6pm - 8pm: Pre-Conference Exhibition Reception at Vachon Gallery
March 2, 2019
8:00am – 9:00am: Registration & Breakfast
8:30 – 12:30pm: Augmented Reality Dance Demo
9:00am - 10:15am: Session One
Group A Marilyn Raichle, The Artist Within Brad Lister, Why Inclusion Matters and What it Looks Like: A Partnership Between Community Choirs and Homeless Service Organizations Anne Beffel, Color of Kindness
Group B Cleo Barnett, We The People: How to Amplify Grassroots Movements for Social Change Christopher Goodson, Undocumented Immigrants Speaking to Power through Community-Based Theater: Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras’ “El Niño Dios Viene Pal’ Norte.”
Group C Elizabeth Coen and John (J.C.) Ignacio, How the Arts Can Foster Educational Equity Anne Everhart, Young Blood
Claudia Bach, Connecting Student Research and Community Benefit: Arts Ecosystem Research Project
10:30am - 12:00pm: Session Two
Kelly Dylla, Pursuing Equity for People of Color as a White Arts Leader
Sam Van Waardhuizen, Creating Platforms for Social Change: A Teaching Artist Workshop
Xanne Sarka, The InterPlay Way for Social Change and Authentic Community Building
Brian J. Evans, Moving Through Social Justice: Movement-Based Strategies for Unpacking Social Justice for All Ages
12:00pm - 12:30pm: Networking Lunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Keynote Presentation & Q&A with Mohamad Hafez
1:45pm - 2:45pm: Session Three
James Miles and Ebo Barton, Who Cares What Young People Think
Rachel Parker, Cognitive Restructuring: Leading through Change
Holly Jacobson, Arts and Homelessness from a Global Perspective
S. Rebeqa Rivers, Disrupting Whiteness: How to Challenge the Norm in Arts Education
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Session Four
Rachel Betron, Tacoma Creates: A Case for Cultural Access Policy
Ana Rusness-Petersen, Leading through Podcasts and Creative Producing
Namii, Song, Dance, Magic & Medicine
Trés McMichael, Using Marginalized Narratives for Radicalized Change: Performing Arts Leadership, Inclusion, and Diversity Seminars
4:15pm - 5:15pm: Closing Workshop with Mohamad Hafez