2018 Fall Meeting Keynote – Dr. Jamila Lyiscott
March 1, 2018
We are thrilled to announce our 2018 Fall Meeting keynote speaker – Dr. Jamila Lyiscott. Dr. Lyiscott is a social justice education scholar, nationally renowned speaker, spoken word artist, and educational consultant. She was recently appointed as an Assistant Professor of Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Senior Research Fellow of Teachers College, Columbia University’s Institute for Urban and Minitory Education (IUME).
Dr. Lyiscott is most well known for being featured on Ted where her video, “3 Ways to Speak English”, has been viewed over 4 million times.
Click here to read more about Dr. Jamila Lysicott and save the date for a powerful Fall Meeting – November 8-10, 2018 in San Antonio, TX. Registration will be opening in March!
“I’m Not Racist…am I?” Digital Learning Opportunity
At the 2017 Denver Winter Meeting, we screened the film “I’m Not Racist…am I?” and had the opportunity to hear from one of the film’s producers, Andre’ Robert Lee, and two of the students from the film.
Point Made Learning, the programming extension of Point Made Films who produced “I’m Not Racist…am I?”, has created a digital online course that utilizes snippets from the film along side additional material to support individual learning. There are 8 modules, with an additional two optional mini-modules. The course is designed for individuals to grow their own understanding of race and racism.
Point Made Learning is offering the SRI community a discounted rate on the course – $49 instead of the current price of $79. The offer is good until the end of March, and people that enroll will have 90 days to complete the course from the time they join.
As a special addition for the SRI community, we are coordinating virtual learning communities for people who are interested in completing modules, and then discussing them with others in the SRI community. Similar to a book club, these online communities will meet four times over the course of the next three months to engage in conversation about race and racism.
If you are interested in taking the course, with or without the supporting virtual community, please click here to learn more. This is a great opportunity for us to work as individuals and with others to deepen our learning and understand what it means to be fiercely committed to educational equity and excellence. Please join us!
Do you have news to share? Interesting things happening in your area? Please let us know so we can share with our community! Email Chris Jones, chris@schoolreforminitiative.org.
Thank you,
Kari Thierer, Heidi Vosekas, Chris Jones, and Beth I Graham
On behalf of School Reform Initiative
