Session 1 - The Culture Resurrection
Liz Dozier, Founder and CEO of Chicago Beyond featuring a discussion with Mike Brown, Chief Schools Officer, and Sundiata Salaam, Chief People Officer at the Freedom Prep Academy Charter Schools
The Culture Resurrection will explore the American Educational System’s deliberate marginalization of Black children and what to do to restore their culture within their learning.
DATE & TIME
August 6, 2020 - 1PM
The
SPEAKERS
Liz Dozier
Founder and CEO of Chicago Beyond
Mike Brown
Chief Schools Officer
Sundiata Salaam
Chief People Officer at the Freedom Prep Academy Charter Schools
Session 2 - BACKLASH
Dr. Joy DeGruy, author of “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury & Healing” & K. Chase Patterson, Chairman of the State of Black Learning
Backlash tackles the fallout of COVID-19, the murders of unarmed Black men and women, and systemic racism in the American Educational System.
DATE & TIME
August 13, 2020 - 1PM
The
SPEAKERS
Dr. Joy DeGruy
Author of “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury
K. Chase Patterson
Chairman of the State of Black Learning
Session 3 - by Any Means Necessary
The 8 Black Hands Podcast with Ray Ankrum, Dr. Charles Cole III, Sharif El-Mekki, Chris Stewart and Noor Bowman, 2020 Graduate of the Baldwin School and winner of the 2020 High School Leadership Award, presented by Widener University, in partnership with NBC 10
By Any Means Necessary will weigh in on this pivotal moment in history and the necessary steps that leaders, educators, families, and students must take to dismantle the systems that harm and destroy Black children and their innocence.
DATE & TIME
August 20, 2020 - 1PM
The
SPEAKERS
The 8 Black Hands Podcast
with Ray Ankrum, Dr. Charles Cole III, Sharif El-Mekki, and Chris Stewart
Noor Bowman
2020 Graduate of the Baldwin School and winner of the 2020 High School Leadership Award, presented by Widener University, in partnership with NBC 10
Session 4 - Parent Power
Panelists will include Guest Moderator Muffy Mendoza, Founder, and CEO of Brown Mamas, Keysha Gomez, Executive Director of HOPE for Tomorrow Afterschool Program and Summer Camp, Christian Hughes, Owner of Drafting Dreams – STEM Programming for Kids and Nichole Sims – Parent Lead at A+ Schools
Parent Power will showcase parent voices and perspectives as the final session of SBL2020. In the ever-changing learning landscape this session will explore remote learning, homeschooling, race, racism, and resources
DATE & TIME
August 27, 2020 - 1PM
The
SPEAKERS
Muffy Mendoza
Founder, and CEO of Brown Mamas
Keysha Gomez
Executive Director of HOPE for Tomorrow Afterschool Program and Summer Camp
Christian Hughes
Owner of Drafting Dreams – STEM Programming for Kids
Nichole Sims
Parent Lead at A+ Schools
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