2022 UC Links International Conference

Welcoming words — Mara Mahmood & John Cano

Land acknowledgement — Karla Trujillo

The Dragon’s Code and restorative activities –Katherine Lazo, Giselle Ramirez, Destiny Aranda (Whittier Fifth Dimension, Whittier College) & Shirl Buss (Y-PLAN) — Check video here

 Brief introductions of new UC Links partners and programs (check video here)

• Youth Action Network –Regina Langhout & Steve McKay (UC Santa Cruz)

• Y-PLAN San Jose– Ellen Middaugh (San Jose State University) & Patricia Reguerin (Escuela Popular)

• Youth Participatory Action Research and Critical Literacy in Morrison Creek –Erin Rose Ellison (California State University Sacramento)

• South Franklin SSWC (Secondary School Writing Center) –Katie Watkins (Brigham Young University, Utah)

• La Mia Scuola È Differente – Lisa Bugno (University of Padova, Italy)

Opportunities to share knowledge, resources, and best-practices:

1. Applicability of Gender and Queer Studies in educational settings 

2. Culturally relevant pedagogical practices

3. Imagining an online, systemwide undergraduate UC Links course 

4. International perspectives–Art4Ukraine & other international connections 

5. International perspectives – Uruguay: Cruzando fronteras para reimaginar futuros juntos

6. Playing with mythical entities...The Wiz, El Maga, La Mosca Cósmica, ThemBot, Proteo 

7. Thinking together: UC Links Edited Volume 

Democracy Lab 2.0 video presentation: Documentary rough cut with feedback & discussion — Veverly Anderson, Angela Booker, Sennami Goziem, Moriah Hayes, Josh Orris (UC San Diego) 

Hand-on activity – Charles Underwood (UC Berkeley)

Hybrid workshops designed & facilitated by UC Links partners. 

1. Best practices for innovating with technology in hybrid learning environments – Shirl Buss (Y-PLAN, UC Berkeley) & Katherine Lazo, Stephanie Carmona, (Whittier Fifth Dimension, Whittier College) 

2. Engaging math activities for middle and high school – Alessandra Pantano & Luke Smith, (Math CEO, UC Irvine) 

3. Exploring open-access online tools for undergraduate coursework – Glynda Hull, Devanshi Unadkat, & Catherine Park (UC Berkeley) 

4. Fund development strategies for university-community collaborations – Jacqueline Rossow (La Colonia de Eden Gardens) 

5. Writing together: UC Links Edited Volume – Marjorie Orellana (UCLA) 

6. Youth Summit: Overview and creation of Online Activities – Dogukan Ozgen, Ali Muller, Devon Christman, and Diana Arya (UC Santa Barbara) 

 Hybrid workshops designed & facilitated by UC Links partners. 

1. Best practices that increase opportunities for socioemotional learning (SEL) – Lilly Lew (City Year San Jose, formerly UC Santa Barbara) 

2. Hands-on introduction to kid-friendly microcontrollers – Lee Martin (UC Davis) 

3. Hands-on introduction to creating podcasts – Tom Vogt (University of Augsburg, Germany) 

4. Parent resources for supporting students' math learning during the pandemic– Nestor Tulagan & Alessandra Pantano (Math CEO, UC Irvine)

5. Photovoice Project in Corre la Voz and Restorative Pedagogies: socially transformative aims, methods, and outcomes for our learning communities – Leslie Lopez (Corre la Voz, UC Santa Cruz)

6. Playing in Gather.Town– Cathy Angelillo (Newmarket School District, New Hampshire)

Opportunities to share knowledge, resources, and best-practices. 

1. Compartiendo nuestros programas dentro de las escuelas: Tensiones y oportunidades en el co-diseño de actividades 

2. Exploring the realm of the kinesthetic in multimodal learning 

3. Imagining an online, systemwide UC Links after-school program 

4. International perspectives - Japan: Exploring learning possibilities for children navigating in-person and virtual communities 

5. International perspectives - Japan: Challenges of early childhood education (ECE) teacher training for multicultural learning environments 

6. Preparing undergraduate researchers/collaborators to engage effectively with community 

 Wrap-up, discussions, and reflections of day 1

• The Dragon’s Code and ice breaker activities – Katherine Lazo, Giselle Ramirez, Destiny Aranda (Whittier Fifth Dimension, Whittier College)
• Sharing Key ideas, reactions, questions, and highlights from Day 1 (Padlet)- whole group  discussion

 Opportunities to share knowledge, resources, and best-practices. 

1. Beyond youth as "future leaders": Using reflexivity to address ageism 

2. Climate activism and concrete utopias 

3. Creating safe online and in-person learning environments 

4. Co-constructing dynamic and engaging hybrid learning environments 

5. Leveraging intersegmental collaborations (e.g. UC/CSU and others)

6. Youth Summit - exploring ways to engage UC Links programs

Informal presentations from & conversations with programs from the UC Links network.

•  Coming together through challenging times - La Clase Mágica — UC San Diego

•  Nuestra ciencia is our science: microbiology lessons for all — California Polytechnic State University

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Whittier video & discussion –Katherine Lazo, Giselle Ramirez, Destiny Aranda (Whittier Fifth Dimension, Whittier College)

 Linking and leveraging UC Links’ body of knowledge, resources, and best-practices — Check brainstorm board here

 Wrap-up, discussions, closing remarks, and reflections of day 2