YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. The National Service-Learning Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/the-national-service-learning-conference The largest gathering of youth and adults involved in the service-learning movement.

 "The conference is top notch … it thoroughly meets the needs of teachers, administrators, and most importantly the students." - Nancy DiNunzio, Director of Operations, LEAD Academy 

The National Service-Learning Conference focuses on service-learning as a way of teaching and learning that builds academic skills and citizenship while addressing community needs in a genuine way. It convenes teachers and other service-learning practitioners, administrators, researchers, policy-makers, youth leaders, parents, program coordinators, national service members, community-based organization staffs, and corporate and foundation officers. With more than 200 workshops, it provides access to new ideas and networking opportunities. 

The conference has drawn an impressive array of speakers starting with Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich in 1989, and in later years, President Bill Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Senator Harris Wofford, Senator Paul Wellstone, Senator Dave Durenbuger, Senator John Glenn, Jane Goodall, Dr. Alec Dickson, Dame Elisabeth Hoodless, John Bridgeland, Alan Khazi, Gerda Weisman Klein.

Each year the conference features over a dozen on-site opportunities to serve the local community.  Past on-site projects have included International Sharing and Caring Mural, Sewing for Others  Hygiene Care Kits, Family Care Packages, More than Warmth Quilts, Be Aware Bracelets, Operation Goody Bag, just to name a few.

Serving the host community is part of the history of the conference.  Along with on-site opportunities, conference attendees are encouraged to go off-site and get their hands dirty.  Off-site projects have included Habitat for Humanity projects, Ronald McDonald House, EarthMatters, Youth Opportunity Center, Homelessness Projects, Save the Bay, and many others.

For more information visit http://nslc.nylc.org/index.php

]]> No publisher Jane Baumgartner Conference 2010-12-09T20:20:37Z Event Free Minds, Free People 2011 http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/the-call-for-proposals-for-free-minds-free-people-2011-is-here Proposals for the national conference on social justice education are due before January 21, 2010. Free Minds, Free People, is a national conference presented by the network in partnership with The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, the Chicago Freedom School and Youth in Action.

Conference proposals are due by January 21, 2010.

Free Minds, Free People brings together teachers, high school and college students, researchers, parents and community-based activists/educators from across the country to build a movement to develop and promote education as a tool for liberation. 

The  2009 conference featured more than 60 activities, including workshops, panels, and local community site visits with 40 presenting organizations and 450 attendees.

If interested in applying to present at this event, see the Call for Proposals here:  http://www.edliberation.org/fmfp-2011/call-for-proposals-1

]]> No publisher Jane Baumgartner Conference 2010-12-09T20:30:00Z Event Gandhi-King Youth & Community Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/gandhi-king-youth-community-conference Annual movement-building gathering for activists, organizers, grassroots leaders and people who want to improve their community and the world. Youth Conference (October 18th)

Learn peacemaking, community change, and bridge-building skills with lessons inspired by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.  

For grades 6-12

Cost: $20 

Youth Conference registration allows participants to attend the Gandhi-King Community Conference on October 20th. 

For more information, or to register for the Youth Conference: http://www.gandhikingconference.org/youthconference 

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Community Conference (October 20th)

This is an annual movement building space for activists, organizers, grassroots leaders and people that just want to improve their community and the world to gather in a unique environment that will leave them better equipped and connected to better our community. 

Sliding scale registration fee
For more information, or to register for the Community Conference: http://www.gandhikingconference.org/communityconference

Location:
BRIDGES
477 N. Fifth Street
Memphis, Tennessee 38104

 

]]> No publisher Kate Reingold Conference 2012-10-09T19:45:00Z Event 10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/10th-annual-new-partners-for-smart-growth-conference Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities. In these tough economic times when communities everywhere are struggling for fiscal survival, this timely conference will identify innovative ways to finance smart growth, explore creative techniques for reducing infrastructure and service costs, and provide concrete ideas for employing smart growth as a tool for economic vitality.


Join the Annual New Partners for Smart Growth in Charlotte for the latest in smart growth, including the latest research, cutting-edge implementation tools and techniques, best practices, model projects, policies and codes, and new partners. Most importantly, this dynamic event offers the opportunity to network and coordinate with peers as well as practitioners from many different disciplines.


