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Glenn E. SingletonWelcome and Summit Plenary: Answering the Call for Systemic Equity Transformation Monday, September 29 8:30-9:45 am |
Glenn Eric Singleton is founder and president of Pacific Educational Group, Inc. (PEG). In 1992, he founded PEG to more closely support families in their transitions within and between K-12 and higher education. His company later grew into its intended mission of addressing systemic issues of educational inequity by providing guidance to districts on meeting the needs of underserved students of color.
Singleton and his associates design and deliver leadership training, coaching, and consulting for state departments, higher education and school districts. Working at all levels from superintendents to beginning teachers, PEG helps educators focus on heightening their awareness of institutional racism and developing effective strategies for eliminating racial educational disparities. In 1995, Singleton developed Beyond Diversity, a nationally recognized seminar aimed at helping educators identify, define and examine the powerful intersection of race and schooling. Today, thousands of seminar participants throughout the country practice the agreements and conditions of "Courageous Conversation" as they struggle to usher in culturally proficient curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Singleton is the co-author of Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools. He has appeared on television and written numerous articles for national journals, magazines, and newspapers on issues of equity and institutional racism.
Singleton is an adjunct professor of educational leadership at San Jose State University. He is a nationally recognized keynote speaker and consultant to a variety of school reform organizations and educational consortia.
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Tim WiseKeynote Address: Race is Not a Card: Racism, White Privilege and Inequality in the Age of Obama Monday, September 29 11:45-1:00 pm |
Tim Wise is among the most prominent and respected antiracist writers and educators in the U.S. and has been called, "One of the most brilliant, articulate, and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation," by best-selling author and professor Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University. Wise has spoken in 48 states and on over 400 college campuses. He has trained teachers as well as corporate, government, media, and law enforcement officials on methods for dismantling institutional racism, and has served as a consultant for plaintiff's attorneys in federal discrimination cases in New York and Washington State.
Wise is the author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son and Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White. A collection of his essays, Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections from an Angry White Male, will be published in the fall of 2008.Wise has contributed essays to twenty books, and is one of several persons featured in White Men Challenging Racism: Thirty-Five Personal Stories, from Duke University Press. He has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows worldwide to discuss race and racism.
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Dr. Rosa A. SmithKeynote Address: Black Male Students: The Litmus Test and Opportunity for Public Education Tuesday, September 30 1:45-2:45 pm |
Doing and leading work that improves the lives and education of children, especially poor children and children of color, are the core purposes of Rosa's work and life.
Dr. Rosa A. Smith served as president and CEO of the Schott Foundation for Public Education from 2001-2007. Prior to joining Schott, Smith served as a school superintendent in Columbus, Ohio, and Beloit, Wisconsin. She also served as assistant superintendent, high school principal, and teacher in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, and South Bend, Indiana. She is currently the Regional Educational Manager for New Leaders for New Schools, working to help rebuild the New Orleans public school system.
Smith has made numerous presentations and published several articles regarding the intersection of race, class, and gender in public education. In the forward to the 2006 Schott Foundation Report Card on Public Education and Black Male Students, Dr. Smith wrote that we must continue "to focus on the issue of how well our public schools meet their responsibilities in regard to Black male students because history tells us that this is the group least likely to be the focus of such efforts, the group most likely to be blamed for their own neglect by those responsible for the education of all of our children. We know that when it is normal for Black male students to graduate on time and college-ready, it will be normal for all students to do so."
