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PROGRAM SPONSORS

University of Minnesota Extension

Youth Work Institute

MN Department of Education

Center for Youth Development

MN Historical Society

Minnesota 4-H Foundation

Friendship Institute

McKnight Foundation

University of Minnesota Libraries

College of Education & Human Development

Youth Development Leadership Program

Youth Studies Program

Family, Youth & Community Program

Youth & Policy Editorial Board

 

 

2008 History of Youth and Community Work Conference

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

 

WEDNESDAY JUNE 25, 2008

Minnesota History Center
345 Kellogg Blvd W.
St. Paul MN 55102-1903

  Morning-Honewell Commons
8:30 Sign-In & Coffee
9:00 Opening—MN Spoken Word Association & Healing Spirit Drumming Circle
9:15 Welcome – Joyce Walker, Tony Jeffs, and Kate Searls

Minnesota's First Children

Brenda Child: Boarding School Era
Sandy White Hawk: Foster Care and Adoption Era
Kirk Crow Shoe: Today's Work

Process will include speakers, Q&A, and dialogue in large and small groups.

12:00

Lunch & History Center Museum Tour
Visit Curator’s Talk: We Couldn’t Live at Home Exhibit
Star Tribune Gallery, 3rd Floor – Kate Searls

How to Find the Voices

 1:30

Hands-on workshops
MN History Center archives
U of MN Social Welfare archives, David Klaassen
U of MN Immigration archives, Molly Collins

 3:45

Group Reflection – Lisa Kimball, Tony Jeffs

 4:30

Move, for the remainder of the conference, to the
Minnesota Humanities Commission Conference Center
987 East Ivy Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55106

6:00 Dinner
7:15

Entertainment provided by MN Spoken Word Association
Free and open to the public

 

THURSDAY JUNE 26, 2008

 9:00 Opening remarks & Media Track review—Joyce Walker & Joanna Kohler
 9:30 Settlements & Community Centers

Tony Wagner, Pillsbury United Communities
Renae Oswald-Anderson, Neighborhood House
Barbara Milon, Phyllis Wheatley

Process will include speakers, Q&A, and dialogue in large and small groups.

 12:00 Lunch
 1:00 Youth & Community Work: The Rich Tradition
Library Dan Conrad: Why Did They Take that Game Away from Us?
Commons Ruth Gilchrist: Settlements Beyond the City—Taking Art to Depressed Areas
Media room Mixed media presentations by and about youth and youth work will be on exhibit throughout the conference.
 3:00  
Library Amy Chalifoux Anderson, Sara Bielawski, Peggy Pond: Gisela Konopka and Project Girl
Commons Judith Erickson: National Youth Organizations in Wartime
Media room Mixed media presentations by and about youth and youth work will be on exhibit throughout the conference.
 6:00

Dinner

 
 7:15

Entertainment provided by Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theatre
Free and open to the public

 

FRIDAY JUNE 27, 2008

  Morning
 9:00 Opening Remarks
 9:15 Including Borrowed Traditions in Youth Work
Commons Simon Bradford: Aspects of Youth Policy Development in Mid Twentieth Century England
Library Judith Erickson: Playing Indian: A Metaphor to Grow On?
10:45 Tony Jeffs: Towards a History of the Community School
 12:00 Lunch

 12:45

Reflections & Evaluation – Brice Dixon, Tony Jeffs,
Sheila Oehrlein, Carol Thomas, and Byron Schneider

 1:30 Closing Ritual– Shá Cage

 2:00

Conference Conclusion

 
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