Hearts Open Wide
Fun & Fearless Parent And Educator Virtual Summit
June 28th, 2025
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2025 HEARTS OPEN WIDE VIRTUAL SUMMIT
Join World-Class Thought Leaders at the Choose Love Summit: Transform Your Life While Supporting a Movement That's Changing the World
One Day. Extraordinary Speakers. Life-Changing Insights. June 28th, 2025.
Special Mystery Bonus when you register before May 23rd!
Summit Sessions
Nervous System Reboot by Shannon Desilets
Shannon Desilets has designed this transformative workshop to address these challenges at their neurological root. Through carefully sequenced movements derived from the evidence-based MNRI therapy model (Masgutova Method®), you’ll experience how simple physical actions can create profound shifts in your neurological functioning.
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In honor of what would have been Jesse’s 19th birthday, we come together each year to celebrate his life and the love he continues to inspire. This year, we’re proud to host a virtual summit in support of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement™—his powerful legacy. Through this foundation, free social and emotional learning programs are brought to schools, homes, and communities around the world, planting seeds of courage, compassion, and connection wherever they’re needed most.
Join us as we carry Jesse’s light forward and choose love, together.
About the movement
Scarlett Lewis founded the Choose Love Movement™ after her son, Jesse, was murdered during the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in December 2012 which remains as one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.
Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement™ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to create safer and more loving communities through Character Social Emotional Development programs (CSED) that are suited for all stages of life. We offer programs tailored for any age from toddlers through adulthood.
THE CHOOSE LOVE MOVEMENT™ SUMMIT
Proceeds from the Choose Love Summit will go directly toward supporting our mission at the Choose Love Movement™. Your participation helps ensure that students everywhere have access to essential social and emotional learning resources, at no cost.
When ?
Saturday, June 28, 2025
4:00pm to 8:00pm Eastern Time
Where ?
The virtual Choose Love Summit will take place on Zoom, making it easy to join from anywhere. All registered participants will receive a Zoom link via email prior to the event, along with any necessary instructions to access the sessions.
Why ?
We are hosting this summit as a heartfelt fundraiser to honor and celebrate what would have been Jesse Lewis’ 19th birthday. It’s a moment to come together in his memory and support the mission inspired by his life.
Have More Questions ?
Check back on this page for more information about speakers and sessions. You can sign up above to receive emails as updates become available.
If you have any of questions, please contact info@jesselewischooselove.org .
Registration
$2,294 Value – Pay What You Can
THE TRUE VALUE OF YOUR SUMMIT INVESTMENT
What is the VIP experience?
Elevate your summit experience with our exclusive VIP Access—where transformation meets unprecedented value. Secure your front-row seat to profound change with a private 30-minute live Q&A session with Choose Love Movement Founder Scarlett Lewis, where you’ll receive personalized guidance that ordinary attendees simply won’t access. Take home Scarlett’s complete wisdom library with personally autographed copies of all four of her groundbreaking books (a collector’s item unavailable anywhere else). While standard tickets lose access after just 7 days, as a VIP you’ll own lifetime recordings of every powerful session—allowing you to revisit these life-changing strategies whenever you need inspiration or clarity. This isn’t merely attendance; it’s becoming part of an intimate inner circle committed to lasting transformation. With strictly limited availability, this VIP Experience won’t just sell out—it will create the foundation for your ongoing journey with the Choose Love movement.
WHAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY GETTING:
- 8 Transformational Speaker Sessions ($1,997 value) What these experts charge for their private programs.
- 7-Day Access to All Session Recordings ($297 value) Review key insights on your schedule.
- Tools and Ideas to change the world…. priceless
This is the total amount for all sessions.
Pay extra to help spread Jesse’s message and support the Choose Love Movement™. No matter how much you pay, you’ll get the same summit experience as everybody else.
TOTAL REAL-WORLD VALUE: $2,294
Summit Speakers
Stay tuned… Speakers will start being unveiled on Friday, 5/23/25.
