On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, Jeff M. Poulin will present a guest lecture title, “Towards a Use of Education Futures for Advocacy in America".”

Hosted by Professor Emily Gasoi, the class titled, “Education, Equity, and Advocacy” is described as:

Realizing the American promise of equal access for all children to high quality education has been an ongoing struggle, even as the definitions of equal and everyone have broadened and shifted over time. Advocacy, defined here as “organized efforts and actions based on the reality of what is and a vision of what should be," has long played a central role in the evolution of equitable, universal education. In this course students will examine historical trends and pertinent theoretical frameworks to explore ways that educational advocacy organizations have defined what is and worked to advance their respective goals for what should be regarding educational equity. A major component of this course involves students engaging in field-based learning as partners with a non-profit community group, organization, or institution that advocates for educational equity. Through work with their advocacy partners, students will have the opportunity to conduct in-depth research and complete a project on a specific topic as they work to advance their host organization’s efforts. In-class learning experiences for this course include professor and student-facilitated discussion, lecture, multi-media presentations, and guest speakers.

From October 22-25, 2019, the Arts Schools Network will host their annual conference in Jacksonville, FL featuring a workshop from Jeff M. Poulin on his most recent work, Creative Generation.

The conference is titled, “Creative Arts Collaborations: Partnerships, Leadership Development & Innovative Best Practices”

Arts Schools Network is a non-profit association founded in 1981 with a mission to provide leaders in art schools with quality resources, support, and networking opportunities.

More information about the conference can be found here: https://www.artsschoolsnetwork.org/annual-conference

On Friday, October 18, 2019 from 3:30-5:00pm American University will host an event titled, "Supporting the Creative Generation as Arts Managers" featuring TED-talk style presentations and community conversations examining emerging perspectives on arts and cultural education, the role of cultural institutions in society, youth empowerment and civic discourse, and how artists/arts managers play a role. A reception will follow from 5:00-6:00pm.

Today's generation of young people are facing some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For decades researchers have worked to understand their development and growth through arts and culture, as well as educational means, but have struggled in sustaining the impact of such programs. In this talk, hear from educators, nonprofit leaders, and social entrepreneurs showcasing new research interrogating the ways societies support young people and their adult counterparts in the arts towards realizing a vision of a Creative Generation. Based in creativity, culture, education, civic discourse and community development, speakers will discuss new and disruptive ideas towards re-imagining our cultural institutions, funding systems, and current policy contexts to foster dialogue for the future.

Speakers include:

• Jeff M. Poulin, Founder and Managing Director of Creative Generation (Washington, D.C.)

• Monica Montgomery, Executive Director of the Prince Georges County African American Museum and Cultural Center (North Brentwood, MD)

• Karla Rivera, Storyteller, Arts Advocate, and Consultant (Chicago, IL)

The event is free to attend and website is forthcoming.

On Monday, September 16, 2019, Jeff M. Poulin will deliver a presentation to the Students ofArts Management organization at Oklahoma City University. An alumni of this organization, Jeff will discuss his career trajectory and his latest work focusing on the Creative Generation.

Students of Arts Management (SAM) was created in 1993 by a group of graduate and undergraduate arts management students for the purposes of enhancing professional knowledge, encouraging professionalism, networking with arts management professionals, and creating a community of students interested in management careers in the performing arts and entertainment industries.

More information can be found at https://www.okcu.edu/dance/about/students/

On Saturday, September 7, 2019, Jeff M. Poulin will deliver the keynote address at the 2019 Arts Education Convening hosted by the Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education in Meridien, MS.

The event is titled, “It Takes A Village: Empowering Learners Through the Arts,” and will prominently feature Jeff’s latest research on the Creative Generation.

The mission of the Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education is to advocate for high quality, comprehensive and sequential arts education for all Mississippi students.

For more information about the event, please visit http://www.msartsalliance.com/arts-education-convening/.

On Friday, August 30, 2019, Jeff will speak to the members of Kiwanis International - an international service organization - at their weekly club meeting inScarborough, Maine.

Jeff was former Key Clubber (a sponsored program of Kiwanis International) and served as Governor of the New England District of Key Club International from 2007-08. A this meeting, he will speak about his latest work with youth leadership and his newly formed endeavor, Creative Generation, and how it relates to the sponsors dyouth programs of Kiwanis.

After 5 years working on cultural and education policy in Washington, D.C., Jeff hopes to bring his work back home to where his youth leadership began and showcase the connections to youth leadership programs like Key Club.

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. For more information, please visit https://www.scarboroughkiwanis.org.

Jeff M. Poulin will deliver the second keynote address to Pittsburgh Public School’s arts educators on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

The theme is It's a New Era for Arts Education in PPS! Jeff will be sharing provocative ideas, based on his research on the Creative Generation.

The Pittsburgh Public Schools Arts Education Department sets the standards for an equitable, accessible and high-quality arts education in all four art forms (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts + media) for all students across the district by consulting, training, and strategically planning with teachers, administrators, and schools. For more information, please visit https://www.pghschools.org/arts.

Designed to offer discipline-specific PD for our enrichment instructors, staff, and the administrators who support them, this event will allow practitioners to “Explore, Enhance, and Expand” transformative educational practices through innovative methods.