Bookings/Speaker requests
- Specific topics are listed below but available for all educational discussions.
- Speaker Request Form
- Webinars available
Topics
The Story of Virgie Binford Education Center
The inspirational story of how the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center went from being shut down to the number one education facility in the state by focusing on building relationships and the conditions of learning.
Living in Your Why
A inspirational speech to motivate current and future educators. Designed to be entertaining but impactful to educators especially those struggling with the demands of the profession.
What is Equity and why Do all Children Deserve it?
We will define what equity means in education today. I will give concrete examples of inequities and how to ensure all students receive an equitable education. Participants will leave speech energized with practical solutions to help end education inequities.
Alleviating the Invisible Tax
Participants will learn how to audit school environments to develop plans support educators and students of color.
Designing Antiracist Student Supports
We will identify supports needed in order for students to thrive in an antiracist school environment. The values normalized by the white dominant culture will be interrogated within the school context. Curriculum representation, assets-based instruction, and culturally relevant practice will be emphasized as promising supports to engage students of color.
Unintended Consequences
We will discuss how the Brown vs Board of Education decision led to the elimination of Black educational capital and how it can be replaced in our schools today. Participants will also examine how the ruling eliminated black autonomy in the education of America's Black children.
Understanding Disproportionality in School Culture
We will take a deep dive into disproportionality in school discipline policies and practices. Participants will review research related to targeted school discipline practices and policies and make recommendations based on an anti-racist lens.
AntiRacism
A guide to helping teachers, schools, school divisions, and companies move toward antiracism practices and pedagogy. Topics for beginners and more advanced work in Antiracism.
School to Prison Pipeline
Participants will discuss the school to Prison pipeline. We will look at the latest data and discuss proactive school discipline strategies to help end the pipeline.
Teacher Pipeline
Developing Future Educational Leaders
Cultural Equity
America needs more teachers and administrators who culturally represent the populations they serve
Activism 101
Strategies and guidelines that will spark activism in students or educators