Center for Independent Living
Shaping the Future: Current Issues Affecting Youth
Nine Vermont high school students recently participated in the National 4-H Conference where they explored current issues affecting youth and identified action steps that they presented to federal decision makers. They will share their findings and provide an opportunity for participants to think critically about these issues and how Vermont youth can engage to affect change and make a difference on these topics.
Topics for discussion include:
-Biotechnology & Climate Change
-Business Management
-Data Collection
-Health Equity
-Older Youth and Young 4-H Alumni
-Rural Broadband
-Volunteer to Career
-Young Adult Employment
Presenters:
Leslie Bostwick, Essex HS Maya Elliott, Union 32 HS Sylvia Burkman, South Burlington HS
Uma Chirkova, Homeschool
Fern Bick, Homeschool Brooke Bertrand, Otter Valley Union HS
Munyugu Shabani, Winooski HS
Kyle Mitchell, Middlebury Union HS
Sydney Feltz, Colchester HS
Lauren Traister, 4-H Teen & Leadership Program Coordinator
Student Centered Learning: A Documentary and a Journey
Come join Erubey and Galen, youth from Lamoille Union High School who participate in the EPIC program, to talk together about the changes needed in schools to make learning more personalized, relevant, and joyful. They will show a clip from their documentary in progress, invite your feedback, and draw on your experience to connect with new voices in hopes of spreading the learner-centered movement.
Presenters:
Galen Reese and Erubey Lopez, EPIC Program, Lamoille Union High School