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Community Schools National Forum, May 9-12, 2012, San Francisco, CA. LaShawn Routé Chatmon will serve on the panel for Thursday’s Lunch Plenary Session, “The Role of Community Schools in Moving an Equity Agenda in America.”.Angela Blackwell, CEO of PolicyLink will present opening remarks; co-panelists include Ira Harkavy, Netter Center for Community Partnerships at UPenn; Francisco Guajardo, University of Texas; and Junious Williams, Urban Strategies Council...

Past conference presentations:

New Teacher Center Fourteenth National Symposium on Teacher Induction, February 5-7, 2012, San Jose, CA. Executive Director LaShawn Routé Chatmon was a featured speaker. Curriculum Development Manager Zaretta Hammond and Coach Jessica Gammell also presented a workshop on Coaching For Equity: The Mentor as Coach.

Kirwan Institute’s Transforming Race: Visions of Change. Thursday, March 15 – Saturday, March 17, 2012, Columbus, OH. Senior Director Victor Cary and Senior Associate Hugh Vasquez presented a workshop on “Imagining Equitable Systems of the Future” in collaboration with Cynthia Parker and Curtis Ogden of Interaction Institute for Social Change.

Learning Forward 2011 Annual Conference, December 3-7, 2011, Anaheim, CA. Senior Director Lisa Lasky and Senior Coach Jamie Almanzán presented a workshop on Coaching for Equity.
Summit for Courageous Conversations, October 29-November 2, San Francisco, CA. Senior Director Victor Cary presented a workshop on Leading for Equity.
Senior Director Chin Martin participated in the PolicyLink’s Equity Summit 2011, November 8-11, Detroit, MI on the Thursday afternoon panel, “Breaking Down Barriers: Achieving Education Equity” with fellow panelists Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust and Jorge Sanchez of MALDEF, and moderated by Jeannie Oakes, Director of Education at the Ford Foundation.
12th Annual White Privilege Conference, April 13 – 16, 2011, Minneapolis, MN. Presented by Hugh Vasquez.
Building Our Awareness: How We Engage Race in our Work, April 20, 2011, Berkeley, CA. UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy Race & Policy Symposium. Presentation by Hugh Vasquez and Chinyelu Martin.

The New Teacher Center’s Annual Symposium, January 30-Feb 1. San Jose, CA. Partnership for Learning: Exploring Inquiry for Equity, presented by Tom Malarkey; and Coaching for Equity: The Mentor as Coach, presented by Victor Cary.
Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum, November 10-13, 2010. San Francisco, CA. Leading for Equity, presented by Victor Cary & Lisa Lasky. and Inquiry for Equity: Learning from Students to Improve Student Learning, presented by Tom Malarkey & Mark Salinas.
Achieving Equity through Innovation: A Canada-United States Colloquium, University of Toronto, October 26 2010. Victor Cary and Hugh Vasquez gave a presentation on “Equity, Innovation and Urban Education: Views from the Ground.”