Green Dot Legacy Conference

Welcome! Please take some time to review our conference offerings and select three sessions to attend - one in each of the three available time blocks (9:25-10:20), (10:30-11:25), (11:35-12:30). Use the Filter by Venue or Filter by Type functions below to assist you in making your session selections. Space is limited so sign up for your preferred sessions as soon as possible!

9:25am PDT

Beyond Providing Access: Let's Trust Our Students to Do the Math Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMDionne Aminata Books That Build on the Assets of Black Students Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMGlenn DeVoogd Appropriating Culturally Relevant Success Strategies of Black Educational Employees for Black Student Success in Secondary Education Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AM Closing the Achievement Gap: A Quantitative Study Measuring Middle School Students’ Achievement and Growth in a Middle Tennessee Charter Network Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMDr. B.T. McGuire Grading for Liberation: Dismantling Oppressive Grading Policies + Mindsets Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMKiersten Gibson-Cooper Igniting Student Success: Changing Your Classroom Through Culturally Responsive Teaching Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMAleka Jackson Speak Life, and I Will Listen: Using Language to Build Relationships and Improve Outcomes Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMDerNecia Phillips Utilizing Student Voice and Choice to Implement Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMDr. Kemi Mustapha Afro Warrior Scholar Pedagogy: Creating a Revolutionary Loving, Liberatory, (Re)Storative, and Humanizing P.L.A.C.E. and S.P.A.C.E. to Affirm Black-Brilliance Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AM Bias and Anti-Blackness in the Classroom Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMTaylor Anderson Did that just happen? Understanding & Navigating Microaggressions Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMTyler Griffin Disrupting Implicit Bias and Anti-Blackness in School Settings Through a Trauma Informed Lens Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMK-Rahn Vallatine Shattering Microaggressions Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMDeraan Washington Anti Racism & Student Voice: Closing the Gap of Black Student Performance by Amplifying Student and Parent Voice Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMAlly Wright College and Career Aspirations: Black Male Perspective on Success Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMSteven Brown Supporting the Whole Black Student Athlete: Amplifying Voices and Activating Networks Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMDr. Eno Attah Meekins Who Cares About Black Boys? Moving from Awareness to Advocacy Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMDr. LaSonja Flowers- Ivory Building Relationships with Black Students: A Discussion with GDPS Alum Micheal McElveen and Former Coach Stephen Minix Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMStephen Minix • Micheal McElveen Creating an African American Parent Advisory Council Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMDr. Angela Clark-Louque Resisting the Savior Complex to Become Co-Liberators: Create Authentic Relationships with Students and Families Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMEmily Schorr Lesnick Courageous Conversations About Race and Equity Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMMichael Moody Practices of Liberation: Self Liberation for Black, Indigenous, People of Color Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMKarima Wilson Honoring Resistant Capital Instead of Punishing Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AM Why'd You Call the Police: De-escalation Strategies to Support Black Students Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMJanelle Thompson How Can We Obtain Equity? We First Have to Acknowledge & Address The Trauma Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMJanecia Rolland How To Create and Maintain a Black Student Organization Session 1- 9:25 AM-10:20 AMDr. Susan Haynes

