Day 1 - March 1
8:30am – 9:30am Breakfast Meet-up
Come enjoy some food and time to informally meet up, connect and reconnect
9:30am – 9:45amWelcome and overview [whole group]
Opening ceremony — Mitsu Inaba (Ritsumeikan University)
Welcoming & opening remarks — Mara Mahmood & John Cano (UC Berkeley)
9:45am – 10:00am Re-connecting: Developing UC Links Programs [whole group]
Brief introductions of new UC Links partners and programs
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Agropecuaria Cumaco — Viviana Ahumada & Karla Caballero (Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Barranquilla, Colombia)
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Making for All — Nina Bonderup Dohn & Inger-Marie F. Christensen (University of Southern Denmark); Roland Hachmann (University College South Denmark)
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Utopia Project — Antti Rajala (University of Eastern Finland)
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School Kids Investigating Language in Life and Society (SKILLS) — Jin Sook Lee (UC Santa Barbara)
10:00am - 10:15amRe-connecting Activity [whole group]
Connecting and re-connecting with UC Links partners
10:15am - 11:00am Cultivating Change through Resistance and Renewal [whole group + small group discussions]
Exploring resistance and renewal through the practices, pedagogies, and activities of the Laboratory for Ritual Arts & Pedagogy (RAP Lab) — Arianna Baharmast, Carla Cariño, Brian Murilthi, Kalonji Nzinga, Shawn O’Neal, Marlene Palomar, Karla Trujillo (RAP Lab – CU Boulder; North High School, Denver, Colorado / Lyripeutics Storytelling Project)
11:00am - 11:15am Break
11:15am - 12:00pmWorkarounding: Strategies for Resistance and Renewal [whole group + small group discussions]
Exploring the local pragmatics of resistance and renewal to workaround current and future challenges to UC Links program sustainability — Michael Cole (5th Dimension - UC San Diego), Veverly Anderson (Democracy Lab / Town & Country Learning Center, UC San Diego), Charles Underwood (UC Links), José Ramón Lizárraga (LiTT Lab)
Questions for discussion:
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What has happened in the past to challenge UC Links programs?
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What was the impact of these challenges on UC Links programs?
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How did we respond to these challenges, both locally and collectively?
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What does this suggest about pragmatic strategies for the future?
12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch
1:00pm - 1:30pmRe-connecting: Restorative Practices for Body and Mind [whole group]
Space for relaxation, reflection, and movement in community
1:30pm - 2:30pm Open Conversation Hour [small groups]
Time for both facilitated and free conversations. Find someone you haven’t connected with yet and go for a walk or find a space to chat, join a facilitated conversation, or create a group of your own!
Open Conversation Hour [small groups]
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California PI Meeting — [Room 4101]
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Graduate Student Dialogue: Embracing the Mess: Dialogue and Reflections on Graduate Student Research and Writing Collaborations — Micaela Bronstein & Jackson Gzehoviak (UC Los Angeles) [Room 1215]
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Undergraduate Students Connections — Wesley Veiga (UC Berkeley) [Room 1217]
- Other groups? —[Rooms 1212, 1213, 1214, and 1216 available]
2:30pm - 3:00pm Re-connecting: UC Links Programs and Partners Around the World
- Developing Activities to Enhance Well-Being in a Local Community from the Viewpoint of Children: Update on Yawata Children's Conference — Mitsu Inaba, Saori Yamanaka, Risa Akai, Honoka Shintaku, Miuna Sato & Shuri Kawano (Ritsumeikan University)
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Others…
3:00pm - 4:15pmCultivating Change: Small Group Sessions
Opportunities to share knowledge, resources, and best-practices. Please choose one:
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Anti-Racist Principles for Teaching and Syllabus Design— Lee Martin (UC Davis)
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Hands-on: Very Doable Film, Music & Music Video Production — Tom Vogt (University of Augsburg, Germany) and Karla Trujillo (University of Colorado, Boulder)
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Navigating Administrative Hurdles— Cynthia Sanchez Tapia (CSU Dominguez Hills) & Erin Ellison (Sacramento State University)
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Teaching and Learning with Undergraduates —Leslie Lopez (UC Santa Cruz) & Alessandra Pantano (UC Irvine)
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Training Undergraduates in Observational and Field Note Methods — Lupe Rosas, Taylor Michelle Wycoff & Sandra Simpkins (UC Irvine)
- YPAR: Learning to Learn from Youth — Betsy Centeno, Jennifer Figueroa, Jessica Taft, and Saskias Casanova (UC Santa Cruz)
4:15pm - 4:30pm Break
4:30pm - 5:30pm Re-connecting: Conversation Hour and Reflections [whole group]
5:30pm – 7:00pm Hosted Dinner Reception
[Berkeley School of Education, 2121 Berkeley Way]
Day 2 - March 2
8:30am – 9:30am Breakfast Meet-up
9:30am – 10:00amWelcome and Overview [whole group]
Welcoming & opening remarks — Mara Mahmood, John Cano & Wesley Veiga (UC Berkeley)
10:00am – 10:15am Engaging Youth as Co-Researchers
Youth from Finland may be joining us to share about their work with the Utopia Project https://utopiaproject.fi/en — Antti Rajala (University of Eastern Finland)
10:15am – 11:30am Cultivating Change: Small Group Sessions
Opportunities to share knowledge, resources, and best-practices. Please choose one:
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Adaptable Training Modules for Onboarding Undergraduates and Staff — Colette Samimi & Marni Ann Higgins (UC Berkeley)
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Black History and Digital Tools for Educational Use — Bryson Berry & Mihailo Vucetic (Macalester College)
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Culturally Responsive Practices in UC Links programs — Taylor Michelle Wycoff, Lupe Rosas, Sandra Simpkins & Alessandra Pantano (UC Irvine)
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Designing Digital Vision Boards with Canva — Maria de Jesus Donan, Micah Gerola, and Delmy Munguia (UC Santa Barbara)
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Engaging Youth as Co-researchers — Antti Rajala (University of Eastern Finland)
- Writing Workshop — Marjorie Orellana (UC Los Angeles)
11:30am - 11:45amBreak
11:45am - 12:45pmPoster Session - Digital & Other Media [whole group]
Informal presentations from & conversations with programs and partners from the UC Links network.
12:45pm - 1:30pmClosing Session [whole group]
1:30pm – 3:00pmLunch & Informal Networking
3:00pm - 3:30pm [OPTIONAL] Restorative Movement Practices
Move and stretch your body before your travels!
