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Overview and Schedule

525 West 120th Street, New York, NY

Schedule at a Glance    Jump to Conference Overview.  See the Agenda.
Friday April 11th
2:00	Registration Opens: 525 West 120 Street
3 - 5:15	Workshops and Screening: 2 Angry Moms
4 - 7:00	Learn Green NYC Youth Forum  (registration by application only)
5:30	Plenary I: Media and Messaging: Making Meaningful, Motivating & Masterful Messages
6:30	Reception and Cabaret - NEW THIS YEAR!
Saturday April 12th
8:00	Registration Opens: Broadway between 120 and 121 Streets
9:15	Keynote Presentation: The School Food Revolution: Public Food and the Challenge of Sustainable Development
11:15 - 11:45	Plenary II: New York Initiatives: Innovation and Update
12 - 2:00	Luncheon
12 - 4:30	Workshops and Roundtables
4:45	Plenary III: Voices of Youth: What We Have to Learn
5:30	Networking  Party

Conference Overview  

You asked for it! Due to popular demand, we are starting the 2008 conference with an additional half-day. On Friday, April 11th, you can attend an in-depth workshop or a screening of the rousing 2 Angry Moms and the opening plenary session, Media and Messaging: Making Meaningful, Motivating & Masterful Messages.

On Saturday, April 12th, doors will open at 8 am for registration and coffee; the speakers’ program will start shortly after 9 am in the main auditorium. Three workshop session bands will fill the main part of the day with breaks for lunch and the resource fair. The closing plenary session will bring everyone together by 4:30 pm; and we will conclude with a networking party at 5:30.

Jill Jayne of Jumping Jacks with Jill just one of our Cabaret performers
FoodPlay Productions Presents Lil' Red Ridin' Thru 'da Hood
Jay Mankita in Shreveport, LA concert

Reception and Cabaret
SPECIAL EVENT!
Our special event begins at 6:30 pm at the close of Friday’s sessions. A tasting of seasonal foods will be followed by an evening of entertainment illustrating the power of theater and media as an educational tool in the battle to achieve health and well-being in children. The event ticket includes admittance to Media and Messaging: Making Meaningful, Motivating & Masterful Messages at 5:30.

To preview some of our cabaret performers, click:
> Jumping Jacks with Jill
> FoodPlay Productions
> Jay Mankita

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