Dismantling Systemic Racism: 2024 Conference on Race, Education and Success

Dismantling Systemic Racism -

2024 Conference on Race, Education & Success: Bring Back Joy

Monday, May 6, 2024

8:30 am to 3:30 pm (Registration begins at 7:45 am)

Audience: Educators, Administrators, Family Members, Community Members, Business Leaders, Students, and all who play a role in a child's life.

Description: The 8th conference on Dismantling Systemic Racism, sponsored by the State Education Resource Center (SERC) in collaboration with the SERC Foundation, focuses on ways to support, promote, and develop racial equity in education. The full-day conference supports educators, families, and community leaders who seek to confront racist structures and practices to better serve Connecticut’s students and their families, through advocacy and the development, implementation, and sustainability of innovative, culturally relevant programming. In order to eliminate racially disparate outcomes, the focus is on all students, but particularly Black and Brown students, as well as multilingual students and students with disabilities.

Keynote Speaker: Glenn E. Singleton, Founder & President of Courageous Conversation®

Glenn E. Singleton has devoted over thirty years to constructing racial equity worldwide and developing leaders to do same. Author, thought leader, and strategist, he is the creator of Courageous Conversation®, a protocol and framework for sustained, deepened dialogue, and Beyond DiversityTM, the curriculum that has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to use it. Glenn is the Founder and CEO of Courageous Conversation®, an agency that guides leadership development in education, government, corporation, law enforcement, and community organizing. He is the award-winning author of Courageous Conversations About Race; A field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools, Third Edition; and of MORE Courageous Conversations About Race.

More details to come regarding speakers and breakout sessions!

Morning and afternoon breakout sessions will provide the opportunity for attendees to choose topics of personal and professional interest.

Registration Details:

• All attendees must register online. Walk-ins will not be accepted.

• Student registration is limited to 10 students per district at this time. Students must be accompanied by an adult chaperone throughout the conference (including breakout sessions).

• Registration fees include morning refreshments and lunch during the conference.

• Payment must be received by Monday, April 29, 2024.

• All refunds must be requested in writing five business days prior to May 6, 2024.

If you are hearing impaired and require an interpreter, please send an email request to Heather Dawes at dawes@ctserc.org by Monday, April 8, 2024. SERC will make every effort to secure an interpreter, but may not be able to fulfill requests made after this date.

This conference, including general sessions, breakout sessions, the luncheon, and other activities, is considered to be a public event. Photographs or video taken by conference staff at this event may be used by SERC for promotional/educational purposes. As a registered participant in these events, you agree that photos/video of you, if taken, may be used in that manner and you waive any claim to compensation for such use.

Official conference hashtag: #RaceinEd2024

For content questions, please contact:

Christina Simms, Consultant, (860) 632-1485, ext. 346, simms@ctserc.org or
Sophia Diamantis, Consultant, (860) 632-1485, ext. 382, diamantis@ctserc.org.

For registration questions, please contact:

Heather Dawes, Project Specialist, (860) 632-1485, ext. 263 or dawes@ctserc.org.