Events

WEBINAR: Fighting for Education Equity for Latinx Students

• May 6, 2020 - 4:00 am ET

May 6: Join the Progressive Policy Institute’s Reinventing America’s Schools Project (RAS) for a webinar on educational equity for Latinx students amid COVID-19.

Panelists: 

1. Cinto Ramos (https://twitter.com/jaramos_jr?lang=en)
2. Alex Magana (https://twitter.com/acmofficial?lang=en)
3. Alma Marquez (https://twitter.com/ImAlmaMarquez?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
4. Ricardo Martinez: (https://twitter.com/ElRicardoMiguel)

Moderator: Curtis Valentine

Quotes: 

“The people in power don’t even take the first step to understand who they’re dealing with”

“I am not promoting color blindness. What I am promoting is color conscious, that we acknowledge how these systems are impacting us”

“Only 30% of those low-income children had any kind of connection with their teacher” 

“These kids only have one chance. They don’t get another do-over 10 years from now, this is it. Whatever we do know is going to impact them forever.

Watch the livestream of the event here.