Plant Powered Kids - Schedule Plant Powered Kids Festival

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Festival hours are 10AM-5PM (Golden Ticket-holders may enter one hour early, at 9AM).

🧘‍♀️ 10:30-11:15 Family Yoga with Llamaste Yoga

🌱 11:30-12:15 Plant Based Juniors present: Plant Powered Nutrition 101 for All Ages

🧘‍♂️ 12:30-1:15 Animal Yoga Workshop with Danielle Medina (Fit N Play Mama)

Danielle Medina is the creator of Fit N Play Mama LLC, a lifestyle coaching educational service for adults and children. She offers consultations and classes as well as workshops to teach the importance of staying active and eating healthy throughout life. As a certified fitness/yoga expert, culinary educator, nutritionist, and mom, she focuses on empowering her clients by providing them with easy and practical mindful fitness routines and meal plan cooking guides.

👥 1:30-2:15 Making Change in Your School: Joined by member of NYC Food Policy, the Coalition for Healthy School Food, and school principals from two of NYC's four plant-powered Schools.

Ruth Stanislaus is the founding principal of PS 971 School of Math, Science and Healthy Living in Bay Ridge. Ruth holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design, a masters in administration from The Bank Street College of Education, and a doctorate in education from Russel-Sage College. She also holds a certificate in Culinary Arts, and is currently participating in a certificate program centered on plant-based culinary arts.

Bob Groff is a Co-Founder and Principal of P.S. 244. He earned his Masters in Public Administration from Cornell, and a dual Masters in Science in Teaching and School Leadership from Pace University. In 2002 he became a NYC Teach for America Corps member. He then co-founded The Active Learning Elementary School (TALES) P.S. 244Q, the first public school in the country to have a completely vegetarian breakfast and lunch program. The school has also been recognized with the Golden Carrot Award from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

🫘 2:30-3:15 Plant-Powered Kids Get Together: Age-Specific Ice Breakers & Activities!

👥 3:30-4:15 Change-Making for Kids: Stewart Mitchell (Vigilante Vegan), Marisa Miller Wolfson (Vegucated), Danielle Medina (Fit N Play Mama), Lianna Levine Reisner (Plant Powered Metro New York)

Stewart Mitchell is an animal rights/human rights activist, poet, author and public speaker. He has written two books, Liberation Summer and Kayla The Vegan, to help children understand the importance of going vegan and having compassion for animals. He also created voice4change, a collective liberation advocacy group.

Lianna Levine Reisner, MSOD, is building a multicultural movement for health as President and Network Director of Plant Powered Metro New York, an organization she co-founded in 2019. Her efforts empower local residents and communities to live vibrant lives through whole food, plant-based nutrition. In 2022, Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center honored Lianna as a 40 Under 40 Rising Star in Food Policy. Lianna holds a Master's degree from Case Western Reserve University in Positive Organization Development and Change and a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies.

🎶 4:15-5:00 Music, Magic and Puppets with Jumpin' Jamie!

Kiddie rocker Jumpin' Jamie's four albums have amassed more than half a million streams on Spotify. They have performed for 12,000 fans at Citi Field in NYC, at Comic Cons in numerous cities, for celebrities such as Alicia Keys, and at corporate events for Twitter and Seventh Generation. Their songs have been featured on several PBS programs including Sesame Street.

Cooking Classes

👩‍🍳 12:20-12:50 Make a recipe with the Coalition for Healthy School Food

🧑‍🍳 2:30-3:15 Make a recipe with Plant Powered Metro New York

🧑‍🍳 3:30-4:00 Make a recipe with Alex and Whitney of Plant Based Juniors