Lights on Afterschool is an annual national event to showcase, advocate and celebrate the importance of afterschool and summer programs for youth. Out-of-School time programs provides children and youth opportunities to connect with supportive adults, grow positively with peers and learn to give back to the community. Youth who participate in OST programs make positive […]
Meet Adora: Keynote Speaker for APOST’s 2015 Fall Conference
Adora Svitak Since the age of four, Adora has been exploring what she can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to working with the UN’s World Food Programme to raise awareness about world hunger. Hoping to instill her love of writing in others, she taught her first class at a local […]
APOST Fall Conference for Out-of-School Time 2014
The APOST Fall Conference for Out-of-School-Time is a professional development conference that shares best practices in youth development. The conference is open to youth practitioners to increase their skills in working with youth in out-of-school time programs, mentoring relationships, or in summer camps. This year’s keynote speaker is Marcia Tate, a nationally recognized leader in education […]
Afterschool Advocacy Day
Thank you to all the individuals and organizations that participated in Action Day for afterschool: Our Quality Campaign Members: Higher Achievement, Neighborhood Learning Alliance, Propel Schools, Volunteers of America, YouthWorks, a program of Goodwill, and the YWCA. In addition, Operation Better Block, Steeltown Entertainment and Student Voices. The delegation from Allegheny County was the largest and […]
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