Summer Virtual Meeting in Two Weeks! – School Reform Initiative

July 23, 2020

Dear SRI Community,

SRI is committed to being a resource for educators to receive support in a reflective learning community. We launched Summer Virtual Meeting as an opportunity for educators to collaborate with colleagues around the country to address the dilemmas we share related to reopening schools this fall in ways that meet the needs of every learner.

To make the meeting as accessible as possible, we have reduced the Summer Virtual Meeting registration fee to $175. We offer an option to attend the keynote learning experiences for $65, and we have limited scholarhips available.

Keeping it Fierce: Affirming our Commitment to Equity and Excellence
August 5, 2020 – Opening and Keynote Presentations 10am EST
August 6-7, 2020 – Virtual Reflective Learning Groups 8am-1pm (with breaks)

We invite you to join us virtually August 5-7 for an educational conference like no other — SRI Summer Virtual Meeting 2020 — a conference where educators create a community of learners who share their professional practice and learn from its close, public examination. Join the virtual Summer Meeting to practice the skills, habits, and dispositions of equity-centered professional collaboration and reflective discourse using SRI protocols and resources.

Highlights of Summer Virtual Meeting 2020

Reflective learning groups — the centerpiece of SRI Summer Virtual Meeting is what distinguishes our meeting from other educational conferences. In these small virtual groups, we’ll use SRI protocols to hold us as we engage in complex, challenging, and difficult conversations about leading, teaching, and learning in this unprecedented time; and
Keynote Speakers, who will engage us in interactive learning experiences and question and answer dialogue that will charge us in our work to push for equity in our schools and our practices.

More Information and Registration

Keynotes Presented in partnership with Pegasus Springs Education Collective

Dena Simmons

Dena Simmons, Ed.D., is an activist, educator, and student of life from the Bronx, New York. She is the Assistant Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale Child Study Center. She writes and speaks nationally about social justice and culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogy as well as creating emotionally intelligent and safe classrooms within the context of equity and liberation. She is the author of the forthcoming book, White Rules for Black People (St. Martin’s Press, 2021).

Shawn Ginwright

Shawn Ginwright, PhD is one of the nation’s leading innovators, provocateurs, and thought leaders on African American youth, youth activism, and youth development. He is Professor of Education in the Africana Studies Department and a Senior Research Associate at San Francisco State University. His research examines the ways in which youth in urban communities navigate through the constraints of poverty and struggle to create equality and justice in their schools and communities. Dr. Ginwright is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flourish Agenda, Inc., a national nonprofit consulting firm, whose mission is to design strategies that unlock the power of healing and engage youth of color and adult allies in transforming their schools and communities.