The conference will draw a national audience of local elected officials and city and county staff; professionals in planning, transportation, public health, landscape architecture, parks and recreation, and crime prevention; realtors, bankers, advocates for youth, seniors, equity and environmental justice, labor representatives, school leaders and staff, and others committed to building safer, healthier and more livable communities everywhere.




For more information visit http://www.newpartners.org

 

]]> No publisher Jane Baumgartner Conference 2010-11-05T23:00:00Z Event Nonprofit Technology Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/2011-nonprofit-technology-conference The annual gathering of technologists in the nonprofit field. The Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) sparked more than 1,400 nonprofit technologists, decision makers, and nonprofit leaders during their 2010 conference; and they're preparing for a repeat. NTC offers the opportunity to showcase latest products and services for the nonprofit technology sector, while involving the community every step of the way. Goals and budgets of all sizes for sponsorship packages are welcome with the unique opportunity to build leadership communication while having a good time.

Sponsors for the NTC range from Microsoft, to Beaconfire, to Greater Good Network. Sponsors continue to grow in preparation for the 2011 conference in March. The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) believes that technology allows nonprofits to work with greater social impact. Above all, they pride themselves as a community, eager to continue building communication for an active and improved world.

 

For more information visit http://www.nten.org/ntc

]]> No publisher Jane Baumgartner Conference 2010-09-01T20:05:00Z Event Praxis Peace Institute - Mondragón Seminar 2010 http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/praxis-peace-institute-seminar-in-spain Seminar and Tour of the world's largest consortium of worker-owned businesses. Seminar: The seminar will include 4 days of presentations at the Mondragón education center as well as tours of Mondragon businesses, a youth cooperative, an incubator for cooperatives, and Mondragón University. On the 5th day, Praxis Peace Institute will host a day of discussion and brainstorming about how these ideas can be useful in our communities back home and how we can find support for cooperative business ventures.

Excursions: Included in the program are a dinner in the coastal city of San Sebastian, a visit to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, a trip to the Aranzazu Monastery and Basque Peace Center in the mountains, and visits to other areas of the unique Basque region.

Highlights include:
* The culture and values of Mondragon.
* Visits to cooperative businesses and lectures by their CEOs
* Visit an incubator for new cooperative projects and learn about    the Mondragón Youth Co-op
* A presentation of Mondragon projects for developing countries.
*  Learn about the financial mechanisms of Mondragon: how it works, why it thrives.
*  Mondragon's Corporate Management Model and full employment strategy. While Spain's unemployment rate hovers around 20%, Mondragón's is 0%.
* How Democracy works at Mondragón
* Visit Mondragon University and the education center where the Mondragon movement began.
* Learn how to transfer the Mondragon Experience to your community.

Accommodations:
All participants will stay at the Hotel Mondragon. Daily breakfast and lunch will be included in the hotel and seminar prices. Wireless Internet access is available in all hotel and meeting rooms.

Cost: Shared Room - $2,270  or,  Single Room - $2,700 (Note: If the euro continues to fall, the prices will be lower).

A $500 deposit is required to hold a space on this trip. We plan to take about 22 people, and as of June 1, 2010, we are half full.

Information and online Registration: http://www.praxispeace.org/conference10





]]> No publisher Jori Saeger Conference 2010-07-06T18:35:00Z Event Greenbuild Conference and Expo http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/greenbuild-conference-and-expo Bringing together industry leaders, experts and frontline professionals dedicated to sustainable building. Greenbuild features three days of inspiring speakers, invaluable networking opportunities, industry showcases, LEED workshops and tours of the host city's green buildings.

Launched in 2002, Greenbuild is a great opportunity to build new relationships and connect with colleagues from throughout the industry and around the world. Join thousands of other people who agree that green building is a good idea and good for business.

GreenBuild Expo

Location: 

Moscone Center

747 Howard Street 

San Francisco, California 94103


For pricing:  http://greenbuildexpo.org/pricing/registration.aspx

For more information, or to register: http://greenbuildexpo.org/Home.aspx

Click here for YES! articles on building green. 

]]> No publisher Kate Reingold Conference 2012-10-09T19:05:00Z Event World On Your Plate 2012 http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/world-on-your-plate-2012 The 9th Annual Conference on Food and Sustainable Living will feature workshops, guest presenters, discussion, and more. The World On Your Plate conference features inspiring speakers, interactive workshops, and engaging discussion on important food and sustainable living issues.

