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Book Talk: Learning and Teaching While White
Oct 03, 2022 5:00PM—6:00PM
Virtual
Join Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi for a conversation with Mariama Richards on key topics from their new book, Learning and Teaching While White: Antiracist Strategies for School Communities.
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(Re)Engaging with the Work as White Anti-Racist Educators
Aug 01, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 02, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
This workshop is a two-day opportunity to deeply (re)engage in learning and dialogue about the worldly nature of whiteness and how we can better recognize it, examine it, and disrupt it. We owe this (re)engagement to our students, colleagues, families, and ourselves.
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Equity as Excellence
Jun 27, 2022 12:00PM—Jul 01, 2022 12:30PM
Dunn School | Los Olivos, CA
Equity as Excellence is a unique opportunity for educators to learn research-based strategies, develop concrete tools, build community, and engage in guided practice to support diversity and equity work in their schools. Returning to an in-person setting, this five-day immersive Summer Institute is also designed to provide participants with the opportunity to be more strategic in the face of ongoing resistance, find renewal, and engage their radical imagination.
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Community Conversation: Gender in Physical Education and Athletics: Areas for Growth and Development
May 25, 2022 9:00AM—10:00AM
Virtual
This Community Conversation is designed to hold space for professionals in athletics and physical education to discuss a variety of topics around the intersection of gender in athletic spaces: the field, the court, the classrooms, the locker room, and more.
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Engaging in Difficult Conversations: Developing Skills for Discussing DEI
May 18, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
Virtual
Join Dr. Liza Talusan for an interactive experience as you learn why having difficult conversations is important; how to have these skillfully; and how to manage situations when they do not go exactly as you had planned.
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Community Conversation: The Evolving Practice of Anti-Bias Education in Early Childhood
May 12, 2022 4:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
This Community Conversation is designed to hold space for early childhood educators to talk about the variety of unique challenges that they face in the classroom, as well as gain new perspectives on the evolving practice of Anti-Bias Education.
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APISA Study Group: Deconstructing the “Model Minority” Myth Using Our Lived Experience
May 05, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
Virtual
This three-day series is a continuation of the APISA (Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian) Study Group that began last June 2021. This program is an opportunity to connect with other APISA educators in an affinity setting that will provide a safe and generative space to self-reflect, share stories, and learn from each other’s experiences.
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White Presenting BIPOC in the Struggle for Racial Justice
May 04, 2022 9:30AM—12:30AM
Virtual
Being a white presenting BIPOC is a complicated and nuanced experience in the United States, particularly during this era of “racial reckoning”. This research-based and experiential workshop is meant to be a thought provoking conversation for individuals who are interested in deepening their understanding of the complexity of racial identity of their students, fellow colleagues, and families who identify as white-presenting BIPOC within our schools.
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Do You See What I Mean? Facilitating Courageous Conversations Visually
Mar 24, 2022 9:00AM—2:00PM
Virtual
Engage with veteran facilitators to learn common facilitation models, avoid pitfalls, and manage polarity. Learn visual facilitation from experts to help people see issues and perspectives more clearly. Through this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to unpack practical strategies on facilitating courageous conversations, practice facilitating, and leave with a visual toolset to deepen their practice.
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Culturally Responsive Teaching Through the Arts: Building Community in the Classroom
Feb 16, 2022 3:30PM—5:30PM
Join arts educator Flavia Zuñiga-West to learn how to co-create community in the classroom and understand students’ cultures and identities through a deep dive into the practice and theory of Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies in the Arts, with a focus on anti-bias and anti-racist education.
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From Theory to Action: DEI for White Administrators
Feb 09, 2022 9:00AM—10:30AM
This three-part online workshop is designed to be a brave space where white administrators (i.e. Assistant Heads of School, Division Heads, Deans, DEI Directors) can look at their own identity, their school community, and the values that their schools’ aim to incorporate.
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Beyond Inclusion and Support: Racial Equity in Learning Services
Jan 14, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
In this three-part series, participants will tap into their foundational strengths and navigate their emotions as they tackle racial challenges and seek to center equity within learning services. Together we will create space for conversations about leveraging our roles and positionalities to advance equity in our school practices, procedures, and systems.
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Centering Equity in College Counseling
Dec 14, 2021
This virtual ongoing program is designed for high school college counselors seeking to advance practices of equity and inclusion within their role and work towards institutional change. Participants will share and learn about the current college admission milieu as related to issues of inequity and access, while exploring common hurdles and best practices, particularly concerning work with our most vulnerable students.
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Set Up to Fail? Red Flags for DEI Professionals Working for Institutional Change
Nov 18, 2021 3:30PM—5:00PM
Join Dr. Liza Talusan and Dr. Keith Hinderlie, two experienced DEI professionals and scholars, in this dynamic and interactive workshop to explore institutional and individual frameworks for assessing and addressing red flags in DEI positions.
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Culturally Competent Hiring and Retention: Leadership Committed to Racial Equity, not Rhetoric
Nov 09, 2021 9:00AM—Nov 10, 2021 12:00PM
In this two-part workshop, school leaders will explore ways their schools can build cultural competence and practice racial equity, community-building, and solidarity for social justice. In a real world shaped by COVID-19 and the continued sanctioned murder of Black and other racialized people, this work in education is urgent.
