Agenda
| Thursday, Feb. 18 Meals provided: mid-day snack and dinner |
Location Hotel Murano, Tacoma |
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| 12:30 pm | Pre-Conference Entertainment: Edmonds Woodway High School Colors Unidos Dance Group Bring your sack lunch & catch a great performance! |
General Session/Ballroom |
| 1:00 pm | Welcome |
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| 1:20 pm | Young Lives on Hold: The Plight of Undocumented Students Dr. Roberto Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Washington |
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| 2:00 pm | Workshop Session I |
Breakout Rooms |
| 3:15 pm | Workshop Session II |
Breakout Rooms |
| 4:20 pm | Conference Activity • Interactive & Fun! |
General Session/Ballroom |
| 4:35 pm | Legislative Day Orientation |
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| 5:45 pm | Legislative Day Preparation | Legislative District/Breakout Rooms |
| 6:55 pm | Dinner | General Session/Ballroom |
| 7:25 pm | Student Panel: Estudiantes Unidos Para Un Mejor Futuro…Ahora! Melissa Holguin Pineda – Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, Manuel Garcia - Mt Vernon High School, Maria Vallejo – Seattle Central Community College, Elizabeth Hernandez – Eastern Washington University |
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| 7:50 pm | Parent Appreciations |
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| 8:30 pm | 6th Annual Noche Cultural: Showcasing Student Talent Host: Dr. Loco |
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| Friday, Feb. 19 Meals provided: breakfast, lunch, mid-day snack, and dinner |
Location Hotel Murano, Tacoma and State Capitol, Olympia |
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| 7:00 am | Breakfast | General Session/Ballroom |
| 7:45 pm | Leave for Olympia |
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| 9:00 am | LEAP Legislative Day • Meeting with your Legislators |
State Capitol campus, Olympia |
| 12:00 pm | Washington State Legislators and Elected Officials Speak to LEAP | Rotunda, State Capitol |
| 12:20 pm | Lunch |
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| 2:00 pm | Conference Activity • Interactive & Fun! |
General Session/Ballroom Hotel Murano, Tacoma |
| 2:20 pm | Academic Showcase |
Venice Rooms |
| 4:25 pm | Student Panel: Action Plans in Motion Jorge Alonso Chehade - recent University of Washington graduate, Ray Corona - University of Washington Bothell, Sinéad Baylón - Green River Community College |
General Session/Ballroom |
| 4:45 pm | Student Action Plans: Continuing the Momentum of the LEAP Conference at Home | Legislative District/Breakout Rooms |
| 6:15 pm | Free Time (Optional: Fun & Interactive Conference Activities) |
General Session/Ballroom |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner Key Note Speaker: Dr. Alejandra Rincón, Author of Undocumented Immigrants and Higher Education: Si Se Puede! |
General Session/Ballroom |
| 7:30 pm | Annual LEAP Awards • Panel of Past LEAP Scholarship Awardees |
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| 9:00 pm | Action Plans in Action |
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| 9:30 pm | Student Social Hour | |
| Saturday, Feb. 20 Meals provided: breakfast |
Location Hotel Murano, Tacoma |
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| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
General Session/Ballroom |
| 8:35 am | Student Reflections: How to Make Sense of the LEAP Conference Luis Ortega - University of Washington student |
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| 8:55 am | Students Report Back on the LEAP Conference |
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| 9:25 am | Student Volunteer Panel: Being Part of The Process! • Presentation of Digital Storytellers |
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| 10:00 am | Conference Closing Ricardo Sanchez, LEAP Founder and Chair of Advisory Board |
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| 11:00 am | LEAP Advistory Board meeting | |