2023 UC Links Hybrid International Conference

Come enjoy some food and time to informally meet up, connect and reconnect

CA PIs meeting 

• University of California PIs [Room 4310]

• California State University PIs [Room 4401]

Optional workshops 

• Yoga & breathing: Relaxation and restoration in community – Mary Ann Aguilar & Sayra Martinez (La Colonia of Eden Gardens Inc.) 

• The art of flow: Embodied resistance dance workshop – Karla Trujillo (University of Colorado, Boulder)

• Jam session: Exploring and creating songs of resistance – Tom Vogt (University of Augsburg, Germany)

• Breakout rooms available for team / cross-team gatherings [Rooms 1207, 1216, 4244]

• Lunch - Second floor mezzanine and Berkeley Way patio
• Nuestra Ciencia hands-on herd immunity game – Alejandra Yep-Rodriguez, Jackie Quintana, Araceli Camarillo, Ariann Landaverde, Natali Ceja, and Evelyn Soto (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

• Opening ceremony – Mitsu Inaba (Ritsumeikan University)
• Welcoming & opening remarks – Mara Mahmood & John Cano (UC Berkeley)

Brief introductions of new UC Links partners and programs

• Math CEO – Cynthia Sanchez Tapia (CSU Dominguez Hills)

• UC Berkeley Teacher Education Program  – Thomas Philip & nives wetzel de cediel (UC Berkeley)  

• Educators of Color in Urban (After)Schools – Travis Bristol, Alishba Sardar, Madeline Keo (UC Berkeley)

• Campus Conexiónes – Rebeca Mireles-Rios, Stephanie Arguera, Jing Su, Allyson Zuleta-Alonso, Richard Duran, Betsy Brenner (UC Santa Barbara) 

• Learning to Transform (LiTT) Video Gaming Lab – Arturo Cortez, Edward Rivero, Alexis Hunter, Ashieda McKoy, Godwin Amouzou, Jade Cortez Vargas, Humberto (BB) Echevarría Rios, Bella Herrera, Scott Perkins, and Mariel Reyes-Galvez (University of Colorado, Boulder)

• Ritual Arts and Pedagogies (RAP) Lab – Kalonji Nzinga, Karla Trujillo, Marlene Sulema Palomar (University of Colorado, Boulder)

 Connecting and learning with UC Links partners and programs

Working with diverse ages in youth participatory action research

• Amy Bintliff, Rebecca Levine, Jordan Mora, Manny Aguilar, Mary Ann Aguilar, Susanna Romero Reiss, Emilie Hardy, and Jenee Love (University of California, San Diego)

• Steven McKay, Gabriella Garcia & Malena Ronga (University of California, Santa Cruz

 Wrap-up, discussions, and reflections of day 1

Welcome and remarks - John Cano & Mara Mahmood (UC Berkeley)

 Restorative activity — Shirl Buss (Y-PLAN, UC Berkeley)

International perspectives on ongoing work & future possibilities...

• Green-screen video production & inter-institutional outreach–Marietta Moors (University of Augsburg, Germany)

• Green-screen video production and working with displaced Ukrainian youth–Vivian Wertich (University of Augsburg, Germany)

• Language learning through planning, filming, editing and presenting films–Delia Pietsch (University of Augsburg, Germany)

• Turning young people on to Oceanography–Francielle Holtz (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil)

• Innovative funding strategies for the common good–Corinna Baudisch (University of Vienna)

• Seeing the future in the present – Tom Vogt (University of Augsburg, Germany)

Walter Greason, Ben Levy, Asha Criner, Milkee Bekele, and Nick Howland  (Macalester College)

Linking and leveraging UC Links resources, and best-practices – Dogukan Ozgen, Estefanía Pihen (UC Santa Barbara), Mara Mahmood & John Cano (UC Berkeley)

 Quilt activity – Shirl Buss (UC Berkeley) and Diana Arya (UC Santa Barbara)

Hybrid workshops designed & facilitated by UC Links partners. Please choose 

one:

1. Hands-on Tinkercad workshop: Accessible and Meaningful uses of 3D design in after-school programs – Jordan Mora (La Colonia de Eden Gardens Inc.) [Room 1216]

2. Hacking new social futures: Intergenerational world-making in video gaming ecologies – Arturo Cortez, Edward Rivero, Alexis Hunter, Ashieda McKoy, Godwin Amouzou, Jade Cortez Vargas, Humberto (BB) Echevarría Rios, Bella Herrera, Scott Perkins, and Mariel Reyes-Galvez (University of Colorado, Boulder)[Room 1207]

3. Developing a successful NSF proposal – Alessandra Pantano & Sandra Simpkins (UC Irvine) [Room 1212]

4. Afterschool for adolescents: Connecting research and practice – Rebecca Levine (UC San Diego) [Room 1215]

5. Exploring sustainability: weaving sustainability learning into subject matter instruction - Estefanía Pihen (UC Santa Barbara) [Room 1217]

Informal presentations from & conversations with programs and partners from 

the UC Links network. 

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

one: 

1. Using digital communication technologies to promote learning, agency, and civic activism over contexts and time – Antti Rajala (University of Eastern Finland) [Room 1216]

2. Math CEO at Dominguez Hills: Exploring the intersections of social justice and mathematics – Cynthia Sanchez Tapia, Sydney Melendrez, Christian Rendon, and Carlos Portillo Medina (CSU Dominguez Hills); Alessandra Pantano (UC Irvine) [Room 1215]

3. Update on Yawata Children's Conference off-school activities – Mitsu Inaba (Ritsumeikan University)[Room 1212]

4. Learning about and teaching in urban schools: A year-long UC Berkeley undergraduate course – Travis Bristol, Alishba Sardar, Madeline Keo, Karina Esparza (UC Berkeley) [Room 1207]

5. Program logistics, nuts and bolts: Successful strategies for training undergraduate mentors and program start-up and sustainability – open discussion [Room 1217]

Amy Bintliff, Rebecca Levine (UC San Diego), and Zaharah Namanda (Utopia Foundation / Africa ELI) & Judith Nassali (Africa ELI)

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