Race Forward Racial Justice Trainings
2023-05-16 11:00 - 17:30, 2023-05-11 11:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Signup for Building Racial Equity (Level 1)

Training Components:

Racial Justice Values & Vision

Key Concepts: Different Dimensions of Racism / Structural Racism

Implicit Bias and Systems Analysis

Opportunities to Advance Racial Justice

Participants will:

build a clear understanding of key concepts such as racial equity and structural racism

learn to talk about race constructively within their organizations and with their constituents

gain tools and practices for counteracting racial bias in their work and practices

identify opportunities and next steps for applying concepts and strategies to advance racial equity

Black Women Superintendents Leading with Excellence
2023-05-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Join The Education Trust and the School Superintendents Association (AASA) for Black Women Superintendents Leading With Excellence

Panelists:

Dr. Latonya M. Goffney, Superintendent, Aldine Independent School District (TX)

Dr. Sonja Brookins Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (MD)

Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Interim Superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools (VA)

Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, Superintendent of Oakland Unified School District (CA)

Moderator: Arthur Jones II, ABC News Producer/Reporter

Description:

Black women make up only 1.4% of people leading school districts nationwide. However, in today’s environment, where classrooms have become sites of cultural and political conflict, Black women leaders are best positioned for the job. Black women know firsthand what it takes to thrive amid racism and sexism — overcoming systemic barriers and challenges that many of their peers do not endure. This lived experience fuels them daily as they work to meet their student’s academic and social-emotional needs and ensure that, despite the challenges of the pandemic, all students leave the K-12 school system with precisely what they need to succeed.

In this candid conversation, we’ll explore how to support students’ mental health, the pressures of leadership, recent book bans, and more. These leaders will also discuss what must be done to diversify the school leadership pipeline and, notably, how to support Black women school leaders once they take the helm.

2023 NC BLACK Summit: Moving Forward with Knowledge and Purpose
2023-04-27 08:00 - 2023-04-28 17:00 | Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, 4500 Marriott Dr, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27612, United States
Join us in person for the 17th Annual NC Black Summit on April 27-28, 2023, at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley. This signature event hosted by the North Carolina Black Alliance uniquely brings together Black elected officials, public policy advocates, community stakeholders, strategic partners, and community advocates from across the state to explore solutions to issues impacting OUR community and strategize on ways to build a more just and equitable North Carolina.

We look forward to being back in person to engage and collaborate with you around our theme, “Moving Forward with Knowledge and Purpose,” and to discuss critical issues impacting OUR community.

Science for All Summit
2023-04-05 08:30 - 20:30 | The Friday Conference Center, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, US
On April 5-6, 2023, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will host the inaugural Science for All Summit at the Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The Summit is a community convening to advance inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The theme of this year’s Summit is From IDEA to Action.
The purpose of the Summit is to engage educators, practitioners, researchers, thought leaders, and other change agents in conversation and knowledge building around emerging issues and innovative strategies related to advancing IDEA in STEM. Putting these ideals into practice requires an intentional focus on creating authentic and adaptive environments while simultaneously cultivating a community that collaborates, innovates, and implements promising practices shown to effect sustainable change. At the Summit, we will provide opportunities to share new research findings, exchange resources, discuss strategies, and demonstrate effective practices and interventions. Our ultimate goal is to move From IDEA to Action as a community in the coming year.

7th Annual Let's Talk Racism Conference: 2023
2023-03-17 18:30 - 21:00 | North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC, 27707, US
Please join us for the 7th Annual Let’s Talk Racism Conference! Our theme this year is What’s at Stake?: Understanding the Attacks on Truth-Telling in Education. The keynote address will occur Friday, March 17th at 6:30pm and conference sessions will take place Saturday, March 18th from 9:00am – 4:00pm , at North Carolina Central University. We plan to be back in-person this year!
The purpose of this event is to give K-12 educators and pre-service teachers an opportunity to engage in sessions centered on the impact of systemic racism and ways of dismantling it in our schools. A CRT framework helps us achieve this goal. While educators are the target audience, we welcome all community members to participate.
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad is an Associate Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has previously served as a classroom teacher, literacy specialist, school district administrator, curriculum director, and school board president. She studies Black historical excellence in education, intending to reframe curriculum and instruction today.
This event is co-sponsored by North Carolina Central University’s School of Education, we are (working to extend anti-racist education, Inc), and Ben & Jerry’s of Chapel Hill.
To register visit www.LetsTalkRacism.com. Email admin@weare-nc.org for questions.

