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Keynote Address
Keynote Address
August 13, 4:00-4:30
August 13, 4:00-4:30
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Dr. Bettina Love
Dr. Bettina Love
Dr. Bettina L. Love is an award-winning author and the Athletic Association Endowed Professor at the University of Georgia. She is one of the field’s most esteemed educational researchers. Her writing, research, teaching, and activism meet at the intersection of race, education, abolition, and Black joy. Dr. Love is concerned with how educators working with parents and communities can build communal, civically engaged schools rooted in Abolitionist Teaching with the goal of intersectional social justice for equitable classrooms that love and affirm Black and Brown children. In 2020, Dr. Love co-founded the Abolitionist Teaching Network (ATN). ATN’s mission is simple: develop and support teachers and parents to fight injustice within their schools and communities. In 2020, Dr. Love was also named a member of the Old 4th Ward Economic Security Task Force with the Atlanta City Council.
Dr. Love is a sought-after public speaker on a range of topics, including: Abolitionist Teaching, anti-racism, Hip Hop education, Black girlhood, queer youth, Hip Hop feminism, art-based education to foster youth civic engagement, and issues of diversity and inclusion. She is the creator of the Hip Hop civics curriculum GET FREE.
In 2014, she was invited to the White House Research Conference on Girls to discuss her work focused on the lives of Black girls. For her work in the field of Hip Hop education, in 2016, Dr. Love was named the Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. In April of 2017, Dr. Love participated in a one-on-one public lecture with bell hooks focused on the liberatory education practices of Black and Brown children. In 2018, Georgia’s House of Representatives presented Dr. Love with a resolution for her impact on the field of education. She has also provided commentary for various news outlets including NPR, Ed Week, The Guardian, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
She is the author of the books We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom and Hip Hop’s Li’l Sistas Speak: Negotiating Hip Hop Identities and Politics in the New South. Her work has appeared in numerous books and journals, including the English Journal, Urban Education, The Urban Review, and the Journal of LGBT Youth.
Merging theory and practice, our roundtable will discuss questions such as:
Merging theory and practice, our roundtable will discuss questions such as:
What does it take to make a classroom and school anti-racist?
What does it take to make a classroom and school anti-racist?
What policies must be implemented?
What policies must be implemented?
What practices must be abandoned?
What practices must be abandoned?
What will logistically stand in our way?
What will logistically stand in our way?
How do we get around these obstacles?"
How do we get around these obstacles?"
Dr. Bettina Love
Dr. Bettina Love
Professor, Author
Ms. Lynn Turner
Ms. Lynn Turner
Elementary Teacher
Ms. Lisa Maria Kelly
Ms. Lisa Maria Kelly
Middle School Teacher
Dr. Kandice Sumner
Dr. Kandice Sumner
High School Teacher, Teacher Coach
Ms. Betsy Preval
Ms. Betsy Preval
Educator Union Leader
Dr. Henry Turner
Dr. Henry Turner
High School Principal
Ms. Erin Jones
Ms. Erin Jones
State Assistant Superintendent
Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
School Counseling
Bios
Bios
Ms. Lynn Turner
Ms. Lynn Turner
ELEMENTARY TEACHER
ELEMENTARY TEACHER
BA, Sweet Briar College, MAT Early Childhood Education, Trinity University, Waldorf Early Childhood Teaching Certificate, Sunbridge Institute
Lynn Turner (she/her) is a native Washingtonian, wife, and mother of two children and the proud descendant of enslaved people. She is a Lead Kindergarten Teacher and an active AntiRacism committee member in the school community where she teaches in Bethesda, MD. Lynn is passionate about teaching young children and supporting families, work that she has done for over ten years. Lynn is also the co-founder of The AntiRacist Table, a community platform dedicated to bringing AntiRacism into life as a daily practice. The AntiRacist Table’s inaugural 30 Day Challenge educates Americans about African American history, the Black experience, rehumanizes Black people, and motivates action. Find us online at www.TheAntiRacistTable.com and our email is info@theantiracisttable.com Instagram @antiracisttable. Lynn is an activist and supporter of educators in their quest to be the changemakers we need to create a just world for our collective future and many educators enrolled, taking important steps forward in this critical work. A new addition to the platform will be Nurture the Narrative, a space for deeper education and re-education where affirming content will amplify our Black voices.
Ms. Betsy Preval
Ms. Betsy Preval
EDUCATOR UNION LEADER
EDUCATOR UNION LEADER
Betsy Preval (she/her/hers) is a director for the National Education Association, representing the state of Massachusetts. She began her career in education as a paraprofessional and just finished her 8th year as an English teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In her building, she is a cultural proficiency facilitator and a union representative, serving on the Cambridge Education Association’s Executive Board, as part of the Unit A/B Collective Bargaining Team, the Political Action Committee, and the Educators of Color Coalition Leadership Team. She is also an active member in Educators for a Democratic Union, a caucus of union educators in Massachusetts. At her core, she is an anti-racist union educator and advocates for social justice education, promoting systemic equitable policies, collaborates with community partners, and works to lift up the voices of marginalized educators, students, and families.
