Featured Speakers...
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LAURA VAN DERNOOT LIPSKY
Tuesday, July 27 | 9:15 - 10:30am
Laura van Dernoot Lipsky is the founder and director of The Trauma Stewardship Institute and author of Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others and The Age of Overwhelm. Widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of trauma exposure, she has worked locally, nationally, and internationally for more than three decades.
VICTOR RIOS
Wednesday, July 28 | 9:00 - 10:00am
Victor M. Rios is Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the author of six books including, My Teacher Believes in Me: The Educator’s Guide to At-Promise Students. A former high school drop-out and juvenile delinquent, his research examines how racism, inequality, and class play a role in determining if a person will be successful in education.
SHANE SAFIR
Thursday, July 29 | 11:30am - 12:30pm
Shane Safir is a writer, coach, and facilitator who has worked in public education for over 20 years. Her work focuses on creating brave spaces for tackling educational equity. She is the founding co-principal of June Jordan School for Equity, an innovative national model identified by Linda Darling-Hammond as having “beaten the odds in supporting the success of low-income students of color.” She is the author of The Listening Leader: Creating the Conditions for Equitable School Transformation and Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation.
Strands...
Adult Wellness
Healing & Resilience
SEL & Student Wellness
Altered Learning Trajectories
Lessons Learned from Distance Learning
Teaching & Learning in a COVID Environment
Equity & Social Justice