This is an event that will appeal to people who are passionate about locally grown and raised food, health, sustainability and other food and farming issues.

Featuring: 

Farmageddon 

Friday, October 12 

7-9:30 A documentary telling the story of family farms that were forced to stop providing healthy food to their communities by government bureaucracies. 

Keynote Speakers  

Saturday, October 13

Brendan Brazier 

Professional ironman triathelete, author of The Thrive Diet and creator of Vega nutritional foods.

Mark Kastel 

Co-director of the Cornucopia Institute, the country's organic industry watchdog.

Attend three of these workshops during the day:

 Energy, Intention and Food

Using Medicinal Herbs in Your Everyday Cooking

GMOs

Tea Time with TeaLeafs

Current Health Care Trends

Bringing Local Food to Your Table

The Yoga of Food

Sweet Surrender - Healthy Desserts 

Going Organic

From Field to Fork

Fracking...Up Close and Personal

Superfood Showcase

Dirty, Sexy Greens

Straight Scoop on Gluten Free

The Three Sisters Garden

Natural Solutions for Dental Health


WYOP also offers a Saturday Youth Conference: World in Your Backyard, a full day of interactive and inspiring workshops for youth age 10-16.   

Event location: 

Daemon College 

Charles J. Wick Center

4380 Main Street

Amherst, New York

Cost: 

$25 for adults who pre-register, $30 at the door. Youth are free with a paying adult. Students with an ID get in for free!  (must pre-register)

For more information or to register please visit:  www.worldonyourplate.org 

 

 

]]> No publisher Kate Reingold Conference 2012-09-27T17:45:00Z Event Netroots Nation 2011 http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/netroots-nation-2011 The largest annual gathering of political bloggers in the U.S. Netroots Nation provides an online and in-person campus for exchanging ideas and learning how to be more effective in using technology to influence the public debate.

The sixth annual gathering of Netroots Nation (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention) will include panels led by national and international experts; identity, issue and regional caucuses; prominent political, issue and policy-oriented speakers; a progressive film screening series; and a concentrated gathering of progressive bloggers.

The origin of Netroots Nation is traced to a time when a tremendous and growing number of citizens gathered every day in the virtual world to raise their collective voice and proactively influence their government. That group is broadly called the Netroots and has since grown to include progressive organizations and politicians who use new media technologies to communicate with their constituents.

Netroots Nation is a project of Bloggerpower.org, a 501(c)4 organization, with the generous support of the Netroots Arts and Education Initiative (NAEI).


For more information visit www.netrootsnation.org

]]> No publisher arueben Conference 2011-02-14T20:20:00Z Event 8th Annual BALLE Business Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/8th-annual-balle-business-conference Lighting the way to a new economy. The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) is North America's fastest growing network of socially responsible businesses, comprised of over 80 community networks with over 21,000 independent business members across the U.S. and Canada.

In these uncertain economic times, BALLE is convening the community of business owners and innovation leaders who are proving that things can and should be different!  Our economy ought to be by the people and for the people. The BALLE conference will demonstrate how the new economy is being shaped at the grassroots level in local communities around North America.

Join hundreds of entrepreneurs and business owners, BALLE network leaders, economic developers, local government representatives and community connectors, as we explore innovative best practices in growing community health and wealth. Together we will find inspiration, share proven tools and successful programs, and explore how communities like yours are stepping forward as leaders of the new economy.

www.livingeconomies.org/conference/2010-conference

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-01T19:45:00Z Event 2010 Reproductive Justice Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/2010-reproductive-justice-conference Building the movement for reproductive freedom. Campus and community activists will gather at Hampshire College to unite for reproductive justice. More than 40 workshops and trainings will be offered. Conference speakers address reproductive freedom as it relates to a broad range of social justice initiatives including economic justice, health care reform, racial equality, freedom from violence, immigrant rights, climate justice, and LGBTQ rights, just to name a few.

Over the weekend, you will deepen your understanding of issues you already know about, make new connections, and unite with others who are passionate about working for social justice.

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-05-13T20:55:23Z Event 16th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/16th-annual-pedagogy-and-theatre-of-the-oppressed-conference Flex and Flexibility: When to bend? When to stretch? When to engage? PTO is a not-for-profit (IRS 501C3) organization with the following mission: To challenge oppressive systems by promoting critical thinking and social justice. We organize an annual meeting that focuses on the work of liberatory educators, activists, and artists; and community organizers.

