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    School Leaders of Color Conference

    February 8th - 10th, 2019
    Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre
    Dallas, TX

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    REGISTRATION FOR SLOC 2019 IS NOW CLOSED.


    Due to limited venue capacity, we will not be able to register attendees on site in Dallas. Please be sure to have your registration confirmation easily available to expedite the check-in process. 


    Have questions about where to stay? Check out the Venue & Lodging page!

    About the 2019 School Leaders of Color Conference

    For decades, leaders of color and those of native and indigenous ancestry have actively worked to balance the scale with regard to rights, access, power, and privilege that should be granted to all of humanity. In 2007, America turned their eye toward a moment in time that many thought would never exist, Barack Obama, a black man, secured the win for our nation’s 44th president. The symbolic nature of this election not only sparked national and international conversation, but for many of our most marginalized and oppressed communities, it signaled a change of the guard. Positional power was equated with the power to make substantial and long overdue change and for eight years all eyes turned to President Obama to be the one that would change the stakes and lay forth an alternate future for the silenced voices of America.


    This year’s conference will focus on the unique opportunities and challenges leaders of color face when rising into positions of power and influence. So often we hear about the influential leadership and impact potential of those who obtain seats as school leaders, system leaders, and even policy leaders, and we also hear about the nuances of the experiences these leaders have as they navigate what it means to be a person of color or of native descent and face long-standing, systemic challenges of leading in their context. This conference will also lift up the power and importance of leaders of color to set bold and ambitious visions that span beyond their tenure. Carving out a path for our students to one day lead in the spaces and seats we currently occupy changes the tide for decades to come and this conference will elevate what it means to think of generational impact that starts with our network of alums but ends with the children of the students they once taught. Our vision is that we work to affirm our leaders in the conference space while also grappling with the very real tensions and dynamics that are relevant to their leadership experiences.

    School and system level leaders are a critical lever in impacting the outcomes for kids. They have the profound impact of being able to both positively influence students directly and create the institutional conditions that make schools and systems more equitable at scale. School and System Leaders who identify as people of color have a particularly crucial role in the quest for educational equity and Teach For America’s network of school and systems leaders is representationally more diverse than the national average. Given that, we have a unique opportunity to convene this community through our 7th Annual School Leaders of Color Conference (SLOC). This year’s conference will be in Dallas and again will seek to provide a space for leaders of color to access strong professional development, inspire and connect with each other in a space not found elsewhere in the educational ecosystem.

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