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Book Talk: Learning and Teaching While White
Oct 03, 2022 5:00PM—6:00PM
Virtual
Join Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi for a conversation with Mariama Richards on key topics from their new book, Learning and Teaching While White: Antiracist Strategies for School Communities.
View More(Re)Engaging with the Work as White Anti-Racist Educators
Aug 01, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 02, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
This workshop is a two-day opportunity to deeply (re)engage in learning and dialogue about the worldly nature of whiteness and how we can better recognize it, examine it, and disrupt it. We owe this (re)engagement to our students, colleagues, families, and ourselves.
View MoreEquity as Excellence
Jun 27, 2022 12:00PM—Jul 01, 2022 12:30PM
Dunn School | Los Olivos, CA
Equity as Excellence is a unique opportunity for educators to learn research-based strategies, develop concrete tools, build community, and engage in guided practice to support diversity and equity work in their schools. Returning to an in-person setting, this five-day immersive Summer Institute is also designed to provide participants with the opportunity to be more strategic in the face of ongoing resistance, find renewal, and engage their radical imagination.
View MoreCommunity Conversation: Gender in Physical Education and Athletics: Areas for Growth and Development
May 25, 2022 9:00AM—10:00AM
Virtual
This Community Conversation is designed to hold space for professionals in athletics and physical education to discuss a variety of topics around the intersection of gender in athletic spaces: the field, the court, the classrooms, the locker room, and more.
View MoreEngaging in Difficult Conversations: Developing Skills for Discussing DEI
May 18, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
Virtual
Join Dr. Liza Talusan for an interactive experience as you learn why having difficult conversations is important; how to have these skillfully; and how to manage situations when they do not go exactly as you had planned.
View MoreCommunity Conversation: The Evolving Practice of Anti-Bias Education in Early Childhood
May 12, 2022 4:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
This Community Conversation is designed to hold space for early childhood educators to talk about the variety of unique challenges that they face in the classroom, as well as gain new perspectives on the evolving practice of Anti-Bias Education.
View MoreAPISA Study Group: Deconstructing the “Model Minority” Myth Using Our Lived Experience
May 05, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
Virtual
This three-day series is a continuation of the APISA (Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian) Study Group that began last June 2021. This program is an opportunity to connect with other APISA educators in an affinity setting that will provide a safe and generative space to self-reflect, share stories, and learn from each other’s experiences.
View MoreWhite Presenting BIPOC in the Struggle for Racial Justice
May 04, 2022 9:30AM—12:30AM
Virtual
Being a white presenting BIPOC is a complicated and nuanced experience in the United States, particularly during this era of “racial reckoning”. This research-based and experiential workshop is meant to be a thought provoking conversation for individuals who are interested in deepening their understanding of the complexity of racial identity of their students, fellow colleagues, and families who identify as white-presenting BIPOC within our schools.
View MoreDo You See What I Mean? Facilitating Courageous Conversations Visually
Mar 24, 2022 9:00AM—2:00PM
Virtual
Engage with veteran facilitators to learn common facilitation models, avoid pitfalls, and manage polarity. Learn visual facilitation from experts to help people see issues and perspectives more clearly. Through this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to unpack practical strategies on facilitating courageous conversations, practice facilitating, and leave with a visual toolset to deepen their practice.
View MoreCulturally Responsive Teaching Through the Arts: Building Community in the Classroom
Feb 16, 2022 3:30PM—5:30PM
Join arts educator Flavia Zuñiga-West to learn how to co-create community in the classroom and understand students’ cultures and identities through a deep dive into the practice and theory of Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies in the Arts, with a focus on anti-bias and anti-racist education.
View MoreFrom Theory to Action: DEI for White Administrators
Feb 09, 2022 9:00AM—10:30AM
This three-part online workshop is designed to be a brave space where white administrators (i.e. Assistant Heads of School, Division Heads, Deans, DEI Directors) can look at their own identity, their school community, and the values that their schools’ aim to incorporate.
View MoreBeyond Inclusion and Support: Racial Equity in Learning Services
Jan 14, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
In this three-part series, participants will tap into their foundational strengths and navigate their emotions as they tackle racial challenges and seek to center equity within learning services. Together we will create space for conversations about leveraging our roles and positionalities to advance equity in our school practices, procedures, and systems.
View MoreCentering Equity in College Counseling
Dec 14, 2021
This virtual ongoing program is designed for high school college counselors seeking to advance practices of equity and inclusion within their role and work towards institutional change. Participants will share and learn about the current college admission milieu as related to issues of inequity and access, while exploring common hurdles and best practices, particularly concerning work with our most vulnerable students.
View MoreSet Up to Fail? Red Flags for DEI Professionals Working for Institutional Change
Nov 18, 2021 3:30PM—5:00PM
Join Dr. Liza Talusan and Dr. Keith Hinderlie, two experienced DEI professionals and scholars, in this dynamic and interactive workshop to explore institutional and individual frameworks for assessing and addressing red flags in DEI positions.
View MoreCulturally Competent Hiring and Retention: Leadership Committed to Racial Equity, not Rhetoric
Nov 09, 2021 9:00AM—Nov 10, 2021 12:00PM
In this two-part workshop, school leaders will explore ways their schools can build cultural competence and practice racial equity, community-building, and solidarity for social justice. In a real world shaped by COVID-19 and the continued sanctioned murder of Black and other racialized people, this work in education is urgent.
View More