Pre-conference workshops begin June 1st and post-conference workshops conclude June 8th.

www.ptoweb.org/conference.html

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-19T18:52:27Z Event Tapping Into Solutions: The Future of Water http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/tapping-into-solutions-the-future-of-water The Environmental Leadership Program's annual conference. The conference aims to create a dialog between leaders in these sectors and explore their future technical and leadership needs.   By bringing together a diverse group of engineers, lawyers, social scientists, and planners from each of these sectors the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) and the Switzer Foundation Fellowship Network will work together to forge solutions.  This conference will explore and debate these complex water issues, identify the leadership needed to manage the resource, and offer a framework to illuminate potential solutions at a national conference in Milwaukee.

Water is critical to our lives and livelihoods in countless ways.  Sustainability and access to water are complex issues that intersect with many disciplines and any discussion about climate change, economic development, equity and social justice.  Climate change and adaptation adds yet a new dimension to the exploration of water solutions.   New thinking, new leaders, and innovation will be critical to reducing conflict and ensuring the availability of safe and adequate water supplies while creating new economic opportunities fostering growth in green jobs.  Tapping into Solutions will engage panelists from each sector and the audience in interactive and integrative discussions related to water and climate change, sustainable infrastructure, the nexus between water and energy, and other topics focused on:

  • Quality -- In many areas of the United States and the world, water quality has improved dramatically over the past decades resulting from regulation of point-source pollution, but significant challenges remain to maintain drinking water quality and protect and enhance clean water sources from non-point sources. 
  • Quantity -- Local communities, States, and regions, face many challenges as they attempt to balance water needs for multiple and often competing uses.  Since watershed boundaries rarely mimic political boundaries, trans-boundary water resource management is becoming an increasingly important diplomatic aspect of dealing with water issues.
  • Access -- Society grapples with the question of who owns the water and who is entitled to it and at what cost.  Aligning needs with access and protecting critical ecosystems requires exploration of both the ethical and legal framework associated with access to water.

Each panel discussion will explore and forge solutions and present our findings at the end of the program. Across the country, the creative ideas of individuals and institutions are a testament to ingenuity and dedication in the water sector to find solutions to these complex problems.  Tapping into Solutions will help participants identify opportunities for public leadership in their institutions and communities and encourage attendees to dream big, think abstractly about solutions, and take the calculated risks necessary to implement positive change.

http://www.elpnet.org/events/water

]]> No publisher Jori Saeger Conference 2010-07-14T22:10:00Z Event Kitsap County Human Rights Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/kitsap-county-human-rights-conference The 22nd Annual Kitsap County Human Rights Conference will focus on the theme, The Forgotten War: Economics and Social Justice. The Kitsap County Council for Human Rights, with the support of United Way of Kitsap, the Suquamish tribe, and the Kitsap Sun, present their 22nd Annual Human Rights Conference.

The conference will include breakout sessions on Immigration, Climate Change, Microfinance, Criminal Justice, and Food Justice. 

Location: Kitsap Conference Center

                   Bremerton, Washington

For more information, or to register: http://www.kitsapgov.com/hr/wsolympic/humanrights/hrcboard.htm

]]> No publisher Kate Reingold Conference 2012-12-06T19:10:52Z Event 2011 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/2011-salish-sea-ecosystem-conference Many Voices, One Sea The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference is the largest, most comprehensive scientific research and policy conference in the region. The 2011 conference, co-hosted by Environment Canada and the Puget Sound Partnership, presents the latest scientific research on the state of the ecosystem. The conference also shares information on recent management actions and best practices to protect and restore the Salish Sea Ecosystem. Through these dialogues, the conference emphasizes the importance of collaboration among scientists and policymakers to solve complex environmental issues that cross political borders.

Join us in furthering our collective understanding of the unique and precious ecosystem that is the Salish Sea. Together, we will explore the state of the science, build our management capability, and reinforce our strong foundation of research and policy. The exciting, dynamic program creates opportunities for peer-to-peer interactions, cultural celebrations, knowledge transfer, and practical collaborations. Enjoy workshops, special sessions, field trips, keynote speakers, and other engaging events throughout the conference.

For more information, visit: salishseaconference.org

]]> No publisher Susan Gleason Conference 2011-09-30T21:51:12Z Event