Race and Schools: List of Talks & Programs (’20-21)
This is an informal list of talks and programs that provide more insight and analysis on race in schools. I am sharing information about these talks and programs that may be of interest to Trinity College, HMTCA, and Hartford communities. These are mostly online talks and programs. I’ll keep the page updated over the school year. Sharing is not an endorsement or approval. Please feel free to send questions or share suggestions.
– Robert Cotto, Jr., Director, HMTCA Partnership, DEI Community Fellow.
Co-Author: Dr. Stefanie Wong, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Summer 2021
Program: Free Minds, Free People Conference
From website: “Free Minds, Free People is a national conference convened by the Education for Liberation Network that brings together teachers, young people, researchers, parents and community-based activists/educators from across the country to build a movement to develop and promote education as a tool for liberation. Virtual for the first time, we will be doing our best to bring that feeling of “coming home” to our virtual space.”
Date and Time: July 7 – August 3, 2021 
Link: http://fmfp.org/registration/
Host: Education for Liberation Network
Cost: activities range from free to $30 workshops
Spring 2021
Program: The Racist History of Standardized Testing
Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price, Jesse Hagopian, Denisha Jones & Wayne Au discuss the racist history of standardized testing and its impacts today.
Date and Time: Thu, April 29, 2021, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-racist-history-of-standardized-testing-tickets-151549746371
Hosts: Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price, Jesse Hagopian, Denisha Jones & Wayne Au
Cost: Donations from 0 to $25 considered
Program: 1960’s Activism, Archives and the Now: A Talk by Paul Lauter related to his new book, Our Sixties: An Activist’s History
Date and Time: Apr 20, 2021 05:00 PM
Link: https://trincoll.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IIzaRuTHQwmcdMux0-TRWw
Hosts: Trinity College
Cost: Free
Program: Latinas Leading Schools panel with Dr. Fabiola Bagula, Dr. Rebeca Burcaiga, Dr. Melissa Martinez, Dr. Sylvia Mendez-Morse, and Ana Tavares (Part of Emancipatory Education Speaker Series)
Date and Time: Friday, March 12, 3:30-5pm PST
Host: San José State University, Emancipatory Education Speaker Series
Cost: Free
Program: Centering the Voices of Women of Color Teaching K-12 Ethnic Studies
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 8:30 PM EST – 10 PM EST
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/522240538752354/?ti=ls
Host: University of San Francisco, School of Education
Cost: Free
Program: Reading, Writing, and Racism: Disrupting Whiteness in Teacher Education and in the Classroom
Date and Time: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021 AT 5 PM EST
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/947733169093404/?ti=ls
Host: New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE)
Cost: Free
Programs: Race, Education, and the COVID-19 Pandemic with Professor Erica Turner (2/18)
Hope and Healing through Anti-racist Teaching (2/25)
Date and Time: February 18 & & 25, 6-7:30 p.m.
Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-utah-name-conference-tickets-131475429549
Host: Utah Chapter of National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME)
Cost: Free
Program: Cultivating Spaces of Community, Healing, and Resilience for BIPOC Teachers and Students
Date and Time: Thursday, February 18th from 4:00-5:00pm PST (8 p.m. for Eastern time zone)
Link: https://ucr.zoom.us/…/register/WN_-tn9j8_ESzufs-RXIIhD0A
Host: UCR TEP’s Ethnic Studies Speaker Series
Cost: Free
Program: DR. PAUL ORTIZ PRESENTATION – A BLACK AND LATINX HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 17th from 1 to 2 p.m.
Link: https://www.ccaurora.edu/paul-ortiz-presentation-02-17-2021
Host: Community College of Aurora Social Science Department
Cost: Free
Program: Race & Democracy: America is Always Changing, but America Never Changes with Professor Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 16 @ 6 p.m.
Link: https://trincoll.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rugTN3JaR_SQ5mXjbfjGdg
Program: Black Lives Matter at School and Progressive Education in New York City
Date and Time: February 16, 2021 @ 6 p.m. (virtual)
Link: https://apply.slc.edu/register/black-lives-matter-at-school?fbclid=IwAR0kPyxj1zmZz6eJpahtU6RF3cuM0T
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Host: Patricia Virella, Sarah Lawrence College
Cost: Free
Program: Teaching Black History: A Time to Love on Us
This amazing panel will discuss what it means to teach Black History from the belief that you must love Black people to teach about Black people.
Date and Time: January 28, 2021 @ 8:00PM — 9:00PM
Link: https://abolitionistteachingnetwork.networkforgood.com/
Host: Abolitionist Teaching Network
Cost: Free or donation $
Program: Co-conspiratorship: How White Educators Should Approach & Teach Black History
A panel on how white educators can approach teaching Black history as co-conspirators facilitated by ATN’s co-founder Brandelyn Tosolt
Date and Time: January 21, 2021 @ 8:00PM — 9:00PM
Link: https://abolitionistteachingnetwork.networkforgood.com/
Host: Abolitionist Teaching Network
Cost: Free or donation $
Program: Healing America from White Body Supremacy: A Six-Week Discussion Series on My Grandmother’s Hands
Date and time:
- Thursday, January 14 at 6:30pm, focusing on Chapters 1 and 2.
