2024 International Conference of Urban Educators

 Restoring Trust, Restoring Community: Lessons from an Urban Charter School

This learning session demonstrated how rebuilding trust and partnership empowered families in a Title I charter school to advocate for their needs and gain meaningful representation within the school environment.

2022 International Conference of Urban Educators

Teaching Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to Students of Color in K12 Education

This learning session examined the positive outcomes associated with having representation in classroom, specifically when Black students have at least one Black teacher.

The Examination of Preschool Disciplinary Actions and the Longitudinal Effect on Juvenile Black Males (Roundtable Presentation)

This roundtable discussion provided an analysis of the overrepresentation of Black males in the juvenile justice system.

2023 Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning Training Initiative

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Frameworks for Transformative Practice

This learning session explored how DEI and implicit bias shape teacher–child interactions, emphasizing that avoiding conversations about racism sustains inequities and that meaningful progress requires leaning into discomfort.

2022 Innovative Schools Summit- Atlanta

The Implementation of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to Minimize Expulsions among Students of Color

This learning session examined how teacher bias drives disproportionate suspensions and exclusions of Black boys and examined strategies to minimize these inequitable practices.

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. 

– Whoopi Goldberg