Past Events
LOA Special Edition Fireside Chats with CA EXL Leadership Awardees
In this series of Fireside Chats, Heather Williams from the California AfterSchool Network is joined by Michael Funk, Director of the Expanded Learning Division of the California Department of Education (EXLD). This series of chats is with 2025 California Expanded Learning Leadership Awardees who were recognized this year during the annual Lights On Afterschool celebration.
Celebrating the California Expanded Learning Leadership Awards Awardees!
Thursday, October 23, 2025; 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The California AfterSchool Network,
California Department of Education, and System of Support for
Expanded Learning celebrated Lights On
Afterschool by recognizing leaders across
the state!
Celebrating the California Expanded Learning Leadership Awards!
Thursday, October 24, 2024; 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The California AfterSchool Network, California Department of Education, and System of Support for Expanded Learning celebrated Lights On Afterschool by recognizing leaders across the state!
Congratulations to the Awardees, and thank you for the fantastic work you do in your communities!
Join Us at the California Expanded Learning Leadership Awards!
Thursday, October 24, 2024; 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join the California AfterSchool Network, the California Department of Education, and the System of Support for Expanded Learning as we celebrate and recognize leaders across the state at the 2024 Lights on Afterschool Celebration: the California Expanded Learning Leadership Awards!
- Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
This event will be live-streamed on CAN’s YouTube Live webpage .
Celebrating the California Expanded Learning Leadership Awards!
Thursday, October 26, 2023; 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The California AfterSchool Network,
California Department of Education, and System of Support for
Expanded Learning celebrated Lights On Afterschool
by recognizing leaders across the state!
Congratulations to the Awardees, and thank you for the fantastic work you do in your committees!
Emerging Leadership Awardee
- Patricia Hernandez, ELP Site Director, Central Unified School District – Region 7
Innovative Leadership Awardees
Lights On Afterschool 2022
Thursday, October 20, 2022
CAN was proud to be join the Afterschool Alliance and thousands of out-of-school time programs in the largest nationwide showcase of afterschool programs during the 23rd annual Lights On Afterschool celebration on October 20th!
Afterschool programs provide the fun, safe, and engaging environment that youth need to emerge from the pandemic confident and hopeful. On October 20, we’re helping to shine a light on the important role of afterschool programs in our community – and you can too!
California Expanded Learning Leadership Awards 2022; A Lights on Afterschool Celebration
Monday, October 17, 2022; 11 AM - 12 PM PST
The California AfterSchool Network, California Department of Education, and System of Support for Expanded Learning recognized and celebrated leaders across the state!
Watch the event and learn more about these incredible leaders and their work.
Lights On Afterschool 2021
Thursday, October 28, 2021
CAN and thousands of communities celebrated and rallied for afterschool programs as the Afterschool Alliance organized the 22nd annual Lights On Afterschool! This nationwide event on Thursday, October 28, 2021, called attention to the importance of afterschool programs and the resources required to keep the lights on and the doors open, especially as programs step up to help students, families, and communities in the pandemic.
Lights On Afterschool 2020
CA Lights on Afterschool Virtual Celebration
Thursday, October 22, 2020; 11:00 AM
Join the California AfterSchool Network and California Department
of Education in a virtual celebration recognizing leaders across
the state and our first live fireside chat.
The event will be livestreamed on California AfterSchool
Network’s Facebook Page at: www.facebook.com/CaliforniaAfterSchool/