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Reclaiming Possibility: Educators Building Learning Futures with Culture, Care, and Play

Fri, April 10, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (9:45 to 11:15am PDT), JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 2

Session Type: Symposium

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This symposium brings together four studies highlighting how educators adapt, envision, and lead transformative educational practices in culturally diverse and historically underserved communities. Across contexts in Mexico and the U.S., the papers explore how play, tenderness, and contextualized support structures are used to reimagine learning with Indigenous, migrant, and youth with disabilities. Grounded in frameworks such as Comunalidad, Funds of Knowledge, and value-sensitive design, the studies reveal how educators draw on local values, emotional wisdom, and community ties to sustain dignity and possibility. Attendees will encounter concrete examples of educator-led innovations that challenge deficit-based models and promote culturally sustaining practices across multiple learning contexts.

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