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Afrika Afeni Mills is an Education Consultant, Adjunct Instructor, and the author of Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students. A former teacher and literacy coach from Massachusetts, she currently works with colleagues, teachers, coaches, and administrators to transform instructional practices. Ms. Mills believes that all educators can be motivated, engaged, dynamic practitioners and leaders when provided with the support needed to create student-centered, culturally responsive learning environments.
Dr. Tracy White Weeden is the President & CEO of Neuhaus Education Center. A seasoned leader dedicated to advancing literacy success for all, she is a relentless advocate for dynamic systems-change so that children are well prepared for the realities of a 21st-century knowledge economy. Her life’s work has been to position literacy success for all as a moral imperative that creates a place at the table for every child and adult, regardless of zip code or country of origin.
Ashley Clerge is a fifth grade Humanities teacher at the Hugh Roe O’Donnell Elementary School in Boston, a 2021 Teacher of the Year Semifinalist, and a former OPTIC Content Fellow and InSPIRED Fellow at DESE. She is a passionate advocate for educators’ continuous growth and learning in culturally and linguistically responsive instruction so that they are able to foster students’ critical thinking, activism, and self-awareness. This past January, the International Literacy Association honored Ashley on its “30 Under 30” list, which identifies the “the best and brightest emerging leaders working to achieve our collective mission: literacy for every child, everywhere.”