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.
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
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
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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.