Beyond the Path: Youth Charting the Course

Description

We are excited to host a FREE, one-day event bringing together program providers, educators, community members, and partners dedicated to supporting youth under 25. Experience inspiring presentations, a keynote on unlocking career potential, and authentic conversations with students and families while helping shape pathways to success in our community.

Who Should Attend:

• Program providers for youth under 25
• People supporting or investing in youth career development
• Collaborators eager to build pathways to success
• Community members who value homegrown talent

What to Expect:

• Inspiring presentations from regional youth career pathway programs
• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Doannie Tran, co-founder of the Open Systems Institute and co-author of The Open System: Redesigning Education and Reigniting Democracy.
• Honest conversations with students and families
• Community visioning session to learn, share, and plan together

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Meet Our Keynote Speaker: Doannie Tran

As Managing Partner at the Center for Innovation in Education, Dr. Doannie Tran focuses on empowering communities to drive systems change. He leads transformative co-creation projects nationwide, guiding partners through complex challenges. In Kentucky, he facilitated a statewide accountability redesign, securing a $4M federal grant to do so. He has also led strategic planning with districts like Burlington VT, to center student voice; Bellevue WA, to address deep-seated inequities; and Vicksburg MS, to unify a divided community.

Doannie is also co-author of “The Open System” and co-founder of the Open Systems Institute with Landon Mascarenaz, which develops leaders’ capacity for co-creation and whose work has been included in curriculum at universities including Yale, Columbia, Brown and Harvard.

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