Youth Development/Leadership Track

Schedule

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

7:00 - 8:20am               Breakfast

8:30 - 9:10am                Opening/Welcome – Moneka Stevens and Yolanda Cordova

                                          Conference Introduction - Dr. Alfredo Vigil

9:10 - 10:15am              Keeping the Fires Lit - D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas

10:30 - 11:15am            Youth Track Introduction/Shields of Strength - Clayton Small

11:15 - 12:10pm            Developing Leadership Skills - D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas

12:15 - 1:15pm               Lunch

1:30 - 3:15pm                 Team Building - Clayton Small

3:15 - 4:30pm                 KUNM Youth Radio Town Hall

5:15 - 9:30pm                 Youth Dinner and Entertainment

Thursday, April 17, 2008

7:15 – 7:50am                 Breakfast

8:00 - 9:25am                  Train the Trainer Workshops

• Young People in Action (Teen Pregnancy Prevention)

Presenters: South Valley Women in Action and South Valley Male Involvement Project

• Media Literacy (Healthier Weight)

Presenters: Grants Youth Council and Future Foundations Family Center

9:30 - 11:00am              Train the Trainer Workshops

• S.T.O.P. (Students Training Other Peers) Suicide (Youth Suicide Prevention)

Presenters: Laguna Youth Advisory Group (YAG) and NMDOH Office of School & Adolescent Health

• The Three R’s: Respect, Resiliency and Relationships (Teen Dating Violence Prevention)

Presenters: NM Youth Alliance and NMDOH Office of School & Adolescent Health

11:15 - 11:20am            Head to Toe PSA – South Valley Male Involvement Project and

Helping Kids Eat Smart: Replacing Calorie Counting with Nutrient Nibbling - Dr. Robert Murray

12:30 - 2:00 pm               Lunch

2:00 - 3:30pm                  Train the Trainer Workshops

• Next Steps…Taking the information back to our peers/school/community

Presenters: NMDOH Office of School & Adolescent Health and NM Public Education Department

 

For questions concerning the youth track please contact:

Tessa Medina-Lucero
Adolescent Health Coordinator
NM Department of Health - Office of School and Adolescent Health
(505) 222-8681
tessa.medina-lucero@state.nm.us

HEAD TO TOE YOUTH WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS

• Coalition for Healthy and Resilient Youth
• Envision New Mexico
• Future Foundations Family Center
• Grants Youth Council
• KUNM Radio
• Laguna Youth Advisory Group
• NM commission on the Status of Women
• NM Department of Health, Office of School and Adolescent Health
• NM Forum for Youth in Community
• NM Public Education Department
• NM Youth Alliance
• Pojoaque Natural Helpers
• South Valley Male Involvement Project
• South Valley Women in Action