BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20201020T004500Z DTEND:20201020T020000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:PEN: Normal Sucks - A Virtual Talk with Jonathan Mooney DESCRIPTION:The Parent Engagement Network and SoulSpark Learning Present:\n\nNormal Sucks\n\nA Virtual Talk by Jonathan Mooney\n\nMonday October 19th | 6:45-8:00pm MST\n\nThe evening will include introduction\, live talk and Q &A\n\nREGISTER: http://parentengagementnetwork.org/events/jonathan-mooney-normal-sucks/\n\nJonathan Mooney is an acclaimed speaker and author who has won many awards including The Harry S. Truman fellowship for public services\, Finalist for a Roads Scholarship\, and the LA Achievement Award from The Lab School of Washington where he shared the stage with former Vice President Joe Biden. Jonathan has been featured on HBO\, NPR\, The New York Times\, NBC\, Fast company\, and many other media outlets.\n\nJonathan Mooney blends anecdote\, expertise\, and memoir to present a new mode of thinking about how we live and learn individually\, uniquely\, and with advantages and upshots to every type of brain and body. As a neuro-diverse kid diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD who didn't learn to read until he was twelve\, the realization that he wasn't the problem the system and the concept of normal were saved Mooney's life and fundamentally changed his outlook. He explores the toll that being not normal takes on kids and adults when they're trapped in environments that label them\, shame them\, and tell them\, even in subtle ways\, that they are the problem. But\, he argues\, if we can reorient the ways in which we think about diversity\, abilities\, and disabilities\, we can start a revolution.\n\nLearn more about Jonathan\n\nPurchase Jonathan's Book: Normal Sucks\n\nDon't Miss this Must See Virtual Talk! Register Now!\n\nTicket Price: $10/ticket\n\nZoom link and more info will be emailed to registrants as we get closer to the event\n\n\n\nWe kindly thank our event sponsors: Hillside School\, Stride Learning\, and New Peaks. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Jonathan Mooney is an acclaimed speaker and author who has won many awards including The Harry S. Truman fellowship for public services\, Finalist for a Roads Scholarship\, and the LA Achievement Award from The Lab School of Washington where he shared the stage with former Vice President Joe Biden. Jonathan has been featured on HBO\, NPR\, The New York Times\, NBC\, Fast company\, and many other media outlets.
\n\nJonathan Mooney blends anecdote\, expertise\, and memoir to present a new mode of thinking about how we live and learn&mdash\;individually\, uniquely\, and with advantages and upshots to every type of brain and body. As a neuro-diverse kid diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD who didn&rsquo\;t learn to read until he was twelve\, the realization that he wasn&rsquo\;t the problem&mdash\;the system and the concept of normal were&mdash\;saved Mooney&rsquo\;s life and fundamentally changed his outlook. He explores the toll that being not normal takes on kids and adults when they&rsquo\;re trapped in environments that label them\, shame them\, and tell them\, even in subtle ways\, that they are the problem. But\, he argues\, if we can reorient the ways in which we think about diversity\, abilities\, and disabilities\, we can start a revolution.
\n\n\n\nPurchase Jonathan&rsquo\;s Book: Normal Sucks
\n\nDon&rsquo\;t Miss this Must See Virtual Talk! Register Now!
\n\nTicket Price: $10/ticket
\n\nZoom link and more info will be emailed to registrants as we get closer to the event
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\nWe kindly thank our event sponsors: Hillside School\, Stride Learning\, and New Peaks.