Damara Lee (right), a parent-teacher association president, shares a high five with Jocelyn Keolar, the American Cancer Society community development manager, during the exhibitor fair at the conference.

Brooklyn middle school students surprise attendees with a dancing flash mob during lunch.

Betty Zohar, the UFT Brooklyn parent-community liaison, dances with Danna Jordan, the daughter of Aquila Jordan, a parent volunteer who helped plan the conference.

Sofiaa Sichkar, an 8th-grade student and winner of the art contest, poses in front of her drawing that was on the cover of the conference brochure.

Parent volunteers who planned the conference and their children, along with City Comptroller Scott Stringer (sixth from right).

Marilyn George and her daughter Kaelyn, a 8th-grade student at MS 354.

Nicholas Cruz (back row, third from right), the UFT Bronx parent-community liaison, handed out certificates to the students who came to the Brooklyn conference’s first-ever teen summit.