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Prioritizing Equity Conference: Past, Present, & Future

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The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools is proud to announce Dr. Pedro Noguera as the keynote speaker for its 2023 Prioritizing Equity Conference: Past, Present, and Future.

What are the aims of the

2023 Prioritizing Equity Conference?

NYU Metro Center’s 2023 Prioritizing Equity Conference: Past, Present, and Future aims to broaden knowledge and intentionally break fresh ground in the development of an inclusive educational system that invites all of our children to achieve their best possible academic, socioemotional, and cultural development. The 2023 Prioritizing Equity Conference will push the boundaries of what educational equity means, and for whom, and will share research, practices, strategies, and tools with attendees that can be shared with colleagues on how different education equity leaders can play a role in improving beliefs, policies, and practices in schools, districts, regions, and greater school-wide communities. To that end, the theme of NYU Metro Center’s 2023 Prioritizing Equity Conference is decolonizing education, wellness and sustainability in leading equity efforts, in addition to equity-based practices that districts and schools have developed and sustained.

Prioritizing Equity Conference Schedule

Conference Schedule

8:45-9:30am: Continental Breakfast 

9:00-9:20am: Message from Dr. Fabienne Doucet, Executive Director of NYU Metro Center

9:20-9:30am: Introduction to Dr. Pedro Noguera by Dr. Laruth Gray

9:30-10:30am: Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pedro Noguera

10:32-10:45am: Book Signing with Dr. Pedro Noguera 

10:50am-12:00pm: AM Breakout Session 

12:10-1:10pm: Networking Lunch

1:15-2:25pm: PM Breakout Session 

2:30-2:50pm: Coffee Networking

2:55-3:50pm: Getting to Equity by Centering Youth Voice

3:50-4:00pm: Closing

Registration for the Equity Conference is closed.

Equity Now Conference has been sold out.

AM Breakout Sessions (10:50 AM-12 PM)

 

Experience Learning: An Intergenerational Community of Practice on Learning Outside of The Classroom

Presenters: Patricia A Ryan-Canedo, Yolanda Fordham, Noor Jones-Bey

Reimagining Culturally Responsive Development

Presenters: Taylor Howard

Belonging Bound: Recruitment and Hiring Practices That Pave the Road to Equity

Presenter: Dr. Sandra Vazquez

Taking a Liberatory Approach to System Improvement

Presenter: Dr. Vanessa Coleman

Facilitating Grassroots Campaigns with Youth

Presenter: Bianca Jones

Exploring Whiteness in Educational Policy and Practice: Equity Audits as a Tool for Change

Presenter: Erica Nekulak

Moving the Needle: Co-facilitation of CR-SE in Practice

Presenters: Amy Spitzer, Sara Quigley, Cristina Reed

Then and Now: Race, Trauma, and the Struggle for Equity in Education

Presenters: Roslyn Odinga, Margaret Jackson

Nurturing Al-Nafs: Centering Black and Queer Muslims in a dialogue on Intersectional Identity Development in U.S. Schools

Presenter: Toomi Al-Dhahi

WWTF: What's the "F"?  Is There Equity in Grading?

Presenter: Anita Champagne

Recharge, Reflect, and Reimagine: Three Methods to Becoming a Culturally Competent Leader

Presenters: Denise Williams, Grace White, Andrine Wilson

Leveraging Local Assets to Build a Regional Equity Network

Presenters: Dr. Terry McCarthy, Brian Bartalo, Nicolle L. Haynes, Kathleen Graupman, Dr. Cedrick Michael Simmons, Dr. Tanya WIlson-Thevanesan

PM Breakout Sessions (1:15 PM-2:25 PM)

 

Advancing Equity Practices for Multilingual Learners

Presenters: Ron Woo, Elsa Nunez, and Pamela D’Andrea Martínez

The Ossining Equity Fellowship: Systems for Developing a Culturally Responsive & Sustaining Education

Presenter: Dr. Anne E. Dealy

Equitable Education: Prioritizing Equity with Data-Driven Approaches

Presenters: Dr. Babetta Hemphill, Eboney Forté, and Hon. Linda Griffin

Healing Spaces to Sustain Equity

Presenter: Dr. Wenimo Okoya, Justis Lopez, and Kameca Waugh   

Universal Design for Learning: A Pathway Forward to Dismantle Ableism and Anti-Blackness in Early Childhood Classrooms

