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Racial Social Justice Summit

This year’s theme, United for Justice: Building Community, Power and Change, highlights how real change happens when we come together. By uniting our struggles and standing in solidary, we build collective power and drive action for justice in our schools and communities.

Agenda

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Overview 

8:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast 

9:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks 

9:45 a.m. Blair Imani Keynote Presentation and Q&A 

10:55 a.m. Workshop Session I 

12:05 p.m. Highlights from the Field 

12:25 p.m. Lunch  

1:25 p.m. Workshop Session II 

2:35 p.m. Closing Remarks 

Keynote Speaker

Meet our keynote speaker.

Blair Imani

Historian, Author, and Educator

Blair Imani

She/Her

Blair Imani is the creator of the viral web series, Smarter In Seconds and LA Times bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She is also a historian, having written Making Our Way Home (2020) and Modern HERstory (2018).

She has had the opportunity to present at renowned universities and companies including Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Meta, Sephora, Adobe, and Gates Ventures. Blair Imani serves on the Board of Directors of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. She has collaborated with and interviewed influential people across a variety of fields including Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw.

http://www.blairimani.com

Event Program

Explore our diverse range of sessions across the summit.

Saturday, May 3

8:30 am

Registration & Breakfast

Thurgood Marshall Ballroom Pre-Function Space

Registration

9:30 am

Welcome

Thurgood Marshall Ballroom

Opening Remarks

Thurgood Marshall Ballroom

Honoring the Ancestors, the Elders, the History, and the Land

Thurgood Marshall Ballroom

Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Blair Imani

9:45 am

Keynote Presentation

Thurgood Marshall Ballroom

Keynote Presentation and Q&A

10:55 am

Workshop Session I

Concourse C

The Power is Yours!: Harness the Power Within Your Learning Community

Heathrow

Confronting Anti-Black Racism

Santos Dumont (2nd Floor)

Building a Community of Solidarity through an Attitude of Gratitude

Concourse D

Invisible Chains: The Criminalization of Black Girls and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Coal Harbor

DEI + Unions: Labor’s Complicated Connection to Movements for Racial + Social Justice, Then and Now

12:05 pm

Highlights from the Field

Thurgood Marshall Ballroom

Michelle Early & Dawn Lynch – Frederick County Teachers Association; Sheena Washington, Prince George’s County Education Association

12:25 pm

Lunch

1:25 pm

Workshop Session II

Concourse C

Read Them Before They Ban Them: The Power of Picture Books in Creating Inclusive Classrooms

Heathrow

Empower Your Engagement -- Sneak Peak to MSEA's MLT and WLT

Concourse D

Navigating the Landscape of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in U.S. Public Schools: Challenges and Opportunities

Coal Harbor

Mutual Aid, Political & Community Organizing

Santos Dumont (2nd Floor)

Espacios de Pertenencia: Creating Belonging for Latinx, Immigrant, and Undocumented Students

2:35 pm

Closing

Thurgood Marshall Ballroom

Closing Remarks

Opening Remarks

Presenters

MSEA President

Paul Lemle

Honoring the Ancestors, the Elders, the History, and the Land

Presenters

Co-Chair, MSEA Human and Civil Rights Committee

Jorge Córdoba

Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Blair Imani

Presenters

MSEA Vice President

Nikki Woodward

Keynote Presentation and Q&A

Presenters

Historian, Author, and Educator

Blair Imani

Blair Imani is the creator of the viral web series, Smarter In Seconds and LA Times bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter. The New York Times praises Blair Imani’s unique ability to create “progressive lessons with vibrant visuals and a perky, quirky delivery.” Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She is also a historian, having written Making Our Way Home (2020) and Modern HERstory (2018).

She has had the opportunity to present at renowned universities and companies including Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Meta, Sephora, Adobe, and Gates Ventures. Blair Imani serves on the Board of Directors of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. She has collaborated with and interviewed influential people across a variety of fields including Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw.

http://www.blairimani.com

The Power is Yours!: Harness the Power Within Your Learning Community

Presenters

Spanish Teacher, Perry Hall High School, Baltimore County

Edwin Perez

Confronting Anti-Black Racism

Presenters

Rocky Hill Middle School (Montgomery County Public Schools)

Robert Barnes

Building a Community of Solidarity through an Attitude of Gratitude

Presenters

Teacher, Prince George’s County Educators’ Association

Jodi Favazza

Invisible Chains: The Criminalization of Black Girls and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Presenters

NEA Human and Civil Rights

Aaron Dorsey & Robin McLean

DEI + Unions: Labor’s Complicated Connection to Movements for Racial + Social Justice, Then and Now

Presenters

MSEA Managing Director/ Center for Organizing and Advocacy

Tamara Robinson

Michelle Early & Dawn Lynch – Frederick County Teachers Association; Sheena Washington, Prince George’s County Education Association

Presenters

Co-Chair, MSEA Human and Civil Rights Committee

Kierre Vinson

Read Them Before They Ban Them: The Power of Picture Books in Creating Inclusive Classrooms

Presenters

Coordinator of the Prince George’s County Public Schools National Board Certified Teacher Program

Senetria Blocker

Empower Your Engagement -- Sneak Peak to MSEA's MLT and WLT

Presenters

MTSS Resource Support Educator, Baltimore County Schools

La Stelshia Speaks

Navigating the Landscape of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in U.S. Public Schools: Challenges and Opportunities

Presenters

NEA Human and Civil Rights

Aaron Dorsey & Donald Washington

Mutual Aid, Political & Community Organizing

Presenters

MSEA Organizer, Political and Legislative Affairs

Kayla Moore

Espacios de Pertenencia: Creating Belonging for Latinx, Immigrant, and Undocumented Students

Presenters

Toni V. Mejias de Colón & Dionna Ricks

Closing Remarks

Presenters

Venue

Hotel

Hilton Baltimore BWI Hilton
1739 W. Nursery Rd., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090

 

Free Parking – DO NOT PAY FOR PARKING

FAQs

Answers to common questions about the summit.

Two grant opportunities where shared during the Highlights from the Field section. Both are now open for applications.

Human and Civil Rights Grant – MSEA will support local affiliates and members with expenses related to programs, service, or activities planned to promote human and civil rights and social justice by providing up to 10 total grants in the amount of $1000 per local affiliate or individual member.

Apply here: https://marylandeducators.org/human-and-civil-rights-grant/

Black Lives Matter at School Year of Action Grant – MSEA will support the efforts by individual members or local associations for activities/events in support of the Black Lives Matter at School movement by providing financial assistance through 10 total grants in the amount of $1000 each.

Apply here: https://marylandeducators.org/black-lives-matter-at-school-grant-application/

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