b'. . . The Westin Washington, DC Downtown. . .The Importance of Coalition-Building for Improving Black Education Locally Room 4Co-Presenters:DianaDaniels AlexisSmithExecutive DirectorSpecial Projects Strategy Consultant Indiana Council on Educating Students of Color Safe Space Strategies AnnieRobinson StaciaGrayCo-Director of Community OutreachStaff Indiana Council on Educating Students of Color Indiana Council on Educating Students of ColorDescription:In this workshop, participants willl learn about the coalition-building process used in Indianapolis to develop a holistic plan foraddressing the educational deficits for children of African ancestry. Members of the local community engaged in data-driven problem-solving to improve education for Black children city wide. The approach began by researching and acknowledging our local history in order understand how the challenges facing African American education today originated.Representatives from the Divine Nine will join this session to share how they plan to invest in this partnership on behalf of Black student achievement.Cultivating a Thriving Community of Black Teachers: Strategies and InsightsRoom 5from California Teacher ResidenciesPresenters:Dr. TravisBristol Dr. JacquelynOllisonAssociate Professor of Education and CREEODirector,Center for Research on Expanding Faculty Director Educational Opportunity (CREEO)UC Berkeley UC BerkeleyDescription:The Brown vs. Board decision led to the dismissal of over 38,000 Black educators in 1954. Even now, we ha-vent made up for this loss. Black teachers related to their students in ways that helped promote academic achievement and social and emotional development. A comprehensive education policy must consider recruitment and retention efforts to increase the number of Black teachers. Teacher residencies provide both, and well explore ways to create retention-focused environments that support the thriving and retention of preservice Black teachers based on our work with California Teacher Residencies. 3:00pm3:15pm:Transition Break / Visit VendorsWhere you see wrong or inequality or injustice,speak out, because this is your country. This isyour democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.-Thurgood MarshallEstablishing A National Agenda for Meeting the Promise of Brown v. Board: 70 Years Later 7'