Global Kids' annual youth-organized and youth-led conference will be held virtually on April 1, 2021 from 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM. This year's conference theme is "Government, Economic Equality, and Human Rights" and will bring together hundreds of young people from public schools and youth organizations for workshops on topics such as poverty criminalization, child labor, immigration, and other government instated human rights violations. Plenary sessions will feature speakers and creative performances and participants will develop strategies to create change on these important issues. Educators looking to bring groups of youth to the conference can pre-register here. All other adults can register here. If you have any questions about the conference, please email conference@globalkids.org

Literacy Partners' La Fuerza de Familias Latinas initiative offers workshops and educational media so that Spanish-speaking parents and caregivers of children ages 0-7 can strengthen the literacy skills they need to succeed in today’s world. Register for their campaign launch event on March 24, 2021 to learn about new digital resources that you can share with families, and join a national network to promote children's early learning.

United Community Centers will be hosting a COVID-19 Vaccine Education Series, Community Members Community Voices. The first session of the series will take place on March 17, 2021 from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM. The session will include a moderated discussion with a group of panelists. If you would like to submit questions for the panelists before the session, please send them to storho@ucceny.org by March 16, 2021. Follow the Zoom link to attend.

Registration is now open to host a Girls on the Run program at your school or site this spring. Teams will meet online for 60-75 minutes twice a week for 8 weeks (16 lessons total). The Girls on the Run program is for students in 3rd-5th grade, and our Heart & Sole program is for students in 6th-8th grade. The program focuses on social-emotional development, and features activities and support to combat the impact that physical isolation and stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic have had on children. Spring programming starts on April 12, 2021. Apply to start a new site, or join an Open House on March 16, 2021 at 1:00 PM to learn more. You can also visit their website or contact their program manager Radford Lathan at program@gotrnyc.org.

Nominations are now open for The American Express NGen Fellows program, part of the American Express Leadership Academy. The program offers a transformative opportunity for changemakers, age 40 and under, to strengthen their leadership capacity, hone their change-making skills, and build connections with some of the social sector’s most influential leaders. Every year the NGen Fellows program selects 12 individuals to participate in a nine-month leadership development program. In 2021, the program will be delivered in a fully virtual format without in-person meetings due to COVID-19. Applications for the 2021 American Express NGen Fellows Cohort are due March 21, 2021.

The Wallace Foundation has released five episodes of a new podcast series, focused on their Partnerships for Social Emotional Learning Initiative (PSELI). Each episode features discussions of early findings and lessons from a RAND Corporation study of the first two years of the initiative. The insights from the partnerships at each site – between school districts and out-of-school time intermediaries, and schools and afterschool programs – come at a time when interest in SEL is outstripping empirical guidance about how to implement these programs and practices.

Search for job opportunities in afterschool from organizations including LEAP, Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, and Phipps Neighborhoods on PASE's Job & Volunteer Listings.