Presented by Jay Matthews, Community Impact Specialist, EVERFI; Wyjuana Montgomery, Lead, K12 District Relationships, EVERFI; Erica Hart, Director, K12 Implementation, Kansas & Missouri, EVERFI; and Jessie Fox, M.Ed., Director, K12 Community Engagement, EVERFI
Presented by Dr. Elizabeth Álvarez, Ph.D., Superintendent, Forest Park District 91 (IL); Refugio “Cuco” Gracián, Executive Director of Cultural Proficiency, Equity, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Capistrano USD (CA); Corey Brooks, School Principal, William T. Dwyer High School (FL); and David Samore, Ed.D., CEO, David Samore & Associates, LLC
Featuring Frederick Joseph, author and activist; Jelani Alladin, artist; and David Cox, Creative Marketing Writer/Producer at HBO. Moderated by Michelle Luhtala, a school librarian.
In a recent edWebinar, sponsored by Scholastic Digital Solutions, the presenters discussed the reality of racial violence and inequity that students of color face and what we as educators and administrators can do to confront it rather than perpetuate it. They identified racial violence as violence incurred by students of color that can be overt and covert, taken for granted, an act of invisibilization, or the erasure of students’ identities and realities.
Presented by Veronica Crespin-Palmer, Co-Founder and CEO, RISE Colorado; Dr. Gudiel Crosthwaite, Superintendent, Lynwood Unified School District (CA); and Anpao Duta Flying Earth, Senior Advisor, Native American Community Academy (NM)
Moderated by Kimberly Smith, Executive Director of the League of Innovative Schools and Center for Inclusive Innovation, Digital Promise
Presented by Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School (CT); Anna Morris, Manager of Collection Management, Mackin Educational Resources; and Megan Mabee, TBR Bibliologist and Writing Contributor at Book Riot, and Library Secretary at New Canaan High School (CT)
Work on developing culturally proficient communities during the previous decade has now led to the creation of a professional learning program designed to increase equity and inclusion during the 2020s, in collaboration with the Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators.
Presented by Pam Allyn, Co-Founder, Dewey; Dr. Ernest Morrell, Professor and Associate Dean of Humanities and Equity, Notre Dame University; and Yalitza Vasquez, Co-Founder, Dewey
Presented by Katie Novak, Ed.D., Founder and Executive Director, Novak Educational Consulting; Mirko Chardin, Education Consultant, Novak Educational Consulting; Rachel Kruzel, Territory Director, Texthelp; and Joni Degner, Territory Director, Texthelp
Presented by Andratesha Fritzgerald, UDL Consultant, Building Blocks of Brilliance, and Author of Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Expressways to Success; Rachel Kruzel, Territory Director, Texthelp; and Joni Degner, Territory Director, Texthelp