Listening to Our Hearts: A Social & Emotional Learning Symposium Reflection
by April Miller, School's Out Washington (August 21, 2020) Recently, at the SEL Symposium I had an aha moment the very first day “heart day” when keynote Damithia Nieves, Founder and Educator at Thrive Yoga, spoke on “Listening to the Wisdom of Your Heart.” Damithia said, “We exist [...]
2020 Event Summary: Whole Child, Whole Day: Heart, Mind, & Body
On July 24, July 31, and August 7, 2020, YDEKC hosted Whole Child, Whole Day: Heart, Mind, and Body, our fifth annual and first-ever virtual Social & Emotional Learning Symposium for 200 practitioners and system-level leaders from around the Road Map Region. With 3 opening keynotes, 12 [...]
Body-Day Keynote, Sean Goode: “Uncertain times are prime real estate for possibilities to be born.”
Body Day on August 7 will be the last day of our three-part learning journey — YDEKC’s Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Symposium, Whole Child, Whole Day: Heart, Mind, & Body. Our keynote speaker, Sean Goode, a national expert on justice reform and ParentMap’s 2020 Superhero, [...]
Announcing Keynote Panelists for Mind Day for our SEL Symposium
We will kick off Mind Day (July 31) at YDEKC’s Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) Symposium — Whole Child, Whole Day: Heart, Mind, & Body — with a thought-provoking chat on our essential question for the day: How do we create learning environments that center racial equity and a [...]
Announcing Keynote Speaker Damithia Nieves for Heart Day
[caption id="attachment_3671" align="aligncenter" width="546"] “When we love, we can hear our hearts speak.” -bell hooks[/caption] We are thrilled to announce Damithia Nieves as our Keynote Speaker for Heart Day at Whole Child, Whole Day: Heart, Mind, & Body! YDEKC’s Social & [...]