<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Yesterday the Goodpush Alliance hosted a COVID-19 Sharing Webinar with more than 40 staff from 25+ social skateboarding projects to discuss and share on how everyone is coping with the coronavirus crisis globally. It was great to get ideas and inspiration from others. Here’s some things we learned:&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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	<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The importance of staff looking after their own wellbeing before focusing on supporting their participants.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
	<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>That many of these projects provide valuable social connection and roll models for the young people they serve, even when skateboarding programs can’t happen.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
	<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>While different contexts affect how we can adapt our programs (for example the level of internet access participants have) we also share many common challenges and solutions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
	<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>These unique circumstances have made many organizations more open and available for collaboration, since –&nbsp;for the first time – this is just as easy to do across distances as it is within our own cities, and we will be able to adapt our programs more quickly if we work together.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>You can watch the recording below!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Sharing challenges and ideas with others in the social skate scene&nbsp;was super motivating.&nbsp;Based on positive feedback we will run another Sharing Webinar on Thursday, 30 April at 4pm CET | 10am EST | 7am PST.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The suggested topic&nbsp;is:</span></span>&nbsp;How to update/adapt our models for post-lockdown programs? For example, how to integrate social distancing restrictions and hygiene suggestions into skateboard programs. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><strong>You can <a href="https://forms.gle/S6DMB2R4RE3prkbv6">register for the 30 April webinar here</a>.&nbsp;</strong><span><span><span><span><span><span>Hope to see you there!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
