Past Events

September 11, 2025 | Hawaii Statewide Family Engagement Center convening (Virtual) September 24-27, 2025 | Scholar exchange & talk at Tohoku University (Japan) 2025 | Minnesota LEAD Conference + Workshop with MN State Dept. of Education 2025 | Online – Harvard Family Engagement Institute 2025 | From Clients to Collaborators: Centering Families & Communities in Just Schools, Trauma-Sensitive Schools Symposium Keynote, Positive Family Support: Communities and Resilience in Education and the Arizona Adverse Childhood Experiences Consortium,  Arizona State University. 2025 | Leading Towards Justice Symposium. University of Washington College of Education. 2025 | Keynote, MiFamily Annual Retreat, Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential 2024 | “Like a Family” Sharing Leadership with Teachers, Students, Families and Community. NEPC/ASCD Webinar about Family and Community Engagement Practices. 2024 | Equitable Collaborations in Systems Change Panel, Spencer Foundation Vision Grantee Convening, Chicago, IL 2024 | Equity Scholar Residency, Towson University, Baltimore, MD. 2024 | Critically (Re)Reading and (Re)Authoring Teaching and Teacher Education. Division K Vice-Presidential Session, American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA. 2023 | Codesigning Just Futures: Unsettling the Racialized Logics of Families, Communities & Schooling. University of North Carolina, Greensboro Critical Conversations Conference Keynote. Greensboro, NC. 2023 | Think Differently, University of Illinois, Chicago School of Education Research Conference Keynote. 2023 | Why Family Collaboration in Schools Matters. Keynotes, Vital Voices & Family & Community Engagement Mini-Conference, University of Houston. 2022 | Closing Plenary. Illuminating Becoming, Bridge Conference, Tacoma, WA. 2022 | PK-12 District Leadership for Equity. Multiracial Student Achievement Network (MSAN) Governing Board of Superintendents Community of Practice Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2022 | The Future of Education: Youth, Families & Communities as Educational Leaders. Grantmakers for Education Webinar. 2022 | Just Leadership, Just Futures. Trinity National Speaker Series. 2022 | The Double Jeopardy of the Equity Directorship. MSAN/UPenn Coalition for Educational Equity. 2021 | Power, Possibilities and Equity in RPPs. Plenary Panelist, W.T. Grant Foundation, Spencer Foundation & the Forum for Youth Investment. 2021 | Child and Family Well-being as We Emerge from COVID-19, Center for Child & Family Well-being Panel Presentation. 2021 | “Learning found”: Leading with (not for) youth, families & communities for educational justice. Featured Keynote, WASA/WSSDA/AWSP Equity conference. 2021 | Leadership and collective capacity for educational justice. Featured Keynote, Washington Education Research Association annual convening. 2020 | Creating pathways for community leadership. Invited panelist, NOW Webinar, Networks of Opportunity Innovation Forum. 2020 | The Role of Space, Place and Community in Anti-Racist School Leadership. Invited panelist, Connect Series, AERA Division A Graduate Students Committee. 2020 | NAEd/Spencer Foundation Fall Fellows Retreat, Former Fellows Panel. 2020 | Radical Imaginings: How we rebuild and dismantle inequitable educational systems in the midst of multiple pandemics. Keynote Panelist. University Council of Educational Administration Annual Meeting Opening Keynote Session. 2020 | Families in the lead. Invited Panelist. Organizing Dispositions for Educational Leadership Conference. Center for Youth & Community Leadership in Education (CYCLE). 2020 | Just Schools book launch with Ann Ishimaru, Muhammad Khalifa, and Megan Bang. Teachers College Press. 2020 | Supporting families & redefining engagement. Invited Panelist. Parts of a Whole: Critical Aspects to Support PreK to Grade 3 Convening, Council of Chief State School Officers, National P-3 Center, & National Governors Association. 2020 | Research that matters. Invited Panelist, David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration & Policy. 2019 | NAEd/Spencer Annual Meeting, Former Dissertation Fellow Panel, Washington, D.C. 2019 | Families and Communities in Change-making. Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas feature on Rainier Beach High School Viewing & Panel Discussion. Seattle, WA.