Together We Can! Advancing Youth Care and Education and Educator/Program Staff Development
October 7 & 8, 2024, OSU Portland Center
The OSU Inaugural Youth Impact Summit is brought to you in a partnership with the 2024 Engagement Scholarship Consortium International Conference (as their Pre-College and Youth Programming pre-Conference Opportunity) and OregonASK (as their Fall conference opportunity). Join us for two days of professional development workshops, featuring sessions on building partnerships, engaging with K-12 audiences, mental and physical health, and arts and STEM education.
Who is the conference for?
All are welcome to join and learn more about how OSU and external youth programs are impacting communities across the State. Sessions are designed to meet the needs of youth program staff, engaged faculty, staff, and volunteers, hired students and seasonal employees, external partners, leaders, and funders contributing to impact in youth care and education and educator/staff development programs.

Schedule Day 1 Snapshot
Time | Activity |
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9:00am - 10:00am | Registration, coffee, and welcome! |
10:00am - 11:30am | AM concurrent sessions |
11:30am - 12:30pm | Lunch Break (lunch provided) |
12:30pm - 2:00pm | PM concurrent sessions |
2:00pm - 2:30pm | Coffee and snacks |
3:00pm - 4:45pm | Youth Program Tabling Fair @ Sentinel Hotel |
4:00pm - 5:00pm | Happy hour and youth band "Root Vegetables" |
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Keynote Talk #1: Brodrick Clarke |
6:00pm - 7:00pm | Banquet dinner |
6:45pm - 7:30pm | Keynote Talk #2: Susan Sheth |
7:30pm - 8:00pm | Rainbow Dance Theatre Performance |
Schedule Day 2 Snapshot
Time | Activity |
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8:30am - 9:00am | Snacks, coffee, and mingling |
9:00am - 11:00am | AM concurrent sessions |
11:00am - 12:00pm | Lunch Break (lunch provided) |
12:00pm - 2:00pm | PM concurrent sessions |
2:00pm - 2:30pm | Closing |
Organizing Partners:

OSU Precollege Programs

2024 Engagement Scholarship Consortium International Conference, Pre-College pre-conference committee

OregonASK, Afterschool and Summer for Kids Network
Meet the Keynote Speakers

Brodrick Clarke
Renowned Youth Development Expert with over 25 years of dedicated experience in shaping the lives of young individuals and the practitioners who serve them. Over the years, he has held key positions in national and international youth development organizations, including, Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville Kentucky, Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality, Forum for Youth Investment, National Institute on Out of School Time, American Camp Association, and National Summer Learning Association where he currently serves as Vice President of Programs and Systems Quality.

Susan Sheth
Director of Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) at Michigan State University and co-author of Pre-College Programs in Higher Education: The Evolution of a Movement . Susan is a member of the Pre-College Advisory Board and Pre-College Leadership Team at Michigan State University and the Chair of the Michigan Pre-College Youth Webinar Series. She also serves on the ESC Pre-College, Pre-Conference Workshop planning committee. Dr. Sheth has co-edited and published a trilogy of Pre-College Programming in Higher Education books, including a Handbook, Workbook, and Case Studies book.
Artistic Performances

Emmet & Galen Murch and Cedric Petrovich go to high school in Philomath, Oregon and have been running around and playing music together since they were little. Here is how they describe their band: Just as the wildebeest trek hundreds of miles across the scorching sub-Saharan savanna to access fresher pastures, you too will find yourself drawn to the swell, soulful, seductive, and simply smashing sounds of The Root Vegetables. They have been grooving along nicely since the agricultural revolution and show no signs of slowing. Just like sub-tropospheric rhizomes, the funky music of the Root Vegetables is organic, earthy, convivial, and always fresh.

Darryl Thomas is the artistic director for the rainbow dance company. He has toured throughout the world as dancer and artistic collaborator and his choreography has been featured in a repertory of dance companies spanning the globe. Darryl has a strong commitment to community engagement and has collaborated on dance programs for at-risk youth around the United States. These programs aim to empower and inspire young individuals. Drawing from his experience on stage, Thomas brings coding to the classroom with his latest STEM+Arts workshop, “Code Can Dance.” This innovative program utilizes hip hop and African dance to develop coding skills and promote inclusivity for youth who are traditionally underrepresented in the computer science field.