CONVENING

3rd Annual OPEN MINDS, OPEN SPACES
Celebrating Afterschool – November 17-18, 2022
Afterschool professionals have been working around-the-clock to support youth, families, and our staff. We are focused on elevating safety, well-being, and engaged learning. We are flexible, resilient, nimble, clever and powerful. Afterschool professionals are committed to our work lifting up young people, families, and communities.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the 3rd annual joint virtual conference, Open Minds, Open Spaces. We were honored to welcome Dr. Bianca Baldridge as our keynote.
OMOS was presented by collaborating State Afterschool Networks supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence, Hawai‘i Afterschool Alliance, Nevada Afterschool Network, OregonASK Expanded Learning Partnership, Utah Afterschool Network, and Wyoming Afterschool Alliance.
2nd Annual DESIGN TO GROW
Cultivating Connections of Well-Being – March 1-2, 2022
As our youth and communities grapple with how to make meaning of the collective challenges we have faced these past years, it is essential that we develop communities of connection and well-being. This isn’t just about the future. Young people need the grounding of developmental relationships today.
Attendees from across the Mountain West and beyond joined us for Design to Grow: Cultivating Communities of Well-Being, the virtual workshop where professionals and volunteers working with youth nurtured themselves and gained pragmatic strategies for serving youth.

Mission: The Wyoming Afterschool Alliance is a statewide network working to create the conditions for young people to reach their full potential. We are a priority fund of the Wyoming Community Foundation.