Short-Term Suspension Clinic
2023-02-25 10:00 - 11:30 | EJA, 1214 E Lenoir St, Raleigh, NC, 27610, US
Join us to learn your rights and the ways you can advocate against an unfair short-term suspension. | Únase a nosotros para aprender acerca de sus derechos y cómo pueden abogar contra una suspensión injusta de corto plazo.

Inventor's Workshop - All Girls STEM Summer Camp
2022-07-25 10:00 - 15:00 | The Master’s Hands Christian Church, 4204 Lake Ridge Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27605, US
The Inventor’s Workshop All Girls STEM Summer Camp provides local girls with a summer enrichment program that offers experiments involving Chemistry, Physics, Biotechnology, and Forensics. Students design Mouse Trap Cars, Marshmallow Catapults, 2-Liter Bottle Rockets, and participate in a mock crime scene.

Along the Stream Environmental Summer Camp
2022-07-18 10:00 - 15:00 | The Master’s Hands Christian Church, 4204 Lake Ridge Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27604, US
The Along the Stream program is a STEM-Based hands-on training summer camp for both middle and high school students. Students will design and build a portable wastewater dam. Students will perform water chemistry testing, Field Biology on stream samples and aquatic insects, investigate local water pollution problems, and research topics related to clean water. Students will publish their findings in a local water journal.

How Public Education is the Foundation for a Multiracial Democracy
2022-07-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual, Zoom, New York, NY, 10022, US
This workshop, led by Race Forward’s H.E.A.L. Together team of James Haslam, Dennis Chin, and Cathy Albisa.
This workshop is part of a series of public trainings offered by Race Forward and NYU Metro Center in partnership with other H.E.A.L. (Honest Education Action & Leadership) Together partners. Learn more about H.E.A.L. Together and this series by visiting healtogether.org

How School Boards Work: Taking Leadership in Public Education and Serving on School Boards
2022-06-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual, Zoom, New York, NY, 10022, US
This workshop, led by Local Progress, will provide participants with skills needed to take leadership in public education and serving on school boards.
This workshop is part of a series of public trainings offered by Race Forward and NYU Metro Center in partnership with other H.E.A.L. (Honest Education Action & Leadership) Together partners. Learn more about H.E.A.L. Together and this series by visiting healtogether.org

Center for Urban Education Summer Educator Forum
2022-06-22 00:00 - 12:00 | Virtual, Virtual, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, US
“We are in a revolutionary situation, no matter how unpopular that word has become in this country,” writes James Baldwin in his 1963 touchstone speech, “A Talk to Teachers.” He continues, “The society in which we live is desperately menaced… from within. To any citizen of this country who figures himself as responsible—and particularly those of you who deal with the minds and hearts of young people—must be prepared to ‘go for broke’… you must understand that in the attempt to correct so many generations of bad faith and cruelty, when it is operating not only in the classroom but in society, you will meet the most fantastic, the most brutal, and the most determined resistance. There is no point in pretending that this won’t happen.”
Baldwin’s words challenge us to critical intervention in our current moment. How do our daily conversations about “crises” in schools and schooling (e.g., teacher shortage, attacks on critical race theory, the digital divide) work to distract us from a larger focus on what Baldwin described as the “generations of bad faith and cruelty” that distinguish the entire system?
What would it mean to understand the everyday practices of schools and schooling as in and of crisis? How is a “return to normal” still a return to a state of crisis? How might our work shift if we acknowledge that we are not heading toward a crisis, but we have already been existing in one? How might we develop and use our imaginative and creative capacities, not to try to legitimize, tweak, reform, or repackage current structures, but instead to reimagine education as a practice of freedom?
In this year’s free virtual CUESEF, our theme invites our panelists to think with us beyond current “crises”—about teacher shortages, anti-critical race theory policies, and COVID impacts—and into the long-standing struggle for a liberating education, locally and globally. Sessions map possibilities for study and change through examinations of teacher education locally and globally, school leadership, policy contexts, homeschooling, school-prison nexus, food and environmental justice, and more. We hope you will join us.
Read James Baldwin’s “A Talk to Teachers”: A Talk to Teachers – Zinn Education Project (zinnedproject.org).
The Art of CUESEF 2022
Obsidian (2021) by Morgan Overton
“Obsidian is a black linocut print of a Black woman,” says Overton. “It is aesthetically simple, yet her features are proud and prominent.”
Overton is a visual artist, Pittsburgh native, and alumna of the University of Pittsburgh (A&S ’16, SOCWRK ’20). Her work aims to amplify the history, humanity, and future of Black culture. She works in all mediums to vibrantly reclaim narratives that history has attempted to command. Overton’s work is grounded in the Nina Simone quote, “It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times.” She believes that art is a powerful platform to disrupt the status quo and honor the resilience of her People. Her work has been featured across Greater Pittsburgh — notably at the Carnegie Museum of Art, August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University — in addition to various social justice exhibits across the United States and St. Paul de Vence, France. Follow her work at www.mointhestudio.com.

