乔纳森·莫拉莱斯

萨克拉门托 State’s Doctorate in Educational Leadership program is launching a virtual webinar series aimed at leveraging national expertise into local action on issues of equity and antiracist education.

The series, “Leading with Justice,” comes as the University has renewed its commitment to antiracism and inclusivity in response to local and nationwide demands for racial justice.

该项目将在整个10月份进行，届时将邀请萨克拉门托州立教育的学生、当地K-12学区的行政人员和教师，以及包括黑人儿童遗产运动和塞拉健康基金会在内的合作伙伴，听取全国知名的教育公平专家的意见。

The goal is to bring local stakeholders together and jump-start action on making the region’s school and social systems more equitable, 项目主管Vajra Watson said.

国会议员何塞·梅迪纳（何塞·梅迪纳）是要求加州高中进行种族研究的立法的主要作者，他是计划出席的杰出演讲者之一。 (图)

“We're setting the context to have hard conversations, to think about action agendas in this region and what it means for each one of us, in our spheres of influence, to disrupt inequalities,” she said. “I'm hoping that the webinars are going to be informative and inspirational and serve as a catalyst to elevate leadership throughout this region.”

With the necessary virtual setting eliminating the speakers’ need to travel to 萨克拉门托, Watson was able to attract award-winning scholars whose work on racial justice, policy, and community-based research has changed educators' thinking about learning and social change.

系列讲者包括：

• Oct. 7, noon: 丰富的米尔纳, Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Education at Vanderbilt University, a leading scholar of urban teacher education.
• Oct. 10, 10:30 a.m.: 何塞·梅迪纳, state assemblymember and principal author of legislation mandating ethnic studies in California high schools.
• Oct. 14, noon: 凯文Kumashiro, an internationally recognized expert on educational policy, school reform, and former dean of at the University of San Francisco's School of Education.
• Oct. 21, noon: 格洛丽亚Ladson-Billings, president of the National Academy of Education and author of several critically acclaimed books, who is among experts credited with bringing critical race theory into education.
• Oct. 28, noon: 莫林·吉列, dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Seton Hall University, who developed a grassroots teacher pipeline program in Chicago.
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Watson said the speakers embody the theme of “Leading with Justice,” which was chosen to emphasize that “who we are shapes how we lead.”

“These scholars are at the top of their disciplines, and they also seek to embody justice as more than a goal, but a way of life,” she said.

“I'm hoping that the webinars are going to be informative and inspirational and serve as a catalyst to elevate leadership throughout this region.”

警察杀害斯蒂芬·克拉克、乔治·弗洛伊德、布雷欧娜·泰勒和其他黑人后，全国范围内的抗议活动要求变革，博彩平台重申了对种族正义的承诺。 校长罗伯特·s·尼尔森（Robert S. nelson）呼吁校园社区成员与他一起制定反种族主义计划。 该大学于9月29日召开了一次反种族主义会议，以支持这一努力。

The webinar series, Watson said, fits with 囊状态’s efforts to critically examine its own history and its role within higher education “to address and strategically eliminate institutionalized racism.”

“囊状态 is in a really unique place in these conversations about what it means to be an anchor university, what it means to move a system towards an ecosystem of equity,” she said.

“As we grapple with how to move systems towards inclusive practices, it’s imperative that we’re critical and informed. 这个扬声器系列是朝着这个方向迈出的一小步。 I hope people within and beyond the University will join us for this essential conversation with key experts.”

类似的演讲系列计划在2月份举行。