The Educating Children of Color Summit, an annual conference for students, parents and educators that focuses on best practices and equity and provides scholarship opportunities to students, will be held online this year due to COVID-19. Described by Harrison School District 2 Superintendent Wendy Birhanzel as âone of the best professional developments staff can have around equity,â the summit brings a host of nationally recognized speakers to address participants on topics such as implicit bias and microaggressions, racial justice and systemic racism. Willy Wilkinson, a California-based public health consultant and the author of
Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency, will present a session on creating LGBTQ-affirming schools in the COVID era.Â