Educational Leadership and Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session will explore this year's themes of Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action within Educational Leadership. Panelists will present on the following:

Jeremey Divinity: A Call to Action session: "Reclaiming Our Spirit: Healing Racialized Trauma as an Indigenous-Insider Researcher."

Sheeba Jacob: Operationalizing Hope and Healing in the Middle School Classroom and for Ourselves.

CJ Greer: Lessons from the Kids: Reimagining CRT.

Deonte Iverson: The Role of State Educational Agencies in Addressing Racial Disproportionality in Special Education: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Janella Benson: Black Women’s Roots in Academia: Reconstructing the Ivory Tower and Cultivating Fulfillment.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Chairs

• Gene F. McAdoo, University of California - Los Angeles

• Honey Walrond, University of California - Berkeley

Discussant

• Keara L. Williams, University of California - Los Angeles

Panelists

• Sheeba Jacob, Loyola Marymount University

• CJ Greer, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Jeremy Divinity, N/A

• Janella D. Benson, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Deonte E. Iverson, University of Wisconsin - Madison