{"id":4182,"date":"2020-02-27T17:22:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T22:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/?p=4182"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:42:21","slug":"playworks-hosts-convention-for-over-200-young-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/2020\/02\/27\/playworks-hosts-convention-for-over-200-young-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Playworks Hosts Convention for Over 200 Young Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over February break, we hosted not one but TWO Junior Coach Leadership Conventions in Boston and New Bedford for our fourth and fifth-grade leaders. We had 225 Junior Coaches from more than 50 different schools come together to learn new games, make new friends, and discuss what it means to be an \u2018Agent of Change\u2019 in their community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Boston JCLC was a two-day event on February 19-20 and Junior Coaches joined us from across Boston, Waltham, Malden, and Cambridge Public Schools at the English High School in Jamaica Plain. BPS Chief of Staff Rob Consalvo spoke to our students about the importance of being leaders and helpers in their community. We were also joined by volunteers from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts who served as role models during recess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On February 21, we held our FIRST EVER Junior Coach Leadership Convention in New Bedford for students from our partner schools in New Bedford and Taunton. We kicked off the event with an inspiring talk from Bernadette Souza, a New Bedford native and executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.younb.org\/\">Youth Opportunities Unlimited.<\/a>\u00a0She shared her journey as a leader reminded each of our Junior Coaches that they have a special gift they can use to change the world!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Highlights of the event included&#8230;<\/h3>\n<h2><b>Team Building<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junior Coaches from elementary schools in Boston, Cambridge, Waltham, Malden, Waltham, New Bedford, and Taunton were able to meet new friends through games and leadership training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/02\/IMG_9198-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Leadership Development<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AmeriCorps members led breakout sessions to engage Junior Coaches in conversations about what it means to be leaders and \u2018Agents of Change\u2019 in their communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/02\/IMG_7697-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Community Service<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A highlight of the event was a service project led by Project Giving Kids. Junior Coaches wrote well-wish letters to recipients of products from Hope &amp; Comfort and Gotta Have Sole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/new-england\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/02\/IMG_7952-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>Raffle Winners<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the JCLC, students could earn Playworks \u2018Agent of Change Tickets\u2019 for demonstrating our core values. 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