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 Appetizers and drinks available. Join us for community-building and welcome. |
Convening
9:00am to 6:00pm 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 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!
#DCSC2024 Planning Committee
- Mercedes Blea-Davis, Manager of Diversity & Belonging – DSST
- Amy Held, Executive Director – Larchmont
- Myra Salinas, Senior Director of Learning and Support Services – Larchmont
- Carlos García Saldana, Director of Operations – Odyssey
- Ashli Watts, Gateway Impact Director – Gateway
- Somer Lowery, Director of Strategy & Partnerships – Growth Public Schools
- Shernice Lazare, Head of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging – Citizens of the World LA
- Rickie Carbajal, Regional Support Staff – Citizens of the World LA
- Shaun Walker, Data and Analytics – Citizens of the World LA
- Richard Lee, Chief Academic Officer – Our World Neighborhood Charter School
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