Shannon Desilets
Shannon’s journey is an example of when one’s passion and purpose come together. At her core is the desire to help others. Shannon’s expertise in brain-based trauma therapy is what first introduced her to the Choose Love Movement, as she has provided therapy to the Newtown/Sandy Hook CT community for the last 10 years. She has been an instructor of this specialized therapy (MNRI), teaching and providing therapy worldwide. With a strong desire to work to bring the Choose Love Movement to her son’s school in NH, she became a Choose Love Ambassador, but things didn’t stop there.
Shannon was appointed by and has worked directly out of the office of Governor Chris Sununu since August of 2018. She has led the nation through the efforts and example being set by the state of NH, utilizing this Character Social Emotional Development lifespan program. She is a pivotal member of the School Safety Preparedness Taskforce, working directly with Homeland Security. Under her direction, New Hampshire has become the first in the nation to launch Choose Love for Caregivers (designed for foster parents and workers in the field), as well as Choose Love for Corrections. She provides workshops for every division within the Department of Safety and various other state departments.
Shannon is a published author for STRIVE magazine, sharing what NH has made happen with the Choose Love Movement. Shannon also leads the Choose Love Youth and College level Ambassadors. In addition, she serves as the Choose Love liaison for governmental departments nationwide.
Her heart shines when bringing the Choose Love Movement forward, and she is fueled to bring this to all!
David Romanelli
Last year, the US Surgeon General released an advisory on the mental health and well-being of parents. Parenting is harder than ever. How do parents find peace amidst the busyness of the digital age? David Romanelli will share some simple, bite-sized wisdoms to navigate the everyday challenges and better enjoy the precious time with your children. For more, check out the program David co-created with Choose Love: https://peacefulparents.life/
David is a bestselling author, wellness innovator, and entrepreneur known for blending ancient wisdom with modern life. He is the founder of Meditate ON, a story-driven mindfulness platform designed to support a vibrant inner life. He has written three bestselling books — Yeah Dave’s Guide to Livin’ the Moment, Happy is the New Healthy, and Life Lessons from the Oldest and Wisest — all celebrating the joy of being alive.
David has spoken at organizations including American Express, Prudential, and Veuve Clicquot, and his work has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, O Magazine, Newsweek, and Food + Wine.
Rick Rood
Rick Rood has been on the front lines of Education for nearly 40 years, working directly with children and front-line staff. With degrees in Education, Afterschool Care, and Applied Mathematics, Rick is a student of the thought leader movement, distilling lessons from master teachers like Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins, and Brendon Burchard – giving them practical application to education professionals. Participants have described his workshops as “fascinating” and “life-changing.”
Rick is a classroom teacher, and in the past he has run afterschool programs, taught music, computer programming, and youth leadership workshops. Rick is a contributor to “Youth Today!” and is the author of Games Teachers Play Before the Bell Rings. Rick is a Certified High Performance Coach™ and works privately and in groups with education professionals to help them achieve higher levels of performance in their work and personal lives.
Rick is the driving force behind Transforming Teachers, Transforming Education, an organization rooted in the Positive Youth Development philosophy dedicated to training and inspiring youth-serving professionals. Through Transforming Teachers, Rick has delivered workshops and keynotes to thousands of education professionals, helping teachers transform their “inner game” of teaching to better serve youth, children, and families.
Rick and his team created the Beyond School Time Conference for Out-of-School-Time Professionals in 2018 as a way for California’s OST Professionals to connect, learn, and gather inspiration.
Maria Shriver
Maria Shriver is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist, seven-time New York Times bestselling author, and a passionate advocate for women’s empowerment, brain health, and social change. As the founder of Shriver Media, she has used storytelling to spark national conversations on pressing issues such as poverty, Alzheimer’s, and gender equity through groundbreaking reports, documentaries, books, and live events.
During her time as First Lady of California, Maria created and led The Women’s Conference—then the largest women’s conference in the world—raising millions for scholarships and social initiatives, and establishing the Minerva Awards to honor trailblazing women. Her influential Shriver Reports helped reshape public policy and awareness around working women and caregivers, including the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Paycheck to Paycheck.
A leader in brain health advocacy, Maria founded The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement and co-founded the wellness company MOSH to promote brain health through food, research, and education. She also executive produced the Academy Award-winning film Still Alice and continues to champion caregivers and families impacted by Alzheimer’s with compassion, creativity, and a commitment to public service.
