Registration for the in person conference is now FULL. You can join our waitlist and/or the virtual version of our conference here. Find information below about the virtual and in-person versions of the conference.
Virtual Conference Schedule
Check out the Zoom links down below for collective programming and you can pre-register for any workshops you’d like to attend (you can also register day of!). Find the full workshop descriptions here
9:45-10:00 - Welcome, check in - Zoom Link
10:00-11:00 - Opening talk - Zoom Link, passcode: 230947
11:15-12:30 - First round of workshops:
Amplifying the Linguistic Resources of Multilingual Student Voices - Zoom Pre-registration
Youth Leaders for Racial Justice - Zoom Pre-registration
Community organizing to support anti-racism and equity work in schools - Zoom Pre-registration
12:30-1:30 - Lunch
1:45-3:00 - Second round of workshops:
School boards - how to work with, run for, and influence school boards to further education justice - Zoom Pre-registration
Cultivating Youth - Adult Partnerships in Schools - Zoom Pre-registration
TeachOut VT - Creating community for queer educators through crafts, cards and research - Zoom Pre-registration
3:15-4:30 - Third round of workshops
Fostering Direct Action Within the Race Against Racism - Zoom Pre-registration
Unpacking School Responses to Behavior through a Justice Lens - Zoom Link
4:30-5:30 - Performance and art project - Zoom Link, passcode: 230947
Find the full workshop descriptions here
Online Accessibility - The opening talk will include sign interpretation. If you have other accessibility or language translation needs please reach out to alyssa.edjvt@gmail.com before March 27th. If you have tech trouble day of, please text Al at 802 595 9593 for Zoom tech support.
In-Person Conference
About
The Vermont Educators of Color Association, the Education Justice Coalition of Vermont, and other ally groups are planning our first annual Education for Social Justice conference. As a Coalition we’ve been connecting in groups and pockets throughout the state for the last five years and now is the moment to bring people together.
The conference is on April 1, 2023 in South Royalton, VT at White River Valley High School (223 S Windsor St, South Royalton, VT 05068). If you’re an educator, parent, or someone connected to young people, we encourage you to bring groups of youth. You can register up to five guests under your name.
The conference will be free to attend and open to educators, students, parents/caregivers and community organizers who are working towards justice in our schools.
It is in the spirit of other grassroots conferences such as NYCORE Conference in New York or the T4SJ Conference in San Francisco.
Theme
Our theme for our first annual conference is “Reimagining Schools, Connecting Communities”. Our goal is to come together to reimagine schools as places of belonging that can further justice both inside and outside of the building. Connecting communities has multiple meanings: connecting schools with communities, connecting people throughout the state doing education justice work, and making space for our identities and uniting across them. We understand that justice in schools depends on increasing social justice in our communities.
Conference Objectives
Build relationships to sustain ourselves and sustain our education justice movement in Vermont
Cultivate joy and give us energy to do this work
Share skills, lessons, and learnings to transform our schools
Lift up and attend to issues that impact our students and our community
What To Expect
Music, art, and fun
Adults and students in spaces together and spaces apart
Affinity spaces for BIPOC students, educators, and community members
Spacious timing
Accessibility of space, language, food, childcare, and transportation
Connection between the event and the local community
Youth and adult led workshops
Make this Conference Possible!
We are working to raise $15,000 for the Education Justice Coalition. As always, we will prioritize accessibility of space, language, food, childcare, and transportation. We welcome your support in funding all of the elements that go into creating true inclusivity and accessibility for this conference. Thank you for any donation you’re able to offer. If you donate $75 or more, we’ll send you a gift – a beautiful pottery mug with our “Change is Possible” block print. What better way to show your colleagues, friends, and family that you’re part of a statewide team working towards education justice!
Donations do not have to be monetary. We need supplies as well. We’re in need of:
Blank light-colored shirts of all sizes (used and thrift store finds are great) for screen printing
Snacks
A sound system with a microphone to borrow the day of
compostable plates, bowls, utensils
If you can donate any of these items, please fill out the Supply Donation Form
