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Education experts will lead the fifth annual Called Seminar for the General Board of Church and Society, "Towards Educational Equity: Investing in the Beloved Community” scheduled Nov. 30 - Dec. 3, 2020.
The first two of the four-day series of seminars will feature discussions with experts on what an equitable education system for all can look like. The schedule:
NOVEMBER 30
Funding an Equitable Education 11:00 AM
Annie Acosta - Director of Fiscal & Family Support Policy, Public Policy - The Arc
Zahava Stadler - Special Assistant for State Funding and Policy - Education Trust
Victoria Jackson Senior Policy Analyst - Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
Anti-Racist School Culture & Curriculum 3:00 PM
Dr. Tiffany Mitchell Patterson - Board member of Teaching for Change, Assistant Professor, Secondary Social Studies, West Virginia University
Khalilah Harris - Managing Director for K-12 Education Policy - Center for American Progress
DECEMBER 1
Preventing Criminalization & Harm in Schools 11:00 AM
Sherri Doughty- Assistant Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security, - Government Accountability Office
Krithika Santhanam- Staff Attorney - Advancement Project
School in the Time of COVID-19 3:00 PM
Michelle Burris- Senior Policy Associate - Century Foundation
Emma Mehrabi - Director of Poverty Policy- Children’s Defense Fund
Rev. Dr. Marion Morton Crayton - IDAC & International Health Commission of the AME Church
Emma Garcia-Economist, Economic Policy Institute
Dec. 2 and 3 sessions will equip participants with tools and resources to continue the work of advocacy towards educational equity. Participants will have an option to hold virtual meetings with their Congressional offices on Dec. 3. To participate in this and the team-building session on Dec.2, participants must register by Nov. 11.
All sessions will be held on Zoom. Registration is free and open to all. Register for each session here. Advance registration is required for all events.
Closed captions and ASL interpretation will be available for all webinars. Available upon request for Dec. 2 and 3 sessions. Contact Aimee Hong for more information.
Kurt Adams serves as Communications Director for the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society in Washington, D.C.