July 29-30 2021 • 9:30 am to 3:00 pm CT
On today's anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, we are pleased to invite you to this special event!

Get effective tools and information to help ReOpen schools after the pandemic, strategies to ReConnect with students for their mental well-being and accelerated learning, and ReClaim your own sense of connectedness, community and power.

This virtual conference will feature equity experts from across the country. We encourage you to form teams from your district, campus or organization to take advantage of the five strands being offered this year:
  • Authentic Family and Community Engagement and Advocacy
  • Leading with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Reopening with Welcoming & Inclusive Schools - Response to COVID-19
  • Ethnic and Cultural Studies
  • Increasing Student Engagement

Get research-based practices, frameworks and recommendations to give your team a common language to address equity, student achievement, social emotional learning and trauma responsive education

Registration for this event is free. Participants will earn up to 24 hours of continuing professional development credit.
Special Keynote
Norma V. Cantu, J.D.
Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Paul Gorski
Founder & Lead Equity Specialist,
Equity Literacy Institute

Dr. Paula Johnson
Director,
IDRA EAC-South
Dr. Muhammad Khalifa
Professor of Educational Administration & Executive; Director of Urban and Rural Initiatives
Ohio State University
Dr. Daniel King 
Learning Innovation
Transformation, LLC.; PossAble Dream Foundation
Celina Moreno, J.D.
President & CEO
IDRA
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The Intercultural Development Research Association is an independent, non-profit organization. Our mission is to achieve equal educational opportunity for every child through strong public schools that prepare all students to access and succeed in college. IDRA strengthens and transforms public education by providing dynamic training; useful research, evaluation, and frameworks for action; timely policy analyses; and innovative materials and programs.

IDRA works hand-in-hand with hundreds of thousands of educators and families each year in communities and classrooms around the country. All our work rests on an unwavering commitment to the IDRA valuing philosophy, respecting the knowledge and skills of the individuals we work with and build on the strengths of the students and parents in their schools.