Wednesday, November 8
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Registration Required Below
The John Read Middle School PTA and the Mark Twain Library are pleased to host internationally recognized youth motivational speaker David Flood for an engaging talk entitled “The Power of Showing Up: Unlocking Student Potential Through the Power of Presence”
As the father of a special needs child and working with students in recovery for 30 years, David knows firsthand the impact of strong connections to empower change. He also knows that he missed making these connections when he was younger. Throughout this talk he will demonstrate how to form stronger bonds with students to unlock their potential. David’s overall message is to be kind and care about others beyond our immediate circle.
Adults of all ages welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
About our speaker:
David Flood’s origin as a motivational speaker comes first hand. He grew up impacted by addiction in his family. He married and became a father of two children; his oldest is a special needs son. He is active in his church, is a hospice volunteer who visits terminally ill patients, and is on the board of K.I.D.S Plus, a non-profit organization that helps special needs children through sports. David attends meetings and participates in activities with The Anti-Bias Consortium Nassau County Schools. He is a member of The Northport-East Northport Drug and Alcohol Task Force.
David’s life teaches him every day about dignity, understanding, patience, forgiveness, and most of all, unconditional love. As a youth motivational speaker, David has spoken in 38 states and Canada to over 400,000 students, inspiring them to look at people and things differently. His online videos have received over 125 million views. He speaks with passion and conviction and, through his humility, leaves his audience with so much to think about in their formative years as they move into their future.
This is a hybrid program that will take place both live at the Library, and virtually over Zoom. For a full experience we recommend attending this program live at the Library.
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Would you prefer instead to attend the program virtually over Zoom? Click here to register for the virtual event and receive a Zoom link the day of the program.
Registration is currently closed for this event.