Open Space Sessions


During Open Space Sessions, participants engage in a freeform discussion around the topic, sharing thoughts, ideas, approaches, and asking questions of the other participants. The purpose of Open Space is to allow participants to go deeper in certain subjects, share their own personal work, and provide them a safe place wherein they can ask questions that have not been adequately addressed.

To register for these strands, follow the link to Registration.

Open Space SET A
Monday, September 29
10:00 am – 11:30 am

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

A08 Open Space--Sharing Power: Addressing Our Struggle to Organize Families and Communities of Color

During Open Space Sessions, participants engage in a freeform discussion around the topic, sharing thoughts, ideas, approaches, and asking questions of the other participants. The purpose of Open Space is to allow participants to go deeper in certain subjects, share their own personal work, and provide them a safe place wherein they can ask questions that have not been adequately addressed.

Open Space SET C
Monday, September 29
1:20 pm – 2:50 pm

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

C04 Open Space -- The "Essentialism" of Expanding the Dialogue Beyond the "Black-White Racial Binary"

During Open Space Sessions, participants engage in a freeform discussion around the topic, sharing thoughts, ideas, approaches, and asking questions of the other participants. The purpose of Open Space is to allow participants to go deeper in certain subjects, share their own personal work, and provide them a safe place wherein they can ask questions that have not been adequately addressed.

Open Space SET F
Tuesday, September 30
8:45 am – 10:15 am

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

F04 Open Space--Can't We Just Get Along? Black and Brown Conflict in the Schoolhouse

During Open Space Sessions, participants engage in a freeform discussion around the topic, sharing thoughts, ideas, approaches, and asking questions of the other participants. The purpose of Open Space is to allow participants to go deeper in certain subjects, share their own personal work, and provide them a safe place wherein they can ask questions that have not been adequately addressed.

Open Space SET G
Tuesday, September 30
10:30 am – 12:00 am

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

G04 Open Space--School-Life After Katrina: Personal, Local, and Immediate!

During Open Space Sessions, participants engage in a freeform discussion around the topic, sharing thoughts, ideas, approaches, and asking questions of the other participants. The purpose of Open Space is to allow participants to go deeper in certain subjects, share their own personal work, and provide them a safe place wherein they can ask questions that have not been adequately addressed.

Open Space SET I
Monday, September 29
3:10 pm – 4:40 pm

NO LONGER AVAILABLE

I06 Open Space—Almost Privileged: How White Parents Negotiate the System on Behalf of their Children of Color

During Open Space Sessions, participants engage in a freeform discussion around the topic, sharing thoughts, ideas, approaches, and asking questions of the other participants. The purpose of Open Space is to allow participants to go deeper in certain subjects, share their own personal work, and provide them a safe place wherein they can ask questions that have not been adequately addressed.

Augustine Romero is Sr. Academic Director for Ethnic Studies at Tuscon Unified School District (TUSD), Tuscon, AZ, and Co-Director of the Social Justice Project, a collaboration between TUSD, the University of Arizona’s Mexican American Studies and Research Center, and the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology.

Dr. Romero will discuss the Critical Compassionate Intellectualism Model of Transformative Education (CCI) and how it has impacted Latino/a students in TUSD. The CCI model is the product of TUSD Raza Studies and the Social Justice Project. It is heavily grounded in critical race theory, while simultaneously merging the key components of participatory action research, cultural responsiveness, authentic caring, and critical pedagogy.

Dr. Romero serves on advisory boards for numerous individuals and organizations, including Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, the Center for Cultural Competency, and the University of Arizona’s Mexican American Studies and Research Center, and he is a member of the board of directors for the Tuscon International Mariachi Conference.