Leading for Justice Summit 2023: Realizing Justice

What does it take to realize justice?

We invite you to join us for a two-day intensive learning experience that nurtures leaders capacities to re-imagine their systems. Through inquiry, leaders will deepen their focus on educational equity in an environment and have the opportunity to push boundaries.

Leaders will reflect on their recent school year, investigate areas of practice that lead to equitable outcomes for students, and envision and plan transformative strategies for their next school year. They will also engage in cutting-edge thinking and collaboration with leaders from the six Bay Area counties served by the 21CSLA Alameda Regional Academy and grapple with the question, “What does justice look like in my context?”

Keynote Conversations

Topics will include transforming P–12 education, understanding different types of equity leadership, and understanding how school inequality is impacted by social-psychological phenomena. Confirmed speakers include Dr. Jason Okonofua, Dr. Rebecca Cheung, and Dr. Aki Murata.

Reflection and Planning Time

We believe reflection is essential to increasing learning and growth. Built into the Summit is time for teams to reflect on the progress of their initiatives during the past school year. This time to contemplate the progress of your work, infused with learning sessions and then followed by time to contemplate next steps is rooted in the tenants of Continuous Improvement.

Practical and Thought-Provoking Learning Sessions

Topics include arts integration, global education project, releasing the imagination, blending and braiding, leadership for justice, community schools, inquiry, and UTK. Click to read more.

Who We Serve

The 21CSLA Alameda Regional Academy serves schools and districts in six Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano.

Click here to view a complete list of Alameda Region schools that we serve(link is external).

Not in one of these counties? Visit the Center website to find out which Regional Academy supports your area.

Who Should Participate?

The Summit is designed for teams of 2 or more. System, Site and Teacher Leaders who are served by the Alameda Regional Academy may register.

Cost

The Leading for Justice Summit, in addition to all 21CSLA Alameda Regional Academy professional learning offerings, comes at NO COST to system, site and teacher leaders working in schools or districts served by 21CSLA.

Hotel Accommodations

Lodging for participants living 20 miles or more from the Hotel Shattuck Plaza will be grant supported by 21CSLA the night of Tuesday, June 13th.

Meals

A complimentary light continental breakfast will be included both June 13th and June 14th.

Lunch and dinner on your own.

Fact Sheet

Download the Summit fact sheet.

"I appreciated the outstanding coordination, facilitation, organization, framing for each day, as well as the affinity groups and diverse break-out sessions covering a range of important topics. This included the opportunity to engage in deep reflection, inquiry, meaning-making as we reimagine schooling and design for equity."

"I learned a lot from the session, Using Creative Inquiry and Metaphor to Explore My Own Leadership Identity as it relates to my presence and attitude and how I show up as a Leader for Social Justice and Equity in service of all students -"

- Leading for Justice Summit 2022 participant