PASE Network News

Join Youth MOVE National on May 20, 2026 from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST for Unpacking & Reclaiming the Transition to ‘Adulthood,’ an interactive webinar exploring what “adulthood” means and how young people can reclaim that transition on their own terms. This session will create space to reflect on societal expectations, identity, lived experience, and the many factors that shape the transition into adulthood. Through guided discussion, reflection activities, and peer engagement, participants will explore what it means to move beyond traditional definitions and reconnect with authenticity, joy, and self-determination. Participants will have opportunities to engage through live polls, chat discussions, and breakout conversations. Save your spot via the Zoom registration. 

Join Pockets Change on May 27, 2026 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM for their workshop, Art for Our Nervous Systems, a space for practitioners and program leaders to slow down, make art, and reconnect with why we do this work. The session will explore grounding practices that support the emotional labor of teaching financial resilience and Hip-Hop–based learning. Together, participants will explore activities for building community and personal capacity through creative arts and interpersonal neurobiology. Participants will leave the session with community connections, new strategies for collective care, and curriculum for financial education and educator mental well-being. This session is supported by the Coalition of Youth Development Intermediaries. Save your spot and share more about what you hope to take away from the session via their registration form. 

Coalition of Youth Development Intermediaries (CYDI) invites leaders and practitioners from youth-serving organizations to take a few minutes to complete the CYDI Youth Sector Snapshot Survey. This survey is designed to capture what organizations are experiencing right now - from staffing and funding challenges to the evolving needs of young people - and to surface ideas for how our sector can work differently and more effectively. It should take 15-20 minutes to complete. Your input will help shape more responsive supports across the field and provide funders with timely, grounded insights to inform their investments. Take the digital survey online. 

Is your organization ready to build a more age-diverse board? CoGenerate is hosting a virtual session on this topic on April 30, 2026 at 7:00PM, centered on open conversation and honest reflection. Participants will hear from three leaders spearheading efforts to diversify board involvement. The conversation will explore how to build stronger boards by drawing on the distinct strengths, perspectives, and brilliance of both younger and older leaders. Participants will receive a one-page guide highlighting practical insights and emerging practices. Save your spot for the conversation via their website.

What does it mean to truly share power with young people – not just in rhetoric, but in research, funding, and strategy? On May 4, 2026, from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, The Center for Social Impact Strategy at UPenn is hosting a virtual talk with Joshua Lavra of Hopelab to answer this question. Hopelab works at the intersection of youth well-being, technology, and equity, and this talk will highlight concrete stories of co-creating with young people, and the messy, generative work of designing more hopeful futures. RSVP via Zoom for this talk and to see the other topics in the series.