What are our roles as educators, students, professional staff, and community members to uproot institutional racism at all levels of our education system - from preschool through post-graduate university studies? How do we insure Black Lives Matter on campus year round - not just in February?

In this SpeakOut virtual event, award-winning educator and author Jesse Hagopian focuses on these questions, looking at issues of funding, curriculum, campus policies, and hiring practices as a first step. And, he argues, we also need to challenge anti-Blackness and take an intersectional approach that includes all people — immigrants, women, LGBTQ people - anyone facing oppression. In other words, nothing short of fundamental transformation!

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Jesse Hagopian is a member of the national Black Lives Matter at School steering committee and teaches Ethnic Studies at Seattle’s Garfield High School. He is the co-editor of the books Black Lives Matter at School and Teaching for Black Lives, and is an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine.

TICKETS ARE SLIDING SCALE $5 - $25 to benefit SpeakOut's ongoing educational work.

All who register will receive a link to watch live or later at their own convenience.

English captioning will be provided.