International Day of Play 2025 Virtual Mini-Summit hosted by Right To Play International

On the occasion of the second International Day of Play, Right To Play International are hosting a virtual mini-summit exploring the power of play to support children’s learning and well-being at all ages and stages.

This online experience will include energizing play activations, as well as insights from a range of play specialists. Keynote and expert panels will include community-based practitioners, local actors, and young people themselves who will share their knowledge on topics including playful parenting, play in the early years, play-based teaching and learning, as well as play-based psychosocial support in both development and humanitarian contexts.
 

• When: Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
• Time: 8am EST - 10:30 EST (a health break will occur mid-event)
• Where: Zoom

Please register here by 12pm EST, Monday, June 9th.

Confirmed moderators and speakers include:

Tricia Young (she/her), Director - Moving Minds Alliance
Ardine (she/her), Child Campaigner Bali - Children & Youth Advisory Network (CYAN) and Save the Children Indonesia
Ramya Vivekanandan (she/her), Senior Education Specialist/Thematic Lead for Teaching & Learning - Global Partnership for Education
Ellen Fesseha (she/her), Play Specialist - Right To Play International
Michael Kassa, PhD (he/him), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Science & Mathematics Education -  Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia  
Michelle Cruickshank (she/her), Child Development Lead - Grand Challenges Canada
Rebeca (she/her), Chair - Child & Youth Advisory Board (CAYAB) and Child & Youth Friendly Governance Project
Hollyn Romeyn (she/her), Regional Education Adviser East and Southern Africa - Norwegian Refugee Council
Dr. Beide Melaku (he/him), Associate Professor, Applied Developmental Psychology - Kotebe University of Education in Addis Ababa
Rev. Sr. Secunda Kobusingye (she/her), Head Teacher, St Joseph's Kyabirukwa School, Host Community of Nakivale Settlement, Isingiro District, Uganda
Ms. Spera Atuhairwe (she/her), Country Director, BRAC Uganda
Lobaba Gasamelsayed (she/her), MHPSS Coordinator- Save the Children International Sudan
Racha Nasreddine (she/her),  Country Director -  Right To Play Lebanon