All Our Children’s National Learning Event, Jan. 16-18
JANUARY 16 – 18: COLUMBIA, SC
THE CHURCH’S ROLE IN EDUCATION EQUITY AN ALL OUR CHULDREN – NATIONAL LEARNING EVENT
Hear the call.
“Education is a divine right, a human right, and for the common good.”
– Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and Keynote speaker, Michael B. Curry
Are you and your congregation seeking a meaningful, mutually transformative way to build community, serve children and families, and live out the Gospel call to seek justice? Join All Our Children & The Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina January 16 – 18 for a national conference exploring the urgent opportunity the church has to help bring about equity and justice in public education.
Get inspired.
Create an action plan.
Equip your congregation to deepen relationships, grow your impact in your community, and live out your Christian mission through local partnerships, action, and service with workshops led by experts from organizations like the Ounce of Prevention Fund, Public Education Partners, Children’s Trust of South Carolina, The Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, The Expectations Project, Southern Education Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University and more.
Build the movement. Register today.
All Our Children: The Church’s Role in Education Equity Programming Overview as of 11.9.17 (Subject to change)
Tuesday January 16
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Registration & Welcome
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Opening Remarks
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Worship
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Dinner
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Jeff Duncan-Andrade Keynote
Wednesday January 17
8:00 am – 8:30 am: Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:00 am: Worship
9:00 am – 10:30 am: Plenary Panel: A Vision for Equitable, High Quality Public Education and Why It Matters; Moderated by: Caroline Maulden
10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Workshop Session 1 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunchtime Conversation – Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Dean Kelly Brown Douglas (lunch is served)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Workshop Session 2
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Plenary Panel: How the Church is Responding & Making a Difference; Moderated by: Rev. Susan Heath
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Optional small reflection groups
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Dinner
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Keynote
Thursday January 18
8:00 am – 8:30 am: Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:30 am: Plenary: Next Steps and Q&A
9:30 am – 11:00 am: Affinity Groups and Action Planning
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Reporting Back and Evaluations
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Closing Eucharist
Register at http://aoc2018.org
Workshops:
The Little Church that Could: Naming and Claiming our Strengths & Resources for School Partnerships
Led by: Ansel Sanders, President & CEO – Public Education Partners & Sean Dogan, Pastor – Long Branch Baptist Church
Understanding Childhood Adversity: Implications for Educational Systems and Outcomes
Led by: Lee Porter, Chief Program Officer, Children’s Trust of South Carolina
Closing the Achievement Gap Begins with Experiences from Birth to Five
Led by: Cynthia Jackson, Senior Vice President – Ounce of Prevention Fund Director, Educare Learning Network
Telling Your Story—Using Data: “Five loaves, Two Fish”
Led by: Professor Derek Black – University of South Carolina & Professor Marion Martin, Furman University
Naming Whiteness in Community
Led by: Morgan Lee, Chief Learning Leader – Leading Up, LLC
Understanding and Overcoming Unconscious Biases that Become Barriers to Opportunity
Led by: Daphne Cody – Kaleidoscope Institute certified trainer & Rector, St. Elisabeth’s Episcopal Church, Glencoe IL
Successful Church-School Partnerships: Growing Through the Challenges
Led by: Constance Dreher
Advocacy for Education Equity 101
Led by: Aaron Jenkins – The Expectations Project
Faith-based community organizing for education equity
Led by: Kayla Gilchrist – Lead Organizer, Central Midlands Justice Ministry (DART)
School Segregation 64 years after Brown
Led by: Genevieve Siegel Hawley – Associate professor, Educational Leadership, Virginia Commonwealth University
Building school systems that support healing relationships
Led by: Zakiya Jackson – The Expectations Project
South Carolina Bishops’ Public Education Initiative
Moderated by: Linda O’Bryon – Panelists: Bishops Andrew Waldo, Herman Yoos, and Skip Adams
10 Steps to Church School Partnership
Led by: TBA – All Our Children
Moving from Charity to Justice
Led by: TBA – All Our Children