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WELCOME HAPPY HOUR: SEP 30
Refreshments, cocktails, & music by DJ Quamé
Join the Oakland Literacy Coalition as we kickoff our 2-day virtual Symposium with an in-person happy hour happening Thursday, September 30th, 5:30-7:30pm at Kingston 11: 2270 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, Ca.
Connect with Symposium speakers and other literacy champions and change makers.
Enjoy light refreshments featuring some of Kingston 11’s menu favorites and a complimentary cocktail, and of course, stay for the good vibes. The casual mixer will be held outdoors, in the back patio area. We ask that all attendees come vaccinated and stay masked while moving around the area. Capacity is limited and is reserved for symposium attendees.
Thank you for attending our Happy Hour!
View some highlights of the event on the images below.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 1ST
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
OPENING PLENARY
WITH LITERACY & JUSTICE FOR ALL: A SPECIAL CONVERSATION WITH
Kareem Weaver, FULCRUM
Dr. Keyon Anderson, MSW, Always Progressing
Michael McDaniel, Jr., Families in Action
With special opening remarks by Oakland Unified School District Superintendent, Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell
Beyond Land Acknowledgements: Sovereignty and Rematriation, with Nazshonnii B-A of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
10:45 AM - 12:05 PM
BLOCK 1 WORKSHOPS
Concurrent session offerings include:
ARGUING THE CASE FOR STUDENT LEARNING
Education Coalition for Hispanics in Oakland (ECHO)
Emma Chavez Roos, Lily Wong Filmore, Peter Roos & Kenji Hakuta
MATH IN STORYBOOKS
Tandem, Partners in Early Learning
Paola Bea, Yolanda Romo-Gonzalez
HELP WANTED:
CHANGE MANAGERS FOR LITERACY INSTRUCTION
FULCRUM
Kareem Weaver
12:50 PM - 2:05 PM
BLOCK 2 WORKSHOPS
Concurrent session offerings include:
UNITING SCHOOLS & FAMILIES FOR OUR KIDS: FAMILY ENGAGEMENT LAB
& SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE
Family Engagement Lab and Springboard Collaborative
Vidya Sundaram, Iralys Lopez, Yareni Carrasco, Olivia Michaelson and Cecilia Aguilar
EARLY LITERACY KINGS
Oakland Unified School District Early Literacy Kings Project
Taji Brown and Kahlil Chatmon
SUPPORT DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS WITH SEEDS REPEATED READ ALOUD
CARES For Learning
Bernadette Pilar Zermeno
2:05 PM - 3:00 PM
CLOSING PLENARY
LITERACY ALLIES: EXPANDING COMMUNITY & DEEPENING COMMITMENT
FEATURED SPEAKERS
SATURDAY OCTOBER 2ND
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
BLOCK 1 WORKSHOPS
Concurrent session offerings include:
AGENTIC STUDENTS + LITERACY
Energy Convertors
Charles Cole III & Daysi Perez
INTERVENTION IS RACIST
3Ls Academy: Literacy, Leadership & Liberation
Sabrina "Bri" Moore and Precious "Nerdy P" James
LIFE AS PRIMARY TEXT:
AN EXPERIENTIAL YOUTH SPEAKS WRITING WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS
Youth Speaks
Gabriel Cortez
12:10 PM - 1:25 PM
BLOCK 2 WORKSHOPS
Concurrent session offerings include:
THE OAKLAND REACH AND FLUENTSEEDS PARTNERSHIP
The Oakland REACH & FluentSeeds
Emily Grunt and Michael De Sousa
IT'S NOT THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM: READING & THE BRAIN
The Right to Read Project
Lani Mednick and Margaret Goldberg
WORKSHOP CONTENT STRANDS
Promoting Effective Practice
Evidence-based practices and approaches for improving literacy instruction and student reading in and out of the classroom.
Let’s Get Aligned
Partnering for impact, building collective vision, and working together to support literacy across school, home, and community.
Parents in the Driver’s Seat
Centering parent leadership, parent-driven models for learning, and parent-school-community partnerships.
Leadership for Literacy
Cultivating literacy leaders and champions. Supporting system-level change.
Literacy and Social Justice
Justice, healing, and identity.