I have attached the agenda for the upcoming Education Deans for Justice and Equity (EDJE) meeting. Here is a link to the EDJE organization. It’s an honor to sit on the EDJE Steering Committee and in this capacity I invite you to join this important event. Please mark your calendars today!

Meeting the Moment: Challenges, Strategies, and Resources for Leading in a Time of Disinformation 

Education Deans for Justice & Equity 

Virtual Conference

Thursday, January 13, 2022 

Link:  https://miamioh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodO6vqzItHtX1OUUNtSa8wH3n0fUm0706

Orientation of New Members                                                                      1:00-1:30 EST

Facilitator: Deanna Sands

Orientation to the EDJE Framework                                                          1:30-2:00 EST

Facilitator: Rene Antrop-Gonzalez

General Session I: 

Meeting the Moment: Challenges, Strategies and Resources for 

Leading in a Time of Disinformation                                                               2:00-3:15  EST

Facilitator:  Julian Vasquez Heilig

Panelists: 

Asm. Cristina Garcia, California (invited)

Rep Diego Bernal, Texas (invited)

Hon. Georgina Perez, Texas (invited)

Sen Gerald Neal, Kentucky (invited)

Rep Tina Bojanowski, Kentucky (invited)

Table Talk                                                                                                      3:15-3:45  EST

Mindful Minutes                                                                                            3:45-4:00  EST

Facilitators: Caroline Hopenwasser and Chris Whitaker/SUNY at New Paltz 

Research Directors Meeting                                                                        4:00-5:00 EST

Facilitator: Kathy Schultz

Friday, January 14, 2022 

Link: https://miamioh.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqd-6oqz4tHNJzC58Z3DUnSGOrQqq79qjL

General Session 2: 

Stronger Together: Partnering for Equity & Justice in Schools                     1:00-2:15 EST

Facilitator: Denise Taliaferro Baszile

Panelists:

Tiffany Kyser and Kathleen King Thorius, Great Lakes Equity Center

Lynn Gangone, American Association for the Colleges of Teacher Education  

Jesse Turner, United to Save Our Schools

Table Talk                                                                                                      2:15 -2:45 EST

Music Break                                                                                                   2:45-3:00 EST

General Session 3: 

So What, Now What? Toward Mindful Public Action                                                 3:00-4:30 EST 

Facilitators: Darius Prier and Julian Vasquez Heilig

See you soon!

There is much more work to do, and no doubt, there will be more challenges ahead, but I am convinced that we will refuse to allow adversity to stop us from pressing forward and making an unmistakable and lasting impact.

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