Hello MEEOA! Please consider presenting at the NEOA Conference in April. The conference promises to be an exciting format with themed days and opportunities for new connections. And, if registration is anything like our MEEOA Conference or TRIO Days, it is likely to be as big or bigger than ever. Happy Friday! Mary *Mary Sinclair* Student Services Coordinator, Upward Bound <http://www2.umf.maine.edu/upwardbound/> University of Maine at Farmington 252 Main Street, Farmington, ME 04938 207.778.7429 (w) 207.712.2930 (c) Toll Free: 1.888.237.1667 pronouns: she/her UB Goes the Distance 2020 <https://sites.google.com/umfupwardbound.org/ub-goes-the-distance/home?authuser=1> *President, Maine Educational Opportunity Association <https://www.meeoa.org/index.php?id=1>* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Goyait, Melissa <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 9:14 AM Subject: Reminder! NEOA Conference - Please submit your proposals!! To: <[log in to unmask]> Hello Amazing People! We just know you have some thoughts about engaging opportunities for the upcoming NEOA Conference! Thank you to those that have submitted proposals already! If you have thought of submitting a proposal, or even if you have not thought of it, below is the NEOA Call for Proposals for this year’s Conference: The NEOA Annual Conference Committee invites you to submit a proposal for best practices and professional development opportunities that will take place on Wednesday, April 7th, & Thursday, April 8th, 2021. Proposals will be evaluated, in part, based on their relevance to this year’s conference theme, *Re-Envisioning Educational Opportunity*, and on the 4 themes for our professional development sessions. The committee invites you to submit a proposal to present in one or more 45-minute sessions. We seek engaging, interactive and informal presentations where the presenter helps attendees solve problems or develop strategies related to the theme. *Deadline: February 12, 2021* *New for 2021!* Following each theme session, there will be a programmatic roundtable where conference participants will be encouraged to discuss, share, learn and provide the collaborative space to re-envision our programs. In addition to professional development proposals, *we are also seeking volunteers to facilitate these roundtable sessions.* *Themes:* *Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion* In 2020, the NEOA Board of Directors issued a press release calling attention to the fight to eradicate inequality and to advancing our long-cherished values of educational opportunity. We are calling for proposals that provide opportunities to explore how we can be consistently working towards these goals of advancing equal educational opportunity and promoting diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion within NEOA, in our individual programs and in our daily lives. *Student & Staff Wellness: Averting crisis and navigating the new normal* Each new graduating class yields a different set of needs to best support them. While we may not know exactly what they need, we do know that it is critical for our students, and staff, to feel connected to a supportive community to help support their academic and personal well-being. We are calling for proposals that will explore resources and activities that will strengthen our programs and expand our personal wellness toolbox. *Remote Possibilities: How a Pandemic sparked Creativity* Amidst all of the chaos that 2020 has brought, it also has afforded us plenty of opportunities to be creative, resourceful, and resilient. We are calling for proposals that will offer best practices and professional development training focused on technology and other creative remote programming opportunities that we should bring with us into 2021. *Personal Growth: Development of Educational Opportunity Professionals* The goal of this theme is to provide professional development and training opportunities for educational opportunity professionals. We are calling for proposals that will offer best practices, provide opportunities for growth, and expand the personal toolkits of new professionals, emerging leaders, and seasoned veterans. *Click Here to Submit a Professional Development Proposal* <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSemmI5KfpfJUlCtlZnqc_3COF9I-DDKhTeM1q0rO2VCBkp57Q%2Fviewform&data=04%7C01%7CMelissa.Goyait%40unh.edu%7C8f449f4b7a234c4b953008d8c8880b2d%7Cd6241893512d46dc8d2bbe47e25f5666%7C0%7C0%7C637479833922518336%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=vs9ISeZ6kcnLA%2F9O%2FfnSrRukwdGKPrjIt1w9WeydH0E%3D&reserved=0> *Click Here to Volunteer as a Programmatic Roundtable Facilitator* <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfeG3ngzaq-yWk8QZ91oXQW7_FDSL4M6gz40PWEAsH12sO9jg%2Fviewform&data=04%7C01%7CMelissa.Goyait%40unh.edu%7C8f449f4b7a234c4b953008d8c8880b2d%7Cd6241893512d46dc8d2bbe47e25f5666%7C0%7C0%7C637479833922528333%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=MCB%2B1LuzoPVaWcJbDVV5WcX6zx7ocFsoNSJjsjr1sVA%3D&reserved=0> For any questions, please email Melissa Goyait at [log in to unmask] On behalf of the NEOA 2021 Conference Committee, Melissa Goyait & Nate Obin Cheers, Melissa Goyait, M.Ed., C.A.G.S Associate Director Educational Talent Search/TRIO University of New Hampshire 603-862-3267 [image: signature_1437272509] To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] Leave the subject blank, and in the body, enter "SIGNOFF neoa".