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PROGRAM POCC.NAIS.ORG | #NAISPOCC | #NAISSDLC 32ND NAIS PEOPLE OF COLOR CONFERENCE 26TH NAIS STUDENT DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE DECEMBER 4 – 7 | SEATTLE POCC AT A GLANCE 4 Overview 6 Conference Speakers WED Dec 4 THU Dec 5 FRI Dec 6 SAT Dec 7 10 Special Events 12 Important Notes 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM 6:00 – 7:00 AM 6:00 – 7:00 AM 7:00 – 8:00 AM 13 PoCC Hub Registration Open Wellness Activities Wellness Activities Choir Rehearsal 16 Pre-Conference 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM 7:30 – 8:45 AM Equity Seminars Equity Seminars — Full day Registration Open Registration Open Affinity Group Session 3 25 School Visits 8:00 AM – NOON 8:15 – 9:30 AM 8:00 – 9:15 AM 9:00 – 9:45 AM 27 SDLC Welcome and Equity Seminars — Half day PoCC | SDLC Opening General Workshop Block C State and Regional Meetings Schedule at a Glance (morning) Session with Joy DeGruy 30 Wednesday, December 4 9:15 – 9:30 AM 10:00 – 11:15 AM 32 Thursday, December 5 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM Break, Relax, Refresh Student-Led Adult/Student PoCC Affinity Group Training PoCC Hub Open Dialogues (by State/Region) 50 Friday, December 6 9:30 – 10:45 AM The PoCC Leadership Institute Workshop Block F 78 Saturday, December 7 9:45 – 11:45 AM for Educators of Color General Session with Valarie Kaur 86 Appreciation Affinity Group Session 1 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM 10:45 – 11:15 AM 89 Sponsors 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM PoCC | SDLC Closing Ceremonies School Visits NOON – 1:30 PM Break and Choir Rehearsal with Pedro Noguera 90 Conference History PoCC Welcome Luncheon 92 Advertisements 1:00 – 5:00 PM 10:45 AM – 5:00 PM 104 Floor Plans Equity Seminars — Half day 12:45 – 1:30 PM PoCC Hub Open (afternoon) Choir Rehearsal 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM 6:30 – 7:30 PM 1:00 – 1:30 PM Workshop Block D PoCC First-Time Attendees Book Signing with Joy DeGruy Featured Speaker Session Welcome & Orientation with Cinnamon Spear 1:45 – 3:45 PM Master Class with Joy DeGruy 12:30 – 1:45 PM PoCC Networking Luncheon 1:45 – 3:00 PM Workshop Block A 2:00 – 3:15 PM PoCC Express Café Workshop Block E Featured Speaker Session TED Ed at PoCC with Anthony Ocampo Featured Speaker Session with Wayne Au 3:00 – 3:45 PM Break, Relax, Refresh 3:15 – 3:45 PM JOIN THE CONVERSATION Book Signing with Wayne Au ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK, 3:45 – 5:00 PM AND INSTAGRAM. 3:45 – 5:00 PM Workshop Block B USE #NAISPoCC AND Affinity Group Session 2 5:15 – 6:30 PM #NAISSDLC! General Session with Mike Walsh 5:15 – 6:30 PM General Session with Anand Giridharadas 6:30 – 7:00 PM Book Signing with Anand Giridharadas 7:30 – 8:30 PM LGBT Social Hour pocc.nais.org 9:00 PM – MIDNIGHT (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) Club PoCC NAIS WELCOME WELCOME TO SEATTLE! We're so glad and indigenous history did not begin with you could join us here in the beautiful Pacific atrocity, but with rich culture, community, and Northwest as we convene the NAIS People achievements that helped build this nation and of Color Conference and Student Diversity world in immeasurable ways. Our theme also Leadership Conference. underscores the resilience, radical hope, and vision that has served as a constant source and For first-time attendees and for those of you through-line for black, indigenous, and people who are joining us again, we reaffirm our of color between our past, present, and all the mission: PoCC is designed for people of color in possibility that lies beyond this moment. independent schools as they pursue strategies for professional and leadership development. We hope you will take time over the next few It also offers networking opportunities for days to make the most out of the conference. people of color and allies working to build Whether you came to share your expertise, and sustain inclusive school communities. build and strengthen your professional network, bond with team members, or for PoCC's unique Each year we seek to recommit to our restorative experience, you'll find opportunities intention to provide space for people of that suit your needs. Enjoy true connection color in independent schools to connect, and community in the Affinity Group sessions. commune, and build new skills and capacities Get inspired at the keynote sessions. Meet new that support and advance their work. This colleagues and connect in the PoCC Hub. In year, with the theme 1619. 