Upcoming Events
3rd Thursday: BIPOC Affinity space
last Thursday: Emerging Leader Institute
last Friday: Organizational change & transformational leadership
Jams w/
Lunch lessons, discussions, &
affinity spaces
After hearing from our mentors in the fall of 2020, we are excited to offer four series of trainings and gatherings to support the collective goal of making DREAM a more inclusive, connected, supportive and powerful source of support for our mentees. We invite you to join a remarkable slate of trainers, including many former DREAMers!
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Training Series
Lunch lessons, discussions, and affinity spaces for the DREAM community
Facilitated by Lawrence Alexander II
The first round of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Trainings have passed, however check back here for additional trainings throughout the year.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Trainings Overview, RSVP Below
January 15th How to design culturally relevant programming
February 5th How to talk to your mentee about race
March 10th I am. Learn how to support our LGBTQ+ DREAMers
Lawrence Alexander II (he/him/his) currently serves
as the Director of Equity and Inclusion at Carney Sandoe & Associates, the nation's largest educational staffing firm. He consults with schools and organizations around issues of equitable decision making, implicit bias, inclusive hiring, and culturally responsive curricula.
Facilitated by Kayla Daughtry, Sam Kennedy
Sam Kennedy is a former DREAM mentor and a licensed mental health counselor in private practice. He works with adolescents, young adults and individuals seeking help processing trauma, anxiety, depression or grief, using experiential modalities. Sam is an avid Burner and founder of TRYBE, an organization that helps people connect, play, and explore.
Kayla Daughtry (she/her/hers) is DREAM’s Operations and AmeriCorps Director as well as a Master's of Public Health Nutrition Candidate. Kayla has a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Neuroscience. Kayla’s interests include cooking, intuitive eating/Health At Every Size, weightlifting for empowerment, gardening, the mountains, emotional intelligence, dismantling white supremacy, astrology, and the macabre.
Lunch lessons, discussions, and affinity spaces for the DREAM community
Health & Wellness
Training Series
- Mon, Mar 01Authentic, powerful mentoring relationships
Positive Behavior Support Training Series
Lunch lessons, discussions, and affinity spaces for the DREAM community
Upcoming Positive Behavior Support Training Series,
RSVP Below Coming Soon
- Manage mentee stress and uncertainty during COVID
- Positive Behavior Support in action
- Build the most powerful “Developmental Relationships” possible
Facilitator biographies
- Time is TBDManage mentee stress during COVID
Leadership
Training Series
Lunch lessons, discussions, and affinity spaces for the DREAM community
Leadership Training Series Overview, RSVP Below
- Money! Raising the resources to empower & build equity
- Mobilize DREAMers through digital communications
- Building bridges to parents and the community.
Mike Foote. Mike built DREAM from a $0 annual budget to over $2M, including through major donors, government grants, private foundations, events, contracts and more. These funds have been put to use to support you, build facilities at Camp DREAM, purchase vans to assist in transportation, support staff salaries, secure supplies and much more. Mike has also directed fundraising campaigns for political candidates and follows a relationship-first model of fundraising.
Additional facilitator biographies
