The Latinx Education Collaborative will be hosting its fourth annual leadership and professional development conference for Latinx education professionals (and friends), "Evolución", on October 23, 2021, online.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:10 am | Opening & Welcome

10:10 - 10:45 am | Morning Keynote: Dr. Juan Andrade, President, United States Hispanic Leadership Institute. Keynote Sponsored by: LiUNA MKLDC and Hispanic Leaders Group of Greater St. Louis

10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Breakout Sessions

• Breakout 1: Dress Coded: Dual perspective by Gen X + Gen Z

Speakers: Eva Santiago, KCPS Educator & Sophia Herrera, Latinx Student

• Breakout 2: Educator Wellbeing

Speakers: Dr. Farima Pour-Khorshid, Professor and Teacher Supervisor, University of San Francisco

• Breakout 3: The In-Between: The Hypervisibility, yet Invisibility, of the Latinx Educator

Speakers: Dr. Amanda Morales, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• Breakout 4: Student Panel: What Could Education Be? - Partnership with The Learning Club

Speakers: Dallanary Castor Lara (2020 LEC Future Educator Awardee), Justin Ramirez Ruiz, & Victoria Requenes

• Breakout 5: Missouri Teacher Civic Engagement - The 2020 Census & Its Impact on Latinx Families

Moderator: Cecilia Belser-Patton, Speakers: Denise Lieberman - Director & General Counsel of the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, Griselda Samuel-Vega - Regional Counsel for the Midwest regional office of the Mexican American Legal & Educational Fund (MALDEF), Sean Soendker Nicholson - Principal, GPS Impact, Nancy Kelley - Program Director - Missouri Foundation for Health

• Breakout 6: Innovating to Transform our System

Speakers: Crystel Harris, Director, NewSchools Venture Fund & Antonio Tapia, Senior Associate Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund

12:00 - 12:10 pm | Cafecito & Musical Performance

12:10 - 12:45 pm | Closing Speaker Michelle Mercado, Vice President, TNTP

12:45 - 1:00 pm | Closing and Call to Action with Juliana Urtubey, 2021 National Teacher of the Year

Thank you to our event sponsors, SchoolSmart Kansas City and NewSchools Venture Fund.