- Thursday, January 21 at 6:30pm , focusing on Chapters 3 and 4.
- Future dates: February 4, 18 and March 4.
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAud-2upzoqH9DfEXb4cfuKfI8ZxWlpOya6
Host: Charter Oak Cultural Center, B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom, and the Neshama Center for Lifelong Learning present
Cost: Free
Program: Black Lives Matter in the Classroom: A Conversation with Experts
Date and time: Wed, January 20, 2021, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
Host: Lee & Low Books
Cost: Free
Program: Reaching All Learners in a Pandemic
Date and Time: January 11, 2021, 11 a.m.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=321683649095321&ref=watch_permalink
Host: The Tom Ficklin Show (Guest host: Jesse Turner)
Past Talks and Programs
Program (Series): Excellence and Equity in Remote Learning: A Summer Series for Educators
Date and Time: Summer 2020 (talks recorded with links below)
- Session 1: Learning from Parents and Caregivers
- Session 2: Social and Emotional Support in the Remote Classroom
- Session 3: Approaches to Teaching Well in Remote Settings, with a Focus on Emerging Bilinguals
- Session 4: Approaches to Teaching Well in Remote Settings, with a Focus on Students with Disabilities
- Session 5: Anti-Racism in the Remote Classroom
Host: Rutgers Graduate School of Education
August & September 2020
Program: Raising Coconspirators: Talking About Racism With White Kids
Date and time: Thurs., August 27, 2020, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/raising-coconspirators-talking-about-racism-with-white-kids-tickets-116271042819
Host: Abolitionist Teaching Network
Cost: $
Talk: Just Schools book launch with Ann Ishimaru, Muhammad Khalifa, and Megan Bang
Date and time: Aug 28, 2020 06:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Link: https://teacherscollege.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0sBywQkLQWyEZBa-GbfzqA
Book summary and link: Join us as we examine the challenges and possibilities for building more equitable forms of collaboration among nondominant families, communities, and schools. For more about the book: https://www.tcpress.com/just-schools-9780807763193
Talk: Teaching As a Tool for Change: Angela Davis and Ericka Huggins
Date and Time: Wed., September 9, 2020 at 4 – 5:30 PM
Host: ArtSpace New Haven
Talk: Racial Justice in Schools, Renewing the Commitment
Date and Time: Tues., September 7, 2020, 7-9:30 p.m.
Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/racial-justice-in-schools-renewing-the-commitment-tickets-111691044922?aff=erelexpmlt
Host: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Program (Series): Anti-Racism: A Public Professional Learning Community Webinar Series
Date and Time: Starting Sept. 10 on Thursdays from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- September 10, 2020: Anti-racism and Teacher Preparation Standards
- September 24, 2020: Anti-Black Racism and Teaching Anti-racism
- October 8, 2020: Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Bilingual and Undocumented Immigrant Education
- October 22, 2020: Anti-racism across Disciplines and Content Areas
- November 5, 2020: Racialized Trauma, Mentoring and Counseling
- November 12, 2020: Ethnic Studies and Anti-Racist Pedagogies
Link: http://bit.ly/Anti_Racism_Webinars
Host: A Public Professional Learning Community Webinar Series hosted at California State University, Fresno for current and future teachers.
Talk: Unspoken Truths: Our Third Public Forum on Racism & Equity
Date and Time: Thurs., September 10, 2020 at 7-8:30 PM
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/unspoken-truths-our-third-publ/712482986150278/?ti=icl
Host: Charter Oak Cultural Center, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, and others….
Program: Facilitating A Healthy Racial Identity: A Workshop for Youth (ages 12+)
Date and Time: Sat, September 19, 2020, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Host: Abolitionist Teaching Network
Talk: The Power of Ethnic Studies to Dismantle Institutionalized Oppression in K-12 Public Education w/Angela Valenzuela
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 23, 5-6:30 pm (Central Time)
Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6-BW8NBJRQ6-myIIzmIAEg
Host: LBJ Library Education Webinar Series
Talk: Paul Ortiz presents An African American and Latinx History of the United States
Date and time: Thursday, September 24, 7-8 p.m.
Link: https://cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/6901788 (Registration is required. Zoom link will be sent out prior to the event.)
Host: Cambridge Public Library
Talk: The Future of Schooling: COVID and Education
Date and Time: Saturday, September 26, 3 p.m. (EST)
Link: https://lu.ma/7s470mmv
Host: Panels to the People
Talk: Anti-Racist Leadership
Date and Time: Wed, September 30, 2020, 8-9:30 p.m
Host: Embracing Equity
Talk: Race Talks in Anti-Racist Education
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 5- 7 p.m.
Link: https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/cdi/professional-development/race-talks.html
Host: Patricia Virella, Sarah Lawrence College
Talk: Teaching as a Political Act
Date and Time: Friday, November 20, 2020, 5- 7 p.m.
Link: https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/cdi/professional-development/teaching-political-act1.html
Host: Patricia Virella, Sarah Lawrence College