Past Events

Learners are more likely to take academic risks when they see varied models of success and know there are many paths they can take to demonstrate their skills. Use this session to design unique ways for learners to communicate learning and express their abilities. Register here.

CDE's Creating Brave Spaces in Early Childhood Webinar Series: How Excluding, Suspending, and Expelling Hurts Children  Return for the second session of collective discourse to create systemic impact with California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, moderator Senta Greene, and panelists Dr. Walter Gilliam, Maurice Sykes, Nadia Jaboneta, Dr. Tunette Powell, and Kadija Johnston as they unpack exclusion, suspension, and expulsion in early childhood education, how children of color are disproportionately affected, and how we can begin to recognize, talk about, and create change in…

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, NAMIC Capital Area will host a conversation with industry leaders about the status of AAPI representation in media, how far we've come and how far we still have to go to ensure this community is seen and heard authentically on screen and in the board room. This panel will feature the following esteemed guests: Nivedita Kulkarni, Founder and CEO of the Asian American Script Labs and Roy Cho, SVP of…

What is internalized racism and its personal, social, and political consequences for Asian Americans? This session will comprise of mini-lectures, reflective activities, and open conversation geared primarily for Asian Americans and other BIPOC, but open to all. Participants will: acquire and/or expand their understanding of the origin, nature, mechanism, and outcomes of internalized racism in their lives, explore their historical and psychological relationship to racialization, and, consider strategies for healing, resisting, and transforming internalized racism. Our instructor, Dr. Andrew (Andy)…