Inventor's Saturday STEM Workshops
2022-06-18 10:00 - 13:00 | The Master’s Hands Christian Church, 4204 Lake Ridge Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27604, US
The Inventor’s Saturday STEM Workshop provides local boys & girls with a weekend enrichment program that offers a fun and exciting way to experience science. Students involved in the Saturday STEM Workshops will design balloon race cars, Marshmallow Catapults, build and launch a 2-liter water bottle rocket, and learn DNA Gel Electrophoresis.

Impact Early Education Summit
2022-06-18 08:00 - 16:30 | UNC Charlotte Student Union, 8845 Carver Road, Charlotte, NC, 28262, US
Join PBS North Carolina at our Impact Early Childhood Education Summit
The Impact Early Childhood Education Summit is a gathering of Early Childhood Education Professionals, parents, and caregivers aimed at celebrating and supporting those who are helping children, birth through third grade, to grow strong roots for a healthy foundation. What happens in the early years of a child’s life shapes the rest of their lives in important ways, but too often, those who are doing the work in those early years are overlooked in professional development and parenting support events.
There is no cost to attend! Teachers may use this Impact Summit for Continuing Education Units.
Saturday, June 18, 2022
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
LOCATION:
UNC Charlotte Student Union
8845 Carver Road
Charlotte, NC 28262
About the Summit
PBS North Carolina NC DHHS Division of Childhood Development and Early Education and the NC Department of Public Instruction have come together to deliver a FREE full day conference for educators.
Discover new strategies for helping our youngest learners (birth to grade 3) grow strong roots in literacy and beyond at this daylong event for educators, parents and caregivers. Attend presentations and breakout sessions, network with colleagues and earn contact hour credits on topics ranging from art integration, educational media and STEM curriculum to equity in education and parenting.
The overarching theme of the summit is literacy. Content will be available in a hybrid format, with a maximum in-person attendance of 600 people. A select number of sessions will also offered as online content soon after the conference. Sessions will be 45 minutes in length.
Session tracks may include, but are not limited to:
Infant-Toddler
Preschool
Pre-Kindergarten
Kindergarten & First Grade
Second Grade & Third Grade
Partnering with Families
Administration and Leadership
Full Summit Agenda coming soon. Register today to reserve your spot and you will receive an email when the full agenda is released.

The Drive Summit
2022-06-17 09:00 - 16:00 | North Carolina A&T State University, 1601 E Market St., Greensboro, NC, 27411, US
Developing a Representative and Inclusive Vision for Education
Save the Date
2022 DRIVE Summit
Friday, June 17th, 2022 | 9:00am – 4:00pm
North Carolina A&T State University | Greensboro, NC

Caminos: Building Pathways with Latinx Educators
2022-06-16 09:00 - 15:00 | Central Carolina Regional Education Service Alliance, 7208 Falls of the Neuse, Raleigh, NC, 27615, US
Caminos: Building Pathways with Latinx Educators is an event hosted by the Friday Institute for K-12 Latinx educators in North Carolina. This event is an extension of our NC Conference for Educational Equity. We invite Latinx educators to convene on June 16, 2020, to share their journeys to careers in education, systemic obstacles they have experienced, and successful strategies to minimize those barriers. In addition, we are seeking to gain insight into how we can build stronger pathways for future generations of Latinx educators. This event will include a keynote speaker, panel discussion, and plenty of opportunities to network.
Travel reimbursements and hotel accommodations are available for up to 20 participants. Please contact Dr. Patricia Hilliard, plhillia@ncsu.edu, for more information.

Culturally Responsive Education in Action: Policies that Advance Racial Equity
2022-06-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual, Zoom, New York, NY, 10022, US
This workshop will expose participants to district and state policies that advance racial equity.
This workshop is part of a series of public trainings offered by Race Forward and NYU Metro Center in partnership with other H.E.A.L. (Honest Education Action & Leadership) Together partners. Learn more about H.E.A.L. Together and this series by visiting healtogether.org

Meeting the Moment: Strategic Recommendations for Literacy & Equity in North Carolina
2022-05-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual, Virtual, Raleigh, NC, 27606, US
In the last decade, North Carolina has made significant efforts to support student literacy growth. Despite these efforts, student reading scores continue to demand our collective attention and innovation. The “Meeting the Moment: Strategic Recommendations for Literacy & Equity in North Carolina” policy brief extends the work of the 2022 NC PreK-12 Literacy & Equity Summit. It draws from a statewide educator questionnaire and focus group data to put forward six recommendations to strengthen the Literacy Learning Ecosystem across North Carolina.
In this webinar, the authors will share highlights from the policy brief followed by a response to the strategic recommendations by discussant Dr. Deanna Townsend-Smith, senior director of the Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity at the Public School Forum of North Carolina. The authors and Dr. Townsend-Smith will then invite questions from audience members who teach, advocate for and champion lifelong, competent readers in North Carolina.

