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Dear Parents and Caregivers, 


January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Since 2010, we observe this month to raise awareness and educate families about the role they play in preventing and responding to human trafficking. #HumanTrafficking πŸ’™


This week! Join us for a special evening with Dashka Slater, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives it Changed (January 25).


What do students need to succeed in college? Louis E. Newman, PhD, former Dean of Academic Advising at Stanford University, will discuss his new book, Thinking Critically in College: Essential Tools for Student Success (January 30).


How can we educate our teens to make safe and healthy choices? Stanford professor Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, founder of REACH Lab, presents Safety First: Empowering Teenagers to Prevent and Reduce Drug Use (January 31).


NEW! We're delighted to host Sameer Hinduja, PhD, cyberbullying and safe social media expert, for Cyberbullying, AI, and Social Media: The Role of Parents, Youth, and the Community (February 1). Don't miss this important talk!


NEW! What should families know about "the money talk"? We welcome Lori R. Sackler, CIMA, CFP, author of The M Word: The Money Talk Every Family Needs to Have About Wealth and Their Financial Future (2nd Edition) (February 2).


NEW! How can you help your kids make connections? Phyllis Fagell, licensed clinical counselor and author Middle School Superpowers, presents Super Belonging: Helping Kids Connect and Find Their Place in the Pack (February 6).


NEW! We're proud to join a consortium of Silicon Valley nonprofits to launch an all-new Neurodiversity Speaker Series. The series kicks off with Barbara Pape, EdM, in A Strength-Based Approach to Learner Variability and Neurodiversity (February 7).


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Upcoming 2023 - 2024 Events

Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed


Thursday! Dashka Slater, NYT bestselling author of The 57 Bus and Accountable, tackles the question, Where does accountability end for online speech that harms? 


Thursday, January 25, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

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Thinking Critically in College: Essential Tools for Student Success


Louis E. Newman, PhD, author and former Dean of Academic Advising at Stanford University, offers the guidance students need to succeed in college.


Tuesday, January 30, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

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Safety First: Empowering Teens to Prevent and Reduce Drug Use


Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, founder of Stanford's REACH Lab, will discuss their new Safety First curriculum on alcohol, opioids/fentanyl, psychedelics, and other drugs.


Wednesday, January 31, 2024

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Cyberbullying, AI, and Social Media: The Role of Parents, Youth, and the Community


NEW! Cyberbullying and social media safety expert Dr. Sameer Hinduja offers a don't-mss talk for parents and caregivers.


Thursday, February 1, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

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The M Word: The Money Talk Every Family Needs to Have


NEW! MONEY. It's the taboo topic nobody wants to broach. Join Lori Sackler, CIMA, CFP to learn how to tackle the M Word in your family!


Friday, February 2, 2024

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Super Belonging: Helping Kids Connect and Find Their Place in the Pack


NEW! Phyllis Fagell, author and licensed clinical counselor, helps kids connect and "find their place in the pack."


Tuesday, February 6, 2024

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

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Neurodiversity Speaker Series

A Strength-Based Approach to Learner Variability and Neurodiversity


NEW! We kick off the new Neurodiversity Speaker Series with Barbara Pape, EdM, Senior Director, Learner Variability Project, Digital Promise. Please join us!


Wednesday, February 7, 2024

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Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed


In Accountable, award-winning and NYT bestselling author Dashka Slater tells the gripping story of how an Instagram account tore apart a community in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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What leads people to feel awe? We are most likely to feel awe when moved by moral beauty: exceptional virtue, character, and ability, marked by goodness of intention.


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