Building Collaboratives & Defining Equity (1/26 @ Yu Ming Charter)
Address: 1086 Alcatraz Ave, Oakland, CA 94608
The goal is to provide participants with
- Opportunities to strengthen relationships with other Chinese Immersion school sites in the Bay Area,while identifying shared strengths and obstacles between school sites in providing equitable and inclusive classroom environments;
- Strengthen collaborative partnerships between Chinese Immersion school sites;
- Participants will “explore” the concept of equity and inclusion and work collaboratively and individually to define what that means at their school site and for the collaborative; and
- Participants will receive individual and group tasks to complete prior to the 2nd workshop.
Agenda
8:45 – Registration
9:00 – Workshop
11:30 – Tour
12:00 – Lunch
1:00 – Panel Discussion
3:00 – Dismissal
Panelists:
Tarah Fleming is the creator of Start Dialog: Courses in Cultural Competency, a consulting practice for corporate, educational and service agencies.
She has 20 years of experience in the classroom internationally, and locally as a facilitator of dialog on cultural competency, issues of power and privilege and developing equitable and inclusive curriculum for all ages. She is also the Co-Director of iPride, the longest standing non-profit organization in the U.S. dedicated to mixed heritage family pride. In 1999, after living abroad for many years, Ms. Fleming received her M.A. Ed. at the University of San Francisco in International and Multicultural Education.
Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. has pursued and achieved success in the world of academia, business, diversity and community service. In 1996, he started America & MOORE, LLC to provide comprehensive diversity and cultural competency trainings and workshops for K-12 schools, community organizations, businesses, colleges and universities all across the world. Dr. Moore has presented at national and international conferences focusing on issues of diversity, youth, community, education, cultural competency, leadership, white privilege and other forms of oppression. Eddie is a dynamic, personal diversity consultant and public speaker.