SOURCES CONFERENCE PROGRAM
8-9:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9-9:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
F45: Un-Standardizing Education to Provide Academic Equity for All Students’ Prior Knowledge – room 002C
Jamie Daniels-Favors, Georgia State University
CWC: SATs Scores, Adversity Scores, Merit, Personality Tests and College Admission – A Discussion on Today’s Realities and Perceptions of Black, Latino and Asian high school students in applying to higher education institutions – room 002B
George Greenidge, Jr., Daniel Pascuiti and David Stinson, Georgia State University; Lureila Freeman, Atlanta-area educator; and Illya Davis, Morehouse College
F15: Black School Leader Perceptions of Readiness for Culturally Responsive and Culturally Sustaining Leadership – room 002A
Daniel Teodorescu and Sean Warner, Clark Atlanta University
Empowering students through the Youth Engagement and Action for Health (YEAH!) curriculum
Nisha Botchwey and Katie O’Connell, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tonya Ricks, Drew Charter School; Kim Bryan, Boward County Public Schools, Fla.; and Anna Kim, San Diego State University
F45: Discovery Science Academy: How a STEM Camp can serve as a bridge over troubled waters – room 041
Syrita Jackson, Discovery Science Academy
Workshop: The Culturally Relevant Classroom, a Focus on Children of African Descent– room 304
Aminata J. Umoja and Tashiya Umoja, Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute
F45: Educational Platforms to Increase Learning Opportunities for Urban Learners – room 002B
James C. Young, Brittany Kilgore, Charlie Pierre Louis, Diamond Mayo and Cezanne Pope, Clark Atlanta University
CWC: Borders, boundaries, barriers, and bridges: A justice-oriented equity-focused community analysis– room 002C
Vera L Stenhouse, Independent Researcher
F45: When the Music Changes, So Does the Dance: Critical Events as Told Through a Narrative Inquiry Beat – room 002A
Kara Michelle Taylor, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
F45: The Reverse Domino Effect: How to Nurture Activism and Positive Affect in Students Overcoming Trauma– room 041
Pamela A. Larde and N. Jean Walker, Mercer University
Workshop: Spirit Murdering: Unveiling Real Experiences in Education – room 304
Jasmine Moffett, Whitney Lott, Alayah Myers, Angelica Davis, Tiondra Grant, Lateefah Id-Deen, Natasha Thornton, Jillian Ford, Kennesaw State University
Workshop: Win-Win: Partnering with a School District Can Work for Everyone – room 002A
Alvin Glymph, DeKalb County School District
F45: Growing Real Opportunities in Work and Life: Enhancing Urban Agricultural Education Opportunities for Youth-room 002C
Chasity D. Tompkins, University of Georgia
CWC: Collective Impact for Computer Science –room 002B
Bryan Cox, Georgia Department of Education; Erika Moore, Technology Association of Georgia
CWC: Reclaiming and Narrating our Own Voices and Experiences – room 304
Tonia Durden, Stacey French Lee, Leslie Meadows, Bethany Turner-Livermore and the Equitable and Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning Faculty (TaLC), Georgia State University
The Making of a Leader: How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Became a Drum Major for Justice – room 041
Hilda R. Tompkins, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
CWC: ABD is No Excuse: Reimagining Teaching, Mentoring and Research to Engage Doctoral Students Through Meaning Interactions and Engagement at One HBCU – room 002B
Renee Bazemore, Sheila Gregory and Lorri Sadler-Rice, Clark Atlanta University; and Amanda Emery, Georgia State University
F45: Innovations in Teacher Preparation and Development for Urban Schools: The CREATE Residency Program at GSU– room 002C
Nadia Behizadeh, Stephanie Cross, Camea Davis, Jacob Daniel Hackett and Rhina Williams, Georgia State University
F15: Creating Narrative Across Literacies: English Language Learners Composing their Stories in an Era of Standardization – room 002A
Jennifer Curl, DeKalb County School District
Level Up: The Role of 9th Grade Math Teachers in Shifting Student Course Trajectories
Pam Liu, Georgia State University
Understanding the Intersection of Race and Disability in Urban Education
Brenda Liz (Bren) Muñoz, Georgia State University
F45: Who Speaks for Justice?– room 041
Joan Wynne, Miami Algebra Project Council and Florida International University; Paola Caicedo, Scott Fiske and Laverta Pascal-Spain, Broward County School District, Fla.; Maria Lovett, Florida International University; Danaris R. Cumbie, the Algebra Project/YPP
The Promise of the BSEI Model: Mitigating the Marginalization of Urban Students- room 304
Chatee Omisade Richardson, Spelman College; L. Nzingha Samuel, Education Consultant
CWC: Critiquing Educational Policies from a Race, Class, and Gender Perspective – room 002B
Kristen Cameron, Janelle Clay, Denise Ocasio, Abigail Ruth and Jonathan Wesley, Jennifer Esposito Norris ,Georgia State University
CWC: It Takes a Village to Plant a Seed and Oh, the Places They’ll Grow and Go! – room 002C
Ryan Kilgore and ShaK Jones, Kilgore Music Foundation; Valerie Lewis, Gwinnett County Public Schools; Xavier Lewis, artist
F15: Resisting Policing of Youth Bodies: Critical Centering of Youth Voices in the Urban Classroom– room 002A
Leah Panther, Mercer University
Toward Free Spaces & Resisting Media Stereotypes of Black Youth: Enacting Resistance Ideologies in Urban Education
Camea Davis and Syreeta McTier, Georgia State University
Educate Our Incarcerated Youth! Challenging education policy from the school into prison, before and beyond.
Maria Lovett, Florida International University; and Carlos Gonzalez, Alvarez Gonzalez Menezes, LLP, Miami, Fla.
Workshop: From struggling to learn to learning to struggle: Youth, algebra, & the pursuit of justice– room 304
Brian Lawler and Alan Shaw, Kennesaw State University; and Vera L Stenhouse, Independent Researcher
Join us for closing remarks by Brian Williams and Dana Salter. Then afterwards join us for happy hour at 55th and Park Restaurant (55 Park Place NE, Atlanta).
4:55-5:15 p.m.
Georgia State University College of Law, room 041
Post-Conference Happy Hour 55th and Park Restaurant (55 Park Place NE, Atlanta)