Organizing for Education Justice, Part 2: Outreach and Base-Building
2022-05-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual, Zoom, New York, NY, 10022, US
This workshop is about uniting our communities to advance honest, accurate and fully-funded public education. Participants will learn about outreach and base-building.
This workshop is part of a series of public trainings offered by Race Forward and NYU Metro Center in partnership with other H.E.A.L. (Honest Education Action & Leadership) Together partners. Learn more about H.E.A.L. Together and this series by visiting healtogether.org

#TeachingInColor Summit Day 2
2022-04-30 08:00 - 16:00 | Virtual, Zoom, Charlotte, NC, 28206, US
The 2022 #TeachingInColor Summit is a space for educators of color to connect, uplift, and grow! Join us as we envision and work toward a world that truly values educators of color and the students they serve.

#TeachingInColor Summit Day 1
2022-04-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual, Zoom, Charlotte, NC, 28206, US

Narrative & Messaging: Overcoming Divide-and-Conquer Politics with a Race-Class Framework to Unify Our Communities
2022-04-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual, Zoom, New York, NY, 10022, US
This workshop will help you identify, navigate, and overcome divide-and-conquer politics with a race-class framework to unify our communities.
This workshop will be led by Race Forward’s Dennis Chin, Vice President Narrative, Arts & Culture and Asma Elhuni, H.E.A.L. (Honest Education Action & Leadership) National Organizing Director.
This workshop is part of a series of public trainings offered by Race Forward and NYU Metro Center in partnership with other H.E.A.L. (Honest Education Action & Leadership) Together partners. Learn more about H.E.A.L. Together and this series by visiting healtogether.org

2022 EDUTALK: The African American Male Educator Conference and Awards Gala
2022-04-23 08:30 - 21:30 | North Carolina Central University’s School of Education, 700 Cecil Street, Durham, NC, 27707, US
The MARATHON TEACHING INSTITUTE will host its first Annual EduTalk: African American Educator Conference & Gala on the campus of North Carolina Central University. Today we bring together all educators to participate in the sessions and workshops, to share ideas and discuss ways in which we can impact student achievement.
Our empowering agenda of distinguished speakers, panel discussions, and workshops (which we’ll share soon!) will inform, inspire, and activate Black men educators to continue changing the game. Thought leaders, experts, and renowned professionals in the field will provide practical tools to continue revolutionizing education in classrooms while changing lives and perspectives.
Attendees will also gain access to a wide network of Black men educators, and those who support them, that will empower you, uplift you, and fuel the recruitment of the next generation of Black men educators.
Who: Black men educators and those who support them, school leaders, district leaders, superintendents, education nonprofit and foundation leaders, higher education leaders & administrators, education advocates, high school and college students, education policy leaders
Share with at least 5 Educators.

The Next Step in Early Childhood Policy: Creating a Universal System of Care for Families with Young Children
2022-04-12 09:00 - 17:00 | Online, Online, All, NC, 27708, US
The Duke Center for Child and Family Policy invites you to a conference focused on promoting positive outcomes for families with young children by building universal early childhood systems and policies that promote equity and support healthy development. This two-day conference, The Next Step in Early Childhood Policy: Creating a Universal System of Care for Families with Young Children, features a national, virtual convening on April 12 and an in-person North Carolina-focused event on April 13.
On April 12, we will hear from experts across the country discuss the types of systems, policies, programs, and workforce needed to support and promote the well-being of young children and their families. Featured speakers include Deborah Daro, Chapin Hall; Iheoma Iruka, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Aisha Ray, The BUILD Initiative; and Patricia Cole, Zero To Three. Click here for more information on the national online conference, including an agenda and registration link.
Continue the conversation with a focus on North Carolina on April 13. This in-person event will be held at Duke University in Durham. State and community leaders will describe efforts to promote universal, equitable, coordinated systems and policies to support families with young children and discuss what steps are needed to advance this goal at both the state and local levels.

