Summit

The Summit for Courageous Conversation brings together dedicated anti-racist educators and equity leaders from across the nation in an engaged, deepened, and sustained conversation about systemic racism and its impact on all students.

The Summit is designed to deepen our joint exploration of the knowledge and skills needed to eliminate racial educational disparities. Enhancing the messages presented by inspiring Summit keynote speakers and distinguished national educators, racial equity practitioners from school districts, universities, and state departments lead interactive sessions that provide an inside view of the triumphs and challenges they face in their quest to eliminate racial educational disparities in their districts, schools, and classrooms. The Summit also offers innovative, high-tech professional learning opportunities such as virtual sessions and online journaling.

The language and protocols of Courageous Conversation are used throughout the Summit. For participants who are not practiced in the Agreements, Conditions, and Compass of Courageous Conversation, we offer Summit attendees the opportunity to attend a two-day, pre-Summit Beyond Diversity Institute, our foundation seminar. For those familiar with Courageous Conversation, the pre-Summit Beyond Diversity II Institute will engage participants in further deepening their understanding and personal progression in racial identity development for courageous equity leadership.

The location of our Summit changes each year based on our PEG client needs, current events, issues and trends in our Equity work. As we work to spread the word of Equity and Courageous Conversations About Race nationally and internationally, we recognize that with each location comes an opportunity to understand the issues from a slightly different point of view and regional perspective. Our 2012 Summit will be hosted in San Antonio, TX as the southwest is critical in our efforts to engage more Latinos in this work.