Antiracist Leadership Summit
Leaders Who Co-Conspire Together, Transform Together.
Purpose
We continue to produce racially inequitable outcomes for our students, and our leaders are an untapped resource in our schools. For leaders of color, it can feel isolating and exhausting. What do you do? What conditions can better support your wellbeing and success? Maybe you are a white leader who wants to know: how do I show up, what do I say, and how do I better center the needs of BIPOC colleagues?
Let’s find out together. In this workshop, participants will work to unpack their racial identities, understand how their racial background impacts their leadership, and plan how to better maintain co-conspirator professional relationships. Leaders of color will register site/school teams (minimum 2 participants) and invite white colleagues to join them for the workshop. There will be time for both racial affinity group work as well as cross-racial planning and development.
Interested in this workshop?
Let us know and we will notify you when it is next offered.
Outcomes
In order to develop authentic, co-conspirator, and antiracist leadership practices, we will:
Build cross-racial solidarity
Define co-conspirator relationship set expectations
Unpack our racial identity as it relates to our leadership
Plan how to interrupt/refocus and manage resistance (internal and external)
Action planning around a racial equity focal area
Who should attend
Teachers and administrators
Cost
$500 per team of two (minimum)
$250 per each additional participant from your school
Includes breakfast, lunch, and book
Facilitators
Joe Truss, president of Truss Leadership, brings 18 years of education experience. A graduated of UC Berkeley, he also attended Tufts University where he obtained his teaching credential. Joe began as a high school Spanish teacher in East Oakland. After attending UC Berkeley's PLI program, he started school leadership work and was the Principal of Visitacion Valley Middle School in San Francisco for six years. There, he grew project-based learning, restorative practices, and reading intervention.
Truss Leadership offers antiracism workshops, team retreats, and one-on-one leadership coaching. His areas of expertise include leading racial affinity groups, antiracist project-based learning, and school redesign. With keynote presentations for more than 12,000 people, Joe has trained over 5,000 educators.