Friday, October 15

View the schedule for day 3 below and sign up for all main stage & breakout sessions!

*Note: In addition to registering for the Impact Conference on the home page, you must sign up for each individual main stage & breakout session for each day. Zoom information for each session will be emailed after registration.


8:30 AM – 8:45 AM: Opening Remarks

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8:40 AM – 9:45 AM: Breakout Sessions

Register for one breakout session for Friday from 8:40 AM – 9:45 AM below!


Breakout Session Option 1: Resilience Can Be Taught: 4 Strategies to Build Resilience in Every Student

Session Description: Resilience is something we’re all born with – from the homeless person on the street to the Harvard business grad. Most of us – including many of our schools’ struggling students – just haven’t learned how to access what’s already inside of them. In this presentation, participants will learn about the vital skills of resilience and the 3 keys to creating a resilient climate. This engaging presentation will empower you to deliver these skills to students of any background and learning style, enabling them to thrive not only in school, but in life.

Session Time: 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM

Presenter: Christian Moore (he/him)

Presenter Bio: Christian is a renowned author, speaker, and licensed clinical social worker who consults with thousands of school districts on lowering dropout rates, improving school climate, preventing bullying, and closing the achievement gap by teaching social and emotional education. He grew up on the streets near Washington D.C. and struggled with learning disabilities. Despite being told college was not an option, Christian obtained a masters degree and became a social worker in education, youth corrections, and a homeless program, and created the WhyTry organization to address the need for a new approach.

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Breakout Session Option 2: Self I Care

Session Description: In this Engaging Serenity Filled Session, Keith L. Brown and Dr. Jessica Houston, LMSW will provide strategies that go beyond Self Care. While Self Care focuses on, “Taking steps to improve one’s own personal health and well being,” “Self I Care,”, will give greater insight on Self Care and how to use it to not just survive but thrive during and after the pandemic. Everyone will leave with practical tools and strategies that can be implemented immediately.

Session Time: 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM

Presenters: Keith L Brown and Dr. Jessica Houston

Presenter Bios: “not impossible- I’M POSSIBLE!” The messenger is here. The time has come!! Early in life, “Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient”- Keith L. Brown, “Mr. I’M POSSIBLE,” was identified as a “Special Ed” and “At Risk” student, primarily because he was very talkative, hyper, and wanted to give “all the answers;” ironically, these are a few of the same traits that made him a hit on the legendary “Showtime at the Apollo,” and Popular Game Shows, “Family Feud,” and “Celebrity Name Game,” and make him one of the most sought after Professional Speakers, Consultants, Change Agents and Award Winning Authors on the planet.

Dr. Jessica Houston travels nationally and internationally inspiring thousands of college students, corporate executives, and conference attendees every year. As a transformational speaker, her messaging and platform are influenced by her experience in leadership development, mental health, and higher education, which expands more than a decade. She currently serves as a professor at Purdue University and owns and operates a successful personal and professional development company.

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Breakout Session Option 3: Back to School: Reengagement Resources

Session Description: Join the Communities In Schools National Office for a Back to School session focused on practical tools, practices, and resources for supporting your 2021/2022 school year reengagement efforts. During this session, we’ll highlight particular tools, resources, and assessments to support you in your work.

Session Time: 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM

Presenter: Jessy Cuddy, MSW (she/her)

Presenter Bio: Jessy Cuddy is the Senior Director, Learning & Practice at the Communities In Schools National Office. She leads efforts to engage with, support, and optimize learnings from the national network of CIS affiliates across the United States. Her passion for high-quality, evidence-based student supports stems from a background in social work and experiences in local, state, and national program implementation and management. She serves as a Commissioner of the Alexandria City Children, Youth, and Families Collaborative Commission. Prior to joining the CIS National Office, Jessy was the Associate Director of Psychosocial Programs for Save the Children U.S. She holds an MSW from Tulane University School of Social Work.

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Breakout Session Option 4: Moving Forward with Board Diversity: Readiness, Recruitment & Onboarding

Session Description: What does board commitment to equity look like at this moment in time?

Session Time: 8:45 AM – 10 AM

Presenters: Jeanne Allen (she/her) and Jonathan Meagher-Zayas

Presenter Bios: Jeanne Allen is an expert in Strategy, Innovation, and Leadership in the nonprofit sector As BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer, she is an expert in board development and governance and leadership. Jeanne also custom designs and facilitates engaging board and staff retreats for nonprofits of various missions.

Jonathan is a queer Latino millennial nonprofit management strategist dedicated to addressing equity issues, building capacity, motivating new impact leaders, and getting stuff done. A fundraiser for over nine years, he helped local nonprofits raise over $3 million. One of his most notable achievements is the creation of the Emerging Nonprofit Leadership Accelerator program, a program to attract rising leaders working at New York Capital Region nonprofits and provide them resources, support, and a network to succeed and stay in the sector.

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9:30 AM – 10 AM: DEI Watch Party

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10 AM – 10:30 AM: Break


10:30 AM – 11:40 AM: Mainstage Speaker:  Keith L Brown, Principal Speaker/Trainer at 2020 Enterprises and The I’m Possible Institute  

Presenter Bio: “not impossible- I’M POSSIBLE!” The messenger is here. The time has come!!

Early in life, “Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient”- Keith L. Brown, “Mr. I’M POSSIBLE,” was identified as a “Special Ed” and “At Risk” student, primarily because he was very talkative, hyper, and wanted to give “all the answers;” ironically, these are a few of the same traits that made him a hit on the legendary “Showtime at the Apollo,” and Popular Game Shows, “Family Feud,” and “Celebrity Name Game,” and make him one of the most sought after Professional Speakers, Consultants, Change Agents and Award Winning Authors on the planet.

Named a “World Class Speaker,” one of the top speakers and consultants in Education by “Insight Publishing,” and International Speakers Network, as well as a, “Social Impact Hero,” by, “Thrive Global,” Keith empowers hundreds of thousands of people annually, many of whom are in Colleges, School systems, Supplemental education agencies, Family advocacy agencies, Foundations, Government agencies, Faith Based Institutions, Corporate America and the “I’M POSSIBLE Institute,” where he coaches and trains Speakers, Authors, Entrepreneurs and all those seeking to expand their Impact and Influence Nationally and Globally. He has served as a “Client Referral Consultant,” on A&E’s hit television series,” Beyond Scared Straight,” and is a frequent guest on IHeart and Sirius XM Radio, often serving as an expert on Youth and Family Enhancement, Educational and Social Justice and Improving the Quality of Life for all Human beings, especially the underserved. He has presented and established partnerships in England, Canada, the Virgin Islands, Barbados, and the Dutch Caribbean, to name a few. As a Legislative Speech Writer and an Award Winning Author and Co-Author, his latest book, “TALK I$ EXPENSIVE: Communicating Effectively to Expand Your Impact, Influence and Income,” challenges the long held notion, “Talk Is Cheap,” and will definitely transform lives nationally and globally. His community service and philanthropic work includes but is not limited to the following: The Sickle Cell Foundation, National Lighthouse Foundation, Omega Mentoring Program and the South Fulton Arrow Youth Council. He and his lovely wife Wakea, an Elementary School Principal and Child and Family Advocate, are the proud parents of one sensational son, Keon. Please welcome Keith L. Brown, “Mr. I’M POSSIBLE.”

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11:40 AM – 12 PM: Closing Remarks and Wheel of Names Drawing


Please CLICK HERE to take the Impact Conference Evaluation survey at the end of the conference.