October Premier: Supporting Youth through Inclusive and Equitable Mentoring Programs

This webinar will examine how park and recreation agencies are supporting young people’s well-being through mentorship opportunities and offer tools for program coordinators, directors and other professionals to build equity and inclusivity into programs. Speakers will include NRPA’s senior education manager for DEI, a program manager from NRPA’s youth mentoring portfolio, and a park and recreation professional from Burlington, North Carolina, who manages their youth mentoring program. Speakers will share examples of how local park and recreation agencies are offering mentorship opportunities through standalone programs and group-based formats such as youth sports or after-school programs. This webinar will also explore how the competencies for Equity in Practice (self-awareness, direct communication, relationships across difference, and race equity analysis) can be applied to mentoring programs to build a more equitable and inclusive experience for youth, staff and volunteers. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Learners will be able to identify strategies and resources for creating more inclusive and equitable youth programs. 

2. Learners will be able to describe the competencies for Equity in Practice to build more inclusive and equitable youth programs. 

3. Learners will be able to apply examples from the field related to incorporating DEI principles into youth mentoring programs. 

This talk is available for 1 year from release date!

Bobbi Ruffin-Alston

Recreation Superintendent

Burlington Recreation & Parks

With over 10 years of experience in the education field, Bobbi brings a passion for helping individuals, bridging community gaps, and programming with an equity-focused lens in her current field of local government. In addition to her career endeavors, Bobbi is also a loving wife, mother of two, and an accomplished inspirational singer/songwriter. 

Zion Cash (he/him)

Community Center Director

Burlington Recreation and Parks

I'm Zion Cash, recent graduate from the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 2021. I am coming up on my second year as a Community Center Director here with the City of Burlington. I also officiate college football and high school basketball. I enjoy spending time with family / friends, playing video games, working out, and buying sneakers!

Olivia Peterson (she/her)

Program Manager

National Recreation and Park Association

Olivia Peterson (she/her) serves as a Program Manager at NRPA for the Mentoring for Youth Impacted by Substance Misuse grant, which supports 20 agencies around the country in developing mentoring programs within a parks and recreation setting. Olivia began her career as an AmeriCorps member working with youth in Massachusetts on food access and farming initiatives and has since spent time working at a volunteer mobilizing organization in Boston and the National Association of Community Health Centers supporting their training and technical assistance program. Olivia earned her B.A. in Environmental Studies from Dickinson College and completed her Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute. She lives in Washington D.C. and enjoys hiking, going on runs, and trying out new recipes.

Tiff Cunin (they/them)

Senior Education Manager for DEI

National Recreation and Park Association

Tiff Cunin (they/them) is the Senior Education Manager for DEI at the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) where they oversee diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) professional development and education programs like NRPA’s Equity in Practice Certificate Program. Using their extensive background in physical activity, public health and translational research, Tiff weaves recreation, physical activity and play together to transform public health’s commitment to social justice and the elimination of health equities. 

Tiff is also a Ph.D. candidate at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences where they are exploring the intersection of race, age, and transgender identity in the context of social participation (e.g., recreational activities) across the lifespan. 
Tiff is an avid outdoor enthusiast who loves to surf, snowboard, hike, camp, and more. They have lived all over the world and currently call Cape Elizabeth, Maine home where they live with their partner and 2 cat children, Hobie and Sprinkles.

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