Keynote

How do we teach through this current moment to assure all students, especially our BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) students know we have their literacy needs at heart? Join Dr. Parker who will draw from her bestselling book, Literacy Is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching, for inspiration and some collaborative thinking about our work as ELA educators.

Dr. Kimberly N. Parker

Dr. Kimberly N. Parker is an award-winning educator based in Boston who holds a steadfast belief in the power of literacy to normalize the high achievement of all students, especially Black, Latinx, and other children of color. She is currently the Director of the Crimson Summer Academy at Harvard University, and published Literacy is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching (Feb. 2022) with the Association for Curriculum and Supervision Development (ASCD). The book documents her successful literacy work based on her classroom and professional development experiences.

Kim is the 2020 recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Outstanding Elementary Educator Award; a co-founder of #DisruptTexts and #31DaysIBPOC; and a former president of the Black Educators’ Alliance of MA (BEAM).

Follow her on Twitter at: @TchKimpossible