2025 Annual Convening

Choosing Diversity, Practicing
Justice

January 29-30, 2025 · Nashville, TN

Where we’re staying

A portion of the 2025 Convening will be held at the
 Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, TN.

As of December 17, there are no longer any open rooms at the Renaissance Hotel for Wednesday January 29.

Schedule

Wednesday, January 29

Thursday, January 30

Friday, January 31

Welcome Reception

4:00pm to 6:00pm
Room: Broadway 3

Appetizers and drinks available. Join us for community-building and welcome.

Convening

9:00am to 6:00pm
Room: Broadway Ballroom 1-2

Join us for a whole group keynote, topical breakouts, workshops, and networking led by members and experts, and the closing reception.

Optional School Visits

8:00am to 12:00pm
At Nashville-area DCSC member schools

Join us for school visits to Nashville-area DCSC member schools. See your School Visit Options.

School Visit Options

To better coordinate school visits and ensure a meaningful experience, visits this year are optional and available to those who purchase an additional $75 ticket. Tickets are limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. If your preferred school visit is full, join the waitlist and register for another visit in the interim. If space becomes available, we will email those on the waitlist.

Aventura Community School  (K-2 , growing to K-8)
Bilingual, project-based school with a focus on global competence

Nashville Classical (K-8)
College prep, classical curriculum built upon a joy of learning, a diverse community, and shared core values

Tennessee Nature Academy (5-7,growing 5-12)
nature-based school that supports students’ academic success, builds social and community connections, and promotes well-being

Valor Collegiate: College Prep (9-12)
Intentionally diverse school that seamlessly integrates college-ready academics with comprehensive human development

Valor Collegiate: Flagship & Voyager (5-8)
Intentionally diverse school that seamlessly integrates college-ready academics with comprehensive human development

Full Schedule


Keynote Address

Liz Kleinrock

Liz Kleinrock (she/her) is an award-winning educator and best-selling author, as well as a Korean-American transracial adoptee, queer, Jewish woman. In 2018, Liz received the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2019 delivered her TED Talk, “How to teach kids to talk about taboo topics.” In the spring of 2021, Liz released her first book, Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community with Heinemann Publishing, and is excited to share the publication of four children’s books with HarperCollins including the recent release of What Jewish Looks Like. She currently resides in Washington DC.

Register for the Convening

Should you require special accommodations due to a disability, please reach out to our program lead at ccancelli@diversecharters.org at least one month prior to the convening and note your request on your registration form. We are excited to have you with us!

DCSC2025 Sponsors

Our committed sponsors helped make this convening happen. Thank you!

Interested in sponsoring our Annual Convening? Email us at events@diversecharters.org

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