Teaching in Times of COVID: Supporting Teachers to Work with Immigrant Children and Families Toward Responsive Teaching and Advocacy, featuring Ana Christina da Silva
2022-03-31 12:30 - 13:30 | Zoom, Virtual, All, NC, 27708, US
Discussions about improving learning opportunities and educational equity for young children have been at the top of educational agendas in the U.S. These discussions have been intensified in the last couple of years due to restrictions in learning environments imposed by COVID-19. However, often missing from such conversations are the aggravated sociopolitical challenges facing immigrant children and families-a population that has been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Further missing are discussions about how best to prepare and support teachers to be responsive to the deep educational inequities and challenges laid bare by COVID-19 with respect to immigrant and refugee children. In this presentation, Ana Christina da Silva will outline ways by which teachers, families, community organizers, and university faculty and students, can work together to expand capacity to create and enact 1) new contexts for advocacy action, 2) new forms of school, family, and community connections, and 3) new circulations of languages and literacies across households, classrooms, and communities.
da Silva is a professor of the practice of education at the Peabody College of Vanderbilt University who specializes in language, literacy, and cultural studies. Her research centers on the teaching and learning of linguistically/culturally/racially diverse students; on understanding family and community resources in diverse urban in- and out-of-school contexts; and on partnerships between family-community-school-university that support and emphasize educational opportunity and equity.
She is the author of the edited volume “Re-Designing Teacher Preparation for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Young Students: An Ecological Approach.” She has been the associate editor for the Journal of Literacy Research and is currently the associate editor for the Urban Education Journal.
Feel free to share this invitation with others who may be interested. Thank you.

2022 Equity in Education Summit
2022-03-25 08:30 - 16:30 | The Crest Center, 22 Celebration Pl, Asheville, NC, 28806, US
Join national scholars and regional, education-practitioners as they share their innovative, caring, and effective practices for equity in education. The 2022 Equity in Education Summit welcomes, as its keynote speaker, Dr. Bettina Love.
Dr. Love is a nationally recognized, award-winning author and the Athletic Association Endowed Professor at the University of Georgia. Her writing, research, teaching, and educational advocacy work meet at the intersection of education reform, urban education, abolition, and Black joy.
The aim of her scholarship is twofold: firstly, to advance how the field of education understands and critiques the systemic and structural racism of public education within the U.S.; and secondly, to advocate for abolitionist approaches in the field of education that seek new possibilities for educational justice.
In addition to Dr. Love, the summit will include presentations by other educational scholars and several regional educators who are enacting promising equitable practices within their classrooms, schools, and districts.
Come learn with us and join the growing network for equity in education within the western region and beyond!

NC Conference for Educational Equity
2021-07-27 08:30 - 2021-07-28 14:00 | Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, 1890 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27606, US
The 2nd Annual North Carolina Conference for Educational Equity will focus on the district-wide practices, community-based programs, school policies, and classroom procedures that have created more equitable learning and life outcomes for students. We will deepen our capacity to dismantle oppressive systems to ensure each and every student experiences academic excellence. This two-day virtual conference welcomes all educators. We look forward to coming together to transform our approaches to teaching and learning guided by a vision of hope, opportunity, and liberation for all learners.

Dissecting Education: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
2021-05-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom (Virtual Discussion), Virtual, Virtual, NC, 28277, US
One Hour Zoom Discussion on how parents, caregivers, students should expect culturally diverse content and cultural competency and responsiveness in education. How educators can be more culturally competent and responsive in the classroom.

Facing Race: A National Conference
2020-11-12 08:00 - 2020-11-14 17:00 | Raleigh Convention Center, 500 S. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
Info & Registration

Facing Race: A National Conference is presented by Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation. A unique collaborative space for racial justice movement making, Facing Race is the largest multiracial, inter-generational gathering for organizers, educators, creatives and other leaders.

Facing Race offers local community unprecedented access to information and resources on racial equity, includes over 70 workshops and access to over 180 presenters. The conference has hosted over 4,000 attendees from all over the world. Previous Facing Race National Conferences have been held in Atlanta, Baltimore, Berkeley, Chicago, Dallas, Oakland, New York, and Detroit.

Why attend Facing Race?

Access to workshops, panels, and plenariesBuild relationships with multiracial and inter-generational organizers, educators, creatives, and other leadersCollaborate and share knowledge with movement builders, media makers, and other influencers

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Exploring Next-Generation Education: A Conversation with NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green
2020-11-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom, Link emailed after registration, Raleigh, NC, 27606, US
In this virtual conversation, Friday Institute Executive Director Dr. Hiller Spires speaks with North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green about the creation of Green’s soulful poem “Oh My Brother” and the accompanying multimedia presentation related to the murder of George Floyd and our country’s ongoing racial injustice. Additionally, Green will discuss the current moment in our history and its implications for children and our educational system.
