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Community Empowerment SET B
Monday, September 29
1:20 pm – 4:30 pm

B08 Partnerships for Academically Successful Students (PASS): Authentic Collaboration to Empower Families of Underserved Students of Color

Why does equity work rarely make the "normal" PTO/PTA agenda? Who will advocate for the underserved? Examine how systemic racism has deeply fractured families and communities. Learn about the role and responsibility of schools to engage families in authentic collaboration that leads from "involvement" to engagement, and ultimately, to empowerment. Understand the urgency for organizing parents and communities to achieve equity in our schools, and explore and share effective strategies for creating genuine family partnerships.

Courtlandt Butts, Regional Director of Family and Community Empowerment, Pacific Educational Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA.

Strand: Community Empowerment

Community Empowerment SET D
Monday, September 29
3:10 pm – 4:40 pm

D06 No Victims Here!

In its seventh year, the California Alliance of African American Educators (CAAAE) has partnered with Stanford University's School of Education to offer highly-acclaimed professional development focused unapologetically on pedagogies and practices for successfully reaching African American students. Discover how this grass-roots alliance of culturally courageous leaders formed a state-wide organization to combat institutional racism head-on. Learn about CAAAE's "empowering parents" arm, and their math, science, and technology initiative for students of African descent that boasts a 100% college-going rate and support from leading Silicon Valley companies.

Debra Watkins, President, California Alliance of African American Educators

Strand: Community Empowerment

Community Empowerment SET E
Tuesday, September 30
8:45 am – 12:00 pm

E08 Equity Leadership in Service Learning

As the service-learning field expands its reach and engages diverse communities in its practices, there is a growing need for culturally competent leaders and practitioners to design, deliver, and promote high quality service-learning.  Explore community driven partnerships as a strategy for deepening service-learning practice in multicultural communities.  Assess your attitudes and programs as a first step to understanding how it impacts your work with communities.  Create a protocol of questions that engage community dialogue and lead to better understanding of structural inequities and institutionalized racism.  Engage in dialogue with community members about how charity and social change connect with service-learning.

Mary Noble, Assistant Principal, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis, MN, and Wokie Weah, Vice President, Libby Rau, Youth and School Programs Director, and Maya Beecham, Program Assistant, National Youth Leadership Council, St. Paul, MN.

Strand: Community Empowerment

Community Empowerment SET F
Tuesday, September 30
8:45 am – 10:15 am

ONLY AVAILABLE DURING SESSION D06

In its seventh year, the California Alliance of African American Educators (CAAAE) has partnered with Stanford University's School of Education to offer highly-acclaimed professional development focused unapologetically on pedagogies and practices for successfully reaching African American students. Discover how this grass-roots alliance of culturally courageous leaders formed a state-wide organization to combat institutional racism head-on. Learn about CAAAE's "empowering parents" arm, and their math, science, and technology initiative for students of African descent that boasts a 100% college-going rate and support from leading Silicon Valley companies.

Debra Watkins, President, California Alliance of African American Educators

Strand: Community Empowerment

Community Empowerment SET H
Tuesday, September 30
3:05 pm – 4:35 pm

H02 What Happens When You Let Go? A Story About Approaching School Turf Differently

Join us in using the Four Agreements of Courageous Conversation to explore parental involvement in schools. Uncover strategies to let go of the power of the school to allow families to truly have a place within the school that is their own. Learn from our first year's experience how to navigate the successes and challenges of giving parents the lead to set priorities and build their own center. Participate in group discussions and activities to apply research on parent involvement to impact your school culture.

Sandy Nobles, Principal; Monica Arellano and Claudia Carrillo, Parent Center Coordinators; and a parent (TBN), J. Erik Jonsson Community School, Dallas, TX.

Strand: Community Empowerment

H07 Organizing Parents for Equitable and Systemic Change in Schools: A Roundtable Discussion

Organizing parents for equitable change requires space and a vigorous commitment to the cause. Explore the anti-racist efforts made by the St. Louis Park School District to engage and ensure a significant voice for its PASS (Partnerships for Academically Successful Students) group in school policy development and programming. Interact with parent leaders and school staff as we discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with equity work.

Stacy Collins, Integration Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education; Sylvia and Ken Gilbert, PASS Team parents; and Courtlandt Butts, Regional Director for Family and Community Empowerment, Pacific Educational Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA.

Strand: Community Empowerment

H15 Parents Making a Difference: How People of Color Can Change the System

Learn how an outreach program to involve African American and Latino parents made a difference in changing the culture of the Oak Grove School District. Examine parent involvement from a systems approach to doing equity work.

Manny Barbara, Superintendent; Amelia Hill, Community Liaison; and Joyce Miller, Educational Services Coordinator; Oak Grove School District, San Jose, CA

Strand: Community Empowerment

Community Empowerment SET I
Wednesday, October 1
8:30 am – 10:00 am

I01 Community Stakeholders as Allies for Equity

Learn how to leverage community resources to assist in bringing about organizational transformation in schools. Explore various levels of community engagement. Investigate ways to define and disseminate parent and community strategies for confronting the ‘pushback' and ‘resistance' of systemic racism Develop strategies to move beyond forums and information gathering to implementation of accountability measures.

Will Walker and Courtlandt Butts, Pacific Educational Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA.

Strand: Community Empowerment