10:30am PDT

Afro-Latinos- Navigating Two Truths/Navegando Dos Verdades Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMAngela Rodriguez • Blain Watson Uncovering the Path Towards Black and Latinx Solidarity Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMAllan Madrid Beyond Providing Access: Let's Trust Our Students to Do the Math Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMDionne Aminata Books That Build on the Assets of Black Students Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMGlenn DeVoogd Decolonizing the Curriculum – Infusing the History and Culture of Your Students Into Your Curriculum Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMJoseph Edelin Providing Windows and Mirrors for Black Students Through Culturally Relevant Text Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMEno Richardson Grading for Liberation: Dismantling Oppressive Grading Policies + Mindsets Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMKiersten Gibson-Cooper Igniting Student Success: Changing Your Classroom Through Culturally Responsive Teaching Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMAleka Jackson #BlackRepresention: The Importance of Black Teachers and Staff in Schools Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMJosh Hudson • Denver Patterson Beyond Talk About Black Equity: Activate the Q10 Equity Framework Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AM Bias and Anti-Blackness in the Classroom Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMTaylor Anderson Did that just happen? Understanding & Navigating Microaggressions Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMTyler Griffin Dispositions, Skills, and Knowledge that Educators needed to Disrupt implicit bias and anti-Blackness in Classroom/School/Organizational Settings Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMDr. Kitty Fortner Rethinking the Narrative about Black Children: Finding Multiplicity in the Stories of our Black Students Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMAllegra Brown Shattering Microaggressions Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMDeraan Washington Anti Racism & Student Voice: Closing the Gap of Black Student Performance by Amplifying Student and Parent Voice Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMAlly Wright Sparking the Flame: Mentorship to Centralize the Cultural Capital of Black Female Students Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMDr. Krystal Henderson • Niyatt Mengis Who Cares About Black Boys? Moving from Awareness to Advocacy Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMDr. LaSonja Flowers- Ivory You Hear Me, But Are You Really Listening? Supporting Students Exposed to Trauma Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMZoei Scott • Kinh Quoc Huynh Building Relationships with Black Students: A Discussion with GDPS Alum Micheal McElveen and Former Coach Stephen Minix Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMStephen Minix • Micheal McElveen Courageous Conversations About Race and Equity Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMMichael Moody How to Create Affinity (Safe and Brave) Spaces for African American Faculty Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMTyisha Noise Practices of Liberation: Self Liberation for Black, Indigenous, People of Color Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMKarima Wilson Honoring Resistant Capital Instead of Punishing Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AM Meeting The Social and Emotional Needs of Black Students and Families Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMFelecia A. Turner “Redefining Realness”: Trauma-Informed Practices for Memoir Writing in the Gender Expansive BIPOC Classroom Session 2- 10:30 AM- 11:25 AMRadha Ashok Radkar

11:30am PDT

1619 - 2021, from Slavery to Liberation! Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMTorrence Brannon-Reese Utilizing Student Voice and Choice to Implement Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMDr. Kemi Mustapha Afro-Latinos- Navigating Two Truths/Navegando Dos Verdades Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMAngela Rodriguez • Blain Watson Uncovering the Path Towards Black and Latinx Solidarity Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMAllan Madrid Decolonizing the Curriculum – Infusing the History and Culture of Your Students into Your Curriculum Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMJoseph Edelin Providing Windows and Mirrors for Black Students Through Culturally Relevant Text Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMEno Richardson The Importance of Storytelling for Black Children Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PM Appropriating Culturally Relevant Success Strategies of Black Educational Employees for Black Student Success in Secondary Education Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PM Closing the Achievement Gap: A Quantitative Study Measuring Middle School Students’ Achievement and Growth in a Middle Tennessee Charter Network Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMDr. B.T. McGuire Grading for Liberation: Dismantling Oppressive Grading Policies + Mindsets Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMKiersten Gibson-Cooper Igniting Student Success: Changing Your Classroom Through Culturally Responsive Teaching Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMAleka Jackson Speak Life, and I Will Listen: Using Language to Build Relationships and Improve Outcomes Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMDerNecia Phillips Afro Warrior Scholar Pedagogy: Creating a Revolutionary Loving, Liberatory, (Re)Storative, and Humanizing P.L.A.C.E. and S.P.A.C.E. to Affirm Black-Brilliance Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PM Did that just happen? Understanding & Navigating Microaggressions Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMTyler Griffin Dispelling the Myths of the Angry Black Woman: Engaging Mothers and Female Students Through the Lens of African American Women Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMSasha Knox Dispositions, Skills, and Knowledge that Educators Need to Disrupt Racism in Schools Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMDr. Kitty Fortner Disrupting Implicit Bias and Anti-Blackness in School Settings Through a Trauma Informed Lens Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMK-Rahn Vallatine Rethinking the Narrative about Black Children: Finding Multiplicity in the Stories of our Black Students Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMAllegra Brown Shattering Microaggressions Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMDeraan Washington Black Girl Magic is a Glorious Gift: A Firsthand Account of the Power of Poetry to Empower Black Girls Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMHelena Donato-Sapp Storytelling: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMTawanda S. Morgan Supporting the Whole Black Student Athlete: Amplifying Voices and Activating Networks Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMDr. Eno Attah Meekins You Hear Me, But Are You Really Listening? Supporting Students Exposed to Trauma Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMZoei Scott • Kinh Quoc Huynh Courageous Conversations About Race and Equity Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMMichael Moody How to Create Affinity (Safe and Brave) Spaces for African American Faculty Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMTyisha Noise How Can We Obtain Equity? We First Have to Acknowledge & Address The Trauma Session 3- 11:35 AM- 12:30 PMJanecia Rolland