Presenter: Heather Clarke

Healed Teachers Heal Students: Using Data-Informed Healing Circles to Improve Well-being Among Educators of Color

Presenter: Ginelle Wynter

CRSE: Not an add on- but an anchor

Presenter: Dr. Andolyn Brown, Luis Alejandro Tapia, Nakeeba A. Wauchope, and Erin Dunlevy

Design thinking for liberatory change in alternative high school settings

Presenter: Dr. Jamel Adkins-Sharif

Toward a Critical Improvement Science Approach: Practical Paradigm Shifts to Create Strategic and Sustainable Adaptive

Presenter: Dr. Kris M. DeFilippis

Leaning In- One District’s Equity Journey: Progress, Challenges and Strategies Learned along the way

Presenters: Dr. Gail Duffy, Jen De Lisi, Sarah Katz, and Sara Rust

Loving Schools that Can Heal Us All: Parent Organizing for Culturally Responsive and Healing-Centered Education and School Environments

Presenters: Natasha Capers and Rasheedah Harris

Pathways to Success: Enhancing College Preparation Through NYU's K-12 Programs

Presenters: Dr. Laurie B. Behringer, Jimmy Suarez, Melania Velverde, Natasha Bean, Ben Esner, Dr. LuAnn Williams-Moore, Dr. Sarah Beck, Anna Ortega Chavolla, Dr. Charlton McIlwain, and Jonathan B Williams

PM Plenary Session (2:55 PM-3:50 PM)

Getting to Equity by Centering Youth Voice

Presenter(s): Ashley Acosta, Alpha Jalloh, & Brian Bamah

APPRECIATIONS

This event could not have been put together without the extraordinary contributions of the following persons listed below.

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Acknowledgments 

The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools wishes to extend our appreciation and gratitude to all who were involved in making this equity conference a success.  Without tireless work, dedication and commitment our conference would have not been possible.

  • Dr. Fabienne Doucet
  • Dr. Maria G. Hernandez
  • Dr. Fabienne Doucet
  • Dr. Andolyn Brown
  • Reed Swier
  • Silvia Taylor
  • Vironika Osminina
  • Chauntenay Young
  • Dr. Wenimo Okoya
  • Ron Woo
  • Yolanda Fordham
  • Pat A. Ryan-Canedo
  • Matt Gonzales
  • Paloma Garcia
  • Pharoah Cranston
  • Keno Moore
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We would also like to thank:

  • Dr. Pedro Noguera
  • Dr. LaRuth Gray
  • Silent Auction Gifters
  • Equity Conference Volunteers
  • Conference Presenters
  • Equity Conference Participants 
  • NYU Kimmel Center for University Life

 

Travel Information for the

Prioritizing Equity Conference

 

The Prioritizing Equity Conference will be held at the Kimmel Center for University Life

60 Washington Square South

New York, NY 10012

 

Local Airports

NYU is located in Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan. If you are traveling by air you may come to NYC through JFK, LaGuardia Airport or Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).

 

Local Hotels

Washington Square Hotel

103 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10011

212-777-9515

 

The Standard East Village

25 Cooper Square New York, NY 10003

212-475-5700

 

Club Quarters World Trade Center

140 Washington St

 New York, NY 10006

212-577-1133

 

Hampton Inn Manhattan/Financial District

32 Pearl Street

New York, NY 10004

1-844-202-4672

 

The Marlton Hotel 

5 W 8th Street, New York, New York 10011

(212) 321-0100

 

The Walker Hotel Greenwich Village 

52 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011

(212) 375-1300

 

The Hyatt Union Square

134 4th Ave, New York, NY 10003

(212) 253-1234

 

W New York - Union Square 

201 Park Ave S, New York, NY 10003

(212) 253-9119

 

PUBLIC Hotel 

215 Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002

(212) 735-6000

 

Hilton Garden Inn-Tribeca 

39 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013

(212) 966-4091

 

Moxy NYC-East Village

112 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003

(212) 288-6699

 

Hotel Indigo Lower East Side 

171 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002

(212) 237-1776

 

Arlo SoHo

231 Hudson St, New York, NY 10013

(212) 342-7000

 

The Bowery Hotel 

335 Bowery, New York, NY 10003

(212) 505-9100

If you have any questions about NYU Metro Center’s 2023 Prioritizing Equity Conference: Past, Present, and Future, please contact Demiana Rizkalla via email here.