Featured Guests
Keynote Speaker
Yarden Blumstein
Executive Director, Conflict Resolutions
Yarden Blumstein is the Executive Director of Conflict Resolutions, where he uses dialogue to address conflict and strengthen communities. He is passionate about teen mental health and mentors adolescents to recognize and support their peers. A skilled facilitator and thoughtful leader, Yarden combines his understanding of people with healing-centered approaches to make a lasting impact.
Panelist
Corissa Pittman
Activist and Public Speaker
Corissa Pittman is a strong advocate for Disability Rights. They are an active Youth Ambassador, having completed 20 plus presentations to audiences as large as two hundred attendees. Corissa is an accomplished and experienced speaker on subjects such as Intersectionality, Gender Equality, Racial Inequality, Disabled Youth Employment, Representation of Stuttering in the Community, and Alternatives to Guardianship for Disabled Young Adults. Corissa embraces their lived experiences as a LGBTQIA+ individual with dyslexia, a person of color who stutters, has Kabuki Syndrome, and is a sibling of youth with disabilities.
Panelist
Quynh Song
Advocate
Quynh is a 15-year-old advocate from Ann Arbor, dedicated to empowering young people to speak up and care for their emotional well-being. Outside of advocacy, she is a singer, robotics captain, martial artist, field hockey player, and avid reader.
Panelist
Isabel Stasa, MPA
Director of Foster Greatness and Legislative Committee Chair for the National Network for Fostering Sibling Connections
Isabel Stasa, MPA, translates her lived experience in foster care into systems-level reform centered on equity and family integrity. She is the Director of Foster Greatness and Legislative Committee Chair for the National Network for Fostering Sibling Connections, shaping policy to protect sibling bonds and elevate lived experience in governance.