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October 9, 2024
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Friday Conference Center

Registration is now open!

8:00-8:05 Opening Remarks

8:05-9:15 Panel Session 4A: Livelihood and Business Development
(Redbud; In-person and virtual access)

Nelson AmoInnohub
Bradley OpereFarmMoja
Rising Fountains Development Program (RFDP)
Mathias Zimba, Rising Fountains Development Program
Moderator: Rainier Masa, University of North Carolina


9:30-10:45 Panel Session 5A: Substance Use Prevention, Education, and Research (SUPER) Program
(Redbud; In-person and virtual access)

Carey Evans, INSPIRED Lab
Tauchiana Williams, INSPIRED Lab
Brittany Allen-Albright, Durham Nativity School
Moderator: Amy Blank Wilson, University of North Carolina

9:30-10:45 Panel Session 5B: Stable Housing and Employment
(Windflower; In-person access only)

Talent is universal, but opportunity is not: Increasing the economic resilience of youth in Kenyan informal settlements
Jeffrey Okoro, CFK Africa
Addressing homelessness and housing challenges in Taiwan
Yu-Wen Chen, National Taiwan University
Precarity of the youth in Taiwan, Confucian familialism, school-work dilemma, and housing problem
Ke-Hsein Huang, National Taiwan University
Moderator: Hsun-Ta Hsu, University of North Carolina


11:00-12:15 Workshop 3: Implementation Practice
(Redbud; In-person and virtual access)

Allison Metz, University of North Carolina

11:00-12:15 Panel Session 6A: Intersectional Stigma and Health
(Windflower; In-person access only)

Navigating intersectional stigma: Experiences of Black and Latin SGLM in central Florida
Kemesha Gabbidon, University of South Florida
El Centro Hispano’s community health and wellbeing priority
Emilia Ismael-Simental,
El Centro Hispano
El Centro Hispano’s civic participation priority
Rubi Morales, El Centro Hispano
Moderator: Will Hall, University of North Carolina


12:30-2:00 Lunch with Plenary Speaker: Bradley Opere and Mathias Zimba
(Trilium; In-person access only)

Bradley Opere, FarmMoja

 

 

 

Mathias Zimba

Mathias Zimba, Rising Fountains Development Program

 

 

 


2:00-3:15 Special Session: Publishing Global Work
(Redbud; In-person and virtual access)

Don OperarioEmory University

 

 

 

Thomas CreaBoston College

 

 

 

Moderator: Robert L. Hawkins, University of North Carolina

2:00-3:15 Workshop 4: Using AI
(Windflower; In-person access only)

Hsun-Ta Hsu, University of North Carolina


3:15-3:45 Poster session
(Atrium; In-person access only)

3:45-4:45 Plenary Speakers: Ashu Handa and William Elliott
(Redbud; In-person and virtual access)

Ashu HandaAshu Handa, University of North Carolina

 

 

 

William ElliottWilliam Elliot, University of Michigan

 

 

 


 4:45-5:00 Wrap up and Thanks: Robert L. Hawkins
(Redbud; In-person and virtual access)

Robert L. Hawkins, University of North Carolina