“I’ve learned so much and feel very energized to incorporate the work… and see it live out in our school.”
#DCSC2021, our seventh Annual Convening, was also our first virtual convening. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, DCSC members still wanted to come together under this year’s theme of Interrupting Inequity.
Conversations during this year’s convening pushed attendees to think about how they can disrupt practices and systems of inequity at their schools and organizations. As Brittany Packnett Cunningham, our keynote address, stated, “…when we are building better futures for our young people – if we are doing it for them and not with them, if we are doing it to them and not with them, then we are engaging in the same kind of white supremacy practices that we say we’re trying to eradicate.”
230+ registered
96% of survey respondents rated the 2021 Annual Convening favorably
50+ hours of programming
#DCSC2021 Keynote:
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
in conversation with DCSC Board Chair, Veronica Brooks-Uy
“The conversation with Ms. Packnett-Cunningham was outstanding. Both listening to her, as well as the way the moderation and questions were set up made it extremely beneficial. Thank you for arranging this.”
#DCSC2021 Workshop Sessions
Content and strategy sessions focused on providing attendees access to specific tools and resources to improve their practice.
Academics
Teach and learn with all students while rejecting traditional, oppressive frameworks.
“I walked away from each of my workshops with something new to use.”
School Visits
School visits have always been a cornerstone of the DCSC Convening. This year, we have access to a curated list of member schools across the country. During school visits, attendees will view short clips of virtual school and work through a protocol with school leaders from our curated schools.
We know that leading diverse-by-design schools is a singular experience. However, that experience is not the same for us all. This year, we’ve partnered with Embracing Equity to facilitate three separate racial affinity breakout spaces for tailored dialogue and anti-racist skill building for educators and leaders during this national racial reckoning and beyond.
“Great dialogue and wonderful to see familiar and new faces and know there are other schools wrestling with the same challenges and doing similarly great work!”
DCSC Members of the Year
Each year, DCSC celebrates a member school or network as an exemplar of diverse-by-design communities. From publicly available data, along with internally collected metrics on membership engagement, we selected finalists that might inspire other members invested in this movement.
Friday also included a film screening premiere by EPIC Theatre Ensemble, Default. We encourage DCSC members to invite EPIC to your school as part of their 50 State Conversation campaign.
“I appreciated the various platforms and it made the convening warm and inviting.”
2021 Convening Sponsors
Our committed sponsors helped make this convening happen. Thank you!
