
Aspiring Educators Social Justice Conference
April 17 @ 9:00 am - April 18 @ 3:00 pm

“Racial Justice is Educational Justice”
For more information and to Register please go to the Cvent Registration website: https://cvent.me/BNXomD
This event is FREE to all WEAC members, For Non-Members, there is a $50.00 charge to attend.
Saturday, April 17th
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:30 a.m. Opening Keynote Speaker- Lindsay Bernhagen
10:30 a.m. Breakout Session #1- Choose from:
1- George Paasewe – Black/African American Student Code Switching
2 – Marc Young – Creating a Safe & Welcoming Environment
3 – Erin Redman – Back-Casting in Regard to Social Justice & Economic Opportunities
11:30 a.m. LUNCH
12:30 p.m. Breakout Session #2- Choose from:
1- George Paasewe – Black/African American Student Code Switching
2 – Marc Young – Creating a Safe & Welcoming Environment
3 – Erin Redman – Back-Casting in Regard to Social Justice & Economic Opportunities
1:30 p.m. Keynote- Erin McCarthy
2:30 p.m. Chapter breakout rooms debrief
2:45 p.m. Remaining questions and Closing
Sunday, April 18th
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:15 a.m. Keynote- Cameo Kendrick
10:15 – 11:05 a.m. Rotations Breakouts (Everyone will rotate through each speaker)
- Angela Harris- Black Lives Matter at School
- Abie Vang- Asian Pacific Islander Students
- Gladys Marquez- Hispanic Students
11:05 – 11:55 a.m. Rotations Breakouts (Everyone will rotate through each speaker)
- Angela Harris- Black Lives Matter at School
- Abie Vang- Asian Pacific Islander Students
- Gladys Marquez- Hispanic Students
11:55 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. LUNCH
12:45 – 1:35 p.m. Rotations Breakouts (Everyone will rotate through each speaker)
- Angela Harris- Black Lives Matter at School
- Abie Vang- Asian Pacific Islander Students
- Gladys Marquez- Hispanic Students
1:35 p.m. Keynote- Kelly Holstine & Jess Davis
2:35 p.m. Chapter breakout rooms and attendance
2:50 p.m. Closing/commit to Action & Closing/survey
There is an opportunity to order an event T-shirt if you register early by March 24th. The T-shirt deadline is March 24th because we need that lead time to order them in order to have them by the conference. No additional T-shirts will be ordered, only for those registrations who purchased a T-shirt by March 24th.
Registration for the event officially closes on April 12th so please register early!!!