Keynote
Stedman Graham, M.Ed., S. Graham & Associates
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Stedman Graham, educator, author, and entrepreneur, has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to youth and community. Graham has built a strong reputation for helping youth, individuals, corporations, and organizations succeed. Graham is the author of ten books, including two New York Times Bestsellers, You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success and Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success. Complementing Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success, Graham developed accompanying curriculum for middle and high school youth. In the Teens Can Make It Happen curriculum, Graham provides youth and educators |
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| with tools, skills, and attitudes to increase high school graduation rates and prepare youth to be successful in a 21st Century global workforce by tapping into their talents and passion. | |||
Nicole Yohalem, M.Ed., Forum for Youth Investment
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As director of special projects at the Forum for Youth Investment, Nicole Yohalem oversees projects on out-of-school time, youth engagement, postsecondary success, and bridging research, policy, and practice. She has authored numerous reports, articles, and commentaries, and oversees several regular Forum publications, such as the Ready by 21, Credentialed by 26 issue briefs, and the Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary. Prior to joining the Forum in 2000, Yohalem served as a youth development specialist at Michigan State University, where she developed, implemented, and evaluated community-based youth programs and |
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| provided training and technical assistance to programs statewide within the Cooperative Extension Service. Yohalem earned a master's degree in Education in the multidisciplinary Risk and Prevention program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Learn more about Forum for Youth Investment |
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