Day 2 Schedule
Friday, November 7th
Vanderbilt Central Library
419 21st Avenue South
Hotel check out is at 11am. If you want to check out before you head over to the Summit, you can store your luggage at the hotel or in a storage room at the Vanderbilt Central Library.
Reflection to Creation: Kickoff to Summit Day 2
8:00-9:00 am
Community Room
(4th Floor, #408)
All Participants
Morning Kickoff
Ease into the day with breakfast and good conversation as you reconnect with new friends and fellow participants. Take this time to relax, refuel, and sign up for your preferred Creation Jam session before the morning kicks off.
8:30-9:00 am
Authors Room
(4th Floor, #418A)
All Welcome
‘Toxic’ Masculinity Has Left the Chat: Building Online Spaces Where Guys Can Be Real
Led by Jonathon Reed, Stephanie Wright, and Ali Zaidi, Next Gen Men
Starting with insights from Next Gen Men Alliance’s thriving Discord community, this interactive session explores how different online spaces either reinforce or challenge narrow ideas of masculinity. After introducing the concept of precarious masculinity, we’ll break into two groups to brainstorm: one tackling internal communities (Discord, group chats) and another examining public platforms (TikTok, Twitch streaming). Together, we’ll shift from identifying problems to building solutions—sharing real examples of where you’ve seen positive masculinity thrive online and collaborating on what specific features, norms, and practices create spaces where young people can show up authentically. In this session, youth and adults (industry leaders, researchers and parents) will work side-by-side to identify what works, what doesn’t, and how we can design online spaces that celebrate the full range of who young people are and who they’re becoming.
9:00-10:00 am
Community Room
(4th Floor, #408)
All Participants
Welcome Back
Morning remarks will be shared by Cori Stott, Digital Wellness Lab, and Donnell Probst, NAMLE
Energy Reset
We’re going to start the day by passing around some of yesterday’s energy (literally!) Everyone will share an emoji that represents how you felt about Day 1: it could be excitement, curiosity, surprise, exhaustion, pride—anything you felt. You can act it out, draw a picture of it, or just say it out loud.
Insights Wall Highlights – What We Heard
We will share a summary of the themes shared in yesterday’s Gallery Walk and invite our youth participants to share out the themes or ideas that most inspire you to build something today. What can you start to create today that will make a difference?
Transition to Creation Jams
Creation Jam
(Attend one)
10:00-11:00 am
Community Room
(4th Floor, #408)
Youth
Building a Better Community: Your Voice, Your Design
Led by Andres Cuervo, Youth Engagement Program Manager, Roblox
Join Roblox for a special workshop where you can directly influence content and design directions that shape our community. Share your unique perspective and co-design ideas on how to create the most fun, respectful, and safe experiences on Roblox.
10:00-11:00 am
Authors Room
(4th Floor, #418A)
All Welcome
Discover and Learn: Trust & Safety in Online Spaces
Led by Corey Ponder, Global Head Policy & Product Partnerships, TikTok
Join TikTok’s Trust and Safety team for an interactive exploration of how we keep our community safe while fostering creativity and connection. This workshop begins with an overview of TikTok’s safety features and protection initiatives, then transitions into a collaborative discussion where parents, youth, and educators share perspectives on how young people engage with these tools and identify opportunities for enhancement. Attendees will gain hands-on knowledge of safety resources and practical strategies for creating safer digital experiences together.
10:00-11:00 am
Divinity Library
(2nd Floor, #224)
Youth
(Me)dia Mindfulness Creation Station
Led by Jenna Bigham, Community Engagement & External Affairs Manager, Pinterest
Ready to move from inspiration to action? Grab your phone, laptop, or pencil and paper and come get creative! Join the Pinterest team as we take your amazing ideas from Day 1 and design Pins for the (Me)dia Mindfulness pinboard. In collaboration with the Inspired Internet Pledge and NAMLE, we’re curating content with intention and purpose that highlights youth voices and amplifies the expertise and resources of trusted partners. Come flex your knowledge and your creative genius at the same time.
Tomorrow’s Headlines: Reimagining Tech with Youth Voices
Led by Sam Schwamm, Clinical Research Manager, and Zoë Kronberg, Clinical Research Assistant, Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital; and Natalie Foos, Director at VoiceBox
This interactive workshop invites you to flip the script on how technology and youth are portrayed in the news. Together, we’ll explore the misconceptions adults and politicians often hold about young people’s tech use and imagine what headlines could look like if youth voices were truly shaping the conversation. Participants will design mock front pages featuring their own dream headlines and stories about what educators, policymakers, and tech leaders did to make that future possible.
10:00-11:00 am
McGee Center
(2nd Floor, #203)
Adults
Mapping it Out: Understanding Our Digital Environments
Led Hannah Chidekel and Nicole Powell, Clinical Research Coordinators, Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital
Just as teens navigate a complex digital city with different neighborhoods, rules, and purposes, you also inhabit your own digital ecosystem that shapes your daily life. In this workshop, you’ll map your own digital neighborhoods—from social media to news apps to productivity tools—examining how these spaces influence your behavior, support your offline relationships, and meet different needs. By understanding your own digital ecosystem first, you’ll develop insight into why your teen’s online world operates differently and how digital environments function as living, interconnected systems rather than isolated “screen time.”
Lunch Break
11:00-11:30 am
Community Room
(4th Floor, #408)
All Participants
Grab a boxed lunch, stretch your legs, and rejoin the group in the Community Room for our Summit Closing session!
Now What? – Insights to Action
Please feel free to enjoy your lunch or a snack while we engage in this closing session together.
11:30 am-1:00 pm
Community Room
(4th Floor, #408)
All Participants
Gallery Walk & Discussion with Dialogue Vanderbilt
Students from Dialogue Vanderbilt will lead us on a guided walk through the reflections their prompts gathered over the past two days. Together, we’ll explore key themes and insights from the gallery and dive into small-group conversations at each table to deepen the dialogue and connect ideas across the room.
Mapping it Out: Comparing Our Maps
Hannah Chidekel and Nicole Powell from the Digital Wellness Lab will lead a brief look at how youth and adults see the digital world—where your maps align, and where they diverge. We’ll then do a quick activity to map with our feet!
Visioning for Change
Based on everything we’ve discussed and created, what do we want to see happen or change in the next year—in education, in policy, and in technology? And what role does each of us play in that change? In table groups, answer these questions using the software to project our ideas together in community on the screen.
Closing
We’ve explored the challenges, shared our ideas, and identified the power of young people’s voices in designing solutions. And now it’s time to put them into action! Together, we’ve got the creativity, courage, and community to shape a digital world that works for all of us.
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