Creating an equitable approach to school wide multicultural celebrations

Please join POCIS Northern California for a conversation about Creating an Equitable Approach to school wide multicultural celebrations.

We will be learning from the experiences of:

Britt Anderson, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Prospect Sierra School

Priti Hulse , 3rd Grade Lead Teacher at Prospect Sierra School

Melissa Skiles, Director of Wellbeing, The Hamlin School

Patrice Wakely, Director of Institutional Equity & Belonging at  San Francisco Friends School at  San Francisco Friends School

Facilitator: Sharon Ng, Director of Community Engagement, Children’s Day School

Date:  Monday, November 06

Time: 530-7 pm

Light bites and drinks served 5:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Address: The Studio, Children’s Day School, 333 Dolores Street

Who should attend: Directors of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,

Division Heads, K- 8th Teachers, and Directors of Curriculum, Community Directors, Parent Association leads who run events, festivals and community celebrations

Join us to learn how to:

• Evaluate your school’s environment for cultural responsiveness
• Empower students’ self- and group identity
• Reduce the distraction and stress of holidays
• Increase the significance of holiday activities
• Utilize best practices for holiday celebrations
• Create a collaborative community agreement about holidays
• Align the adult community to embrace inclusion
• Authentically represent cultures
• De-emphasize dominant holidays

RSVP HERE by November 02, 2023