The purpose of the Educators of Color and Allies Summit is to reinforce that our representation matters in fostering educational relevance, empowerment, encouragement, and leadership development among student scholars and educators of Color. To ensure the landscape, culture, climate and collective efforts toward educational justice reflect the ever-changing demographics of Nebraska we seek to convene educational stakeholders from across pre-K to post-secondary levels dedicated to the same cause. Hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Lincoln Public Schools, this state-wide summit is open to scholars of diversity, pre-service education students, educators, administrators, and university faculty of diversity as well as all allies.
The partnerships' intent is to build on educational justice movements and to create an authentic space to build community and solidarity. Specifically, this partnership seeks to:
- Grow our professional network of dedicated educators of Color and allies from across Nebraska
- Share ideas for collaboration, activism, and self-care
- Envisioning innovative and liberatory practices to meet the needs of Nebraska’s diverse student scholars
The Summit will bring together professionals and aspiring scholar educators from across the state through interactive presentations, workshops, and roundtables.
This year's Summit is Nov. 6th and 7th at UNL. The general agenda is as follows (and is subject to slight modifications).
Thursday Evening November 6th
4:30-5:00pm - Check-in, Informal Socializing, Fun Activities
5:00-6:00pm - Social Hour with Heavy Appetizers and Structured Fun
6:00-8:00pm - Interactive Workshop
Friday November 7th
8:00-8:30am - Check-in and Breakfast
8:30-9:30am - Welcome and Chop it Up
9:30-10:15am - Keynote
10:15-10:30am - Break, Move to Breakout Sessions
10:30-11:45am - Breakout Sessions
11:45-12:45pm - Lunch and Structured Socializing
12:45-1:30pm - Keynote
1:30-2:00pm - Wrapping up, Thinking Forward Together