2019. Before. the pages of this program, you'll find all the Beyond. Amplifying Our Intelligence to information you need to have a great experience. Liberate, Co-create, and Thrive, we join in an international commemoration of the 400 years Each year we are deeply grateful to our since the first British ship carrying captured attendees for braving the challenges and Angolans arrived in North America, initiating opportunities to advance equity and justice enslavement of black African people. The in independent schools. Each one of you theme also pays homage to the indigenous is an essential part of the progress we can cultures and people present in North America make — this year and beyond. We appreciate before 1619. It reminds us that black history your partnership and thank you. DONNA OREM CAROLINE G. NAIS President BLACKWELL NAIS Vice President for Equity and Justice LOCAL COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR WELCOME ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE PoCC PoCC is an opportunity for people of color LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE, WE to come together. Sometimes the conference WELCOME YOU TO SEATTLE, THE inspires tough conversations, and those LAND OF THE DUWAMISH PEOPLE! conversations can lead to breakthroughs, Stand on the land, breathe in the air, and new ideas, and a path forward. feel the power of the water and mountains around you. Regardless of where you are It was in this spirit that groups like the Gang traveling from, how you identify, or what your of Four and the second oldest chapter of immigration status is, for the next few days the Black Panther Party worked to help build this is your home. We are honored with something new in our city. They amplified the beauty, goodness, and strength of this their collective intelligence, their genius, collective and the rich diversity that you and their brilliance to build a legacy using bring to mark the 32nd year of this gathering. liberatory platforms, giving voice and power to the most vulnerable in our community. This year's theme is 1619. 2019. Before. Beyond. Amplifying Our Intelligence to That spirit and that which you bring are here Liberate, Co-create, and Thrive. The year for you to tap into, your home away from 2019 marks the 400-year anniversary of home, in the hopes that you are inspired, the first ship that brought our African fueled, and equipped to make use of it when ancestors, against their will, to Jamestown. you are back in the place you call home. Before honors the First Nations people and their civilizations that existed before While you're here, we hope you'll get a the colonizers. Beyond is the vision of chance to explore Seattle's rich and diverse our collective future for which we are all cultures that make our city special. You can co-creators. Our intelligence is the power learn more about the city's Native American, of the voices of people of color and our African American, Asian American, and Latinx role in advancing humanity. Our theme is a histories at several museums and cultural rallying call. When we tap into our collective centers in the city. intelligence, we liberate each other, create our future together, and thrive. WELCOME TO EMERALD CITY! DORI KING E-CHIEH LIN MAHTAB Director of Inclusion and Director of Diversity and MAHMOODZADEH Community Engagement, Community & Director Director of Diversity, Oregon Episcopal School of Hiring, University Prep The Overlake School 2 #NAISPoCC | #NAISSDLC MAYORAL PROCLAMATION DECEMBER 4, 2019 On behalf of the City of Seattle, I'm proud to extended into the current day. I am especially welcome you to the 2019 National Association committed to creating and continuing equal of Independent Schools (NAIS) People of opportunities for people of all races and Color Conference! We are honored to partner backgrounds in education. That's why I with you to advance equity and justice in created the Seattle Promise program to allow teaching and learning. all public high school students to attend two years of college for free after graduating The NAIS People of Color Conference is an high school. Now, I am so excited to join you important opportunity for educators at every on your journey to advance racial justice level to embrace equity through a racial lens. by attending to the academic and socio- You will form meaningful connections with emotional outcomes for students, and in educators around the country who are also workplace performance for adults. committed to justice and gain tools to improve and enhance racial and social justice and Seattle is the city of the future because cross-cultural connections in your schools. of efforts like yours to support people of We look forward to hosting your learning, color and dismantle racist structures. We growth, and community development. need people to commit to racial equity, especially in education, for efficient and I would also like to commend you for useful innovation built on the free and equal participating in this important program.