Ms. Erin Jones
Ms. Erin Jones
Ms. Erin Jones (she/her/hers) has been an educator for over two decades. She is an award winning teacher who has worked tirelessly for equity and inclusion. Her long list of accomplishments include giving 3 TED talks, leading as an executive officer in the Washington State superintendent office, winning educator of the year in the state of Washington, and being recognized by the White house as a "Champion of Change". She is an inspirational and fiery speaker who mesmerizes a room. We are honored to have her.
Ms. Lisa Kelly
Ms. Lisa Kelly
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER
Lisa Maria Kelly is a first generation Afrolatina teacher, activist, and kinship adoptee. Lisa is a 6th grade English and English Language Development teacher in Oakland, CA and is a recovering “good classroom manager” and actively working to push herself and her colleagues to be actively anti-racist and move closer to creating transformatively just, loving and affirming classrooms and school. Lisa has been a public school teacher for 10 years and has only held one job that didn’t involve children since she was 17 years old. Lisa recently wrote an article that was published on Medium, "How Moderate Teachers Perpetuate Educational Oppression". Lisa is also active on instagram at @thisisthebeat, sharing her personal journey of learning more about abolitionist theory and how to apply it to education. Lisa fights for a future that is queer, in which Queer, Trans Black and Indigenous women & people are centered and safe. Lisa fights for a future that is police free and guided by transformative justice.
Dr. Kandice Sumner
Dr. Kandice Sumner
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
Dr. Sumner (she/her) has been a successful urban and suburban public school teacher and leader for over ten years in the Greater Boston Area. While born and raised in urban Boston she graduated from a suburban school system via the METCO program (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity); the longest running voluntary desegregation program in America. Dr.Sumner graduated from Spelman College Phi Beta Kappa with departmental honors. As the feature of the documentary film “Far From Home”, and author of the TedTalk "How America's Public Schools Keep Kids in Poverty" she is invited frequently to public speaking and consulting engagements facilitating difficult conversations about race, education, gender and equity. Dr.Sumner is the sole facilitator for the RACE (Race Achievement Culture and Equity) professional development series and has been a mentor in various youth programs throughout the Greater Boston Area. Dr. Sumner’s doctoral research was a Critical Black Feminist Autobiography that examined the lived experiences of a participant in METCO and calls for further work to be done in the socio-emotional, mental and racial identity development of Black individuals matriculating predominantly white institutions. Going from being one of a few Blacks in her school to learning at a historically Black college to teaching in underserved and predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods of Boston, Kandice has spent a lifetime traversing the lines of race, class and gender.
Dr. Henry Turner
Dr. Henry Turner
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Henry Turner (he/him/his) is entering his 9th year as a High School principal in Massachusetts. As a principal, he is most proud of the work at both high schools to empower students to fight hate and bigotry while strengthening their school community. In the wake of reoccurring anti-semitic graffiti at Bedford High School, Henry helped lead the school in addressing hate, empowering the diverse voices of students, and changing structures and systems in the school to fight systemic racism. In September during his first year as Principal of Newton North High School, a video went viral on social media of a group of students driving around the school waiving the Confederate Flag. Since that event, Henry along with the Newton North students and faculty have been determined to fight racism and all forms of hate in the school. This work has led to developing antiracist teaching practices, incorporating culturally responsive instructional practices, and changing structures and systems in the school to address systemic racism. He speaks nationally and locally sharing his experience speaking about race in schools, technology in education, and creating change to narrow racial and economic opportunity gaps. He is on Twitter @turnerhj
Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
Dr. Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy is the Dean of the newly independent School of Education at American University. Previous to this role, Dr. Holcomb-McCoy served as the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (central administration) and Vice Dean of Academic Affairs (in the School of Education) at Johns Hopkins University. She has held appointments as Professor and department chair at Johns Hopkins’ School of Education, Associate Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Maryland, College Park and Assistant Professor and Director of the School Counseling Program at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
Professional colleagues have recognized her with many awards for outstanding multicultural/diversity research, excellence in teaching, and exemplar service. She is the founder of AU’s Summer Institute on Education, Equity and Justice and is a member dean of the national organization, Deans for Impact. With over 75 publications and grants amounting to more than 2M, she was selected as an American Counseling Association (ACA) Fellow for her significant contributions in scientific achievement and teaching/training. In addition, Dr. Holcomb-McCoy was selected to participate as a consultant to the Obama Administration's Reach Higher Initiative. In July 2014, she was one of the plenary speakers at the White House's Summit on Higher Education held at Harvard University.
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