Center for Access, Success & Equity (CASE) presents 2021 CASE VIRTUAL SUMMIT Impact of a Pandemic and Social Injustice on Access and Equity in Education Friday, March 5, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.

Faculty, students and administrators The 2021 CASE Summit will in education are experiencing feature expert practitioners and unprecedented academic challenges leading voices in education who due to COVID-19 and social justice will share valuable research and struggles. The dual pandemic has recommendations for those created many challenges in regard to committed and engaged in the access and equity in education. development of education.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS GUEST PRESENTERS

Angel Santiago Dr. Fabienne Doucet New Jersey William T. Grant Dr. Marc Lamont Hill Dan Habib Teacher of the Year Foundation officer Professor, author and Award-winning filmmaker social justice activist

FACULTY MODERATORS Registration and information: Dr. Tyrone W. McCombs [email protected]

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OPENING & WELCOME He has worked on campaigns to KEYNOTE SPEAKER II: 9:30 – 10 a.m. end the death penalty, abolish DAN HABIB prisons and release numerous Dr. Gaetane Jean-Marie Creating a Culture of Inclusion political prisoners. Dr. Hill has Dean, College of Education 11 – 11:55 a.m. also worked in solidarity with Dr. Tyrone W. McCombs human rights movements around Question & Answer Session Executive Director, CASE the world. He is the founder and 12 – 12:30 p.m. Dr. Susan Browne director of The People’s Education Drawing from his personal Chair, Diversity In Action Center in , as well as parenting experience and from Committee the owner of Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee conversations with thousands of & Books. families and educators around the Dr. Lisa Vernon country, documentary filmmaker Dotson, Chair IIE Department Ebony Magazine has named him one of America’s 100 most and parent-advocate Dan Habib KEYNOTE SPEAKER I: influential Black leaders. leads an interactive discussion and share powerful film clips with DR. MARC LAMONT HILL Dr. Hill is the author or co- attendees. 10 – 10:55 a.m. author of six books: the award- Habib shares how an inclusive Impact of a Pandemic and Social winning “Beats, Rhymes, and education and social life has Injustice on Access and Equity in Classroom Life: Hip-Hop Pedagogy prepared his 21-year-old son Education and the Politics of Identity;” “The Classroom and the Cell: Samuel for transition to higher About Dr. Hill Conversations on Black Life in education and employment, as Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is one of the America;” “Nobody: Casualties of well as the powerful impact that leading intellectual voices in the America’s War on The Vulnerable inclusion has on students and country. He is currently the host from Ferguson to Flint and adults without disabilities. Habib’s of BET News and the Coffee & Beyond;” “Gentrifier;” “We Still presentation and films vividly Books podcast. An award-winning Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, show the innovative educational journalist, Dr. Hill has received and Possibility;” and “Except For approaches that help students numerous prestigious awards Palestine: The Limits of Progressive with physical, intellectual and from the National Association of Politics.” He has also published emotional/behavioral disabilities Black Journalists, GLAAD and the two edited books: “Media, to succeed. International Academy of Digital Learning, and Sites of Possibility;” About Dr. Habib Arts and Sciences. and “Schooling Hip-Hop: New Dan Habib is the creator of the Directions in Hip-Hop Based Dr. Hill is the Steve Charles award-winning documentary films Education.” Professor of Media, Cities and Including “Samuel, Who Cares Solutions at . Dr. Hill holds a Ph.D. (with About Kelsey?,” “Mr. Connolly Has Prior to that, he held positions distinction) from the University of ALS” and many other films on at Columbia University and . His research focuses disability-related topics. Habib is a . on the intersections between filmmaker at the University of New Since his days as a youth in culture, politics and education in Hampshire’s Institute on Disability. the United States and the Middle Philadelphia, Dr. Hill has been a His latest documentary, “Intelligent East. social justice activist and organizer. Lives,” examines our society’s narrow perceptions of intelligence. Public Schools,andin2013,Public he He beganteaching inLindenwold Camden County hisentire career. Mr. AngelSantiagotaughtin County College. in Education from Cumberland Associate ofLiberal ArtsDegree in humanities.In2009, received an degreeeducation andabachelor’s and holdsamaster’s degree in and Kappa DeltaPihonorsocieties a memberofthePhiTheta Kappa Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity. Heis Mr. AngelSantiago graduated from About Mr. Santiago New Jersey Teacher of theYear Mr. AngelSantiago Guest Presenter: Teaching: The Gateway to Equity AFTERNOON SESSION I Isaiah, 24, andSamuel,21. Concord, NH,withtheirsons Habib andhiswife Betsy live in Intellectual Disabilities. Committee for People with Barack Obamato thePresident’s was appointed by President with Disabilities.In2014, Habib American Association ofPeople All Grassroots Award from the Association, andtheJustice for from theNational Education Human andCivilRightsAward Habib received theChampionof and employment. high schoolto highereducation for youth withdisabilitiesfrom on effective practices intransition contains four shortfilmsfocusing The Intelligent Lives project also 1 –1:25p.m.

2021 CASE VIRTUAL SUMMIT SCHEDULE Foundation, Associate Professor, Program Officer, William T. Grant Dr. Fabienne Doucet Guest Presenter: evidence improving theuseofresearch focus onreducing inequalityand William T. Grant Foundation’s A Research FundingSession: AFTERNOON SESSION II other community service activities. King Jr. Day ofService among volunteered for theMartinLuther school grounds for EarthDay and of Veterans Day, cleanedupthe letters to veterans in advance live. YPOCmembershave written the communities inwhichthey from allbackgrounds to serve fourth- andfifth-grade students mission isto bringtogether of Character (YPOC).YPOC’s Santiago facilitated Young People colleagues. For thelast two years, professional development for his is often asked to provide In Gloucester Township, Santiago Schools. Public moved to Gloucester Township Metropolitan Center for Research faculty memberof the NYU (on leave). Sheisalsoanaffiliated Learning at New York University the DepartmentofTeaching and Childhood andUrbanEducation in associate professor ofEarly T. Grant Foundation andan program officer at theWilliam Fabienne Doucet, Ph.D., isa About Dr. Doucet New York University 1:30 –2p.m.

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studies how taken-for-granted A criticalethnographer, Doucet education intheUnited States. of color andtheirfamilies navigate immigrant andU.S.-born children approach to examining how is mirrored inherinterdisciplinary embodies ahybrid identitythat United States at theageof10. She in Haitiandmigrated to the Doucet was borninSpain,raised Development andSocialChange. of SchoolsandInstitute for Human on EquityandtheTransformation Dr. Fabienne Doucet. Share your research proposal with Individual Faculty Consultation with Mr. AngelSantiago Question &Answer Session SESSIONS SPECIAL BREAKOUT Spencer Foundation. National Academy ofEducation/ Science Foundation andthe with fellowships from theNational Graduate SchoolofEducation postdoctoral fellow at theHarvard from UNC-Greensboro andwas a Development andFamily Studies Doucet hasaPh.D. inHuman their educational needs. seeks active solutionsfor meeting and families at adisadvantage, and socioeconomically diverse children linguistically, culturally, and U.S. educational system position beliefs, practices, andvalues inthe 2 –3p.m. 1:30 –2p.m.

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