Event
WEBINAR: Fighting for Education Equity for Latinx Students
May 6, 2020 | 4:00 am ET/1:00 am PT
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:
- Cinto Ramos (https://twitter.com/jaramos_jr?lang=en)
- Alex Magana (https://twitter.com/acmofficial?lang=en)
- Alma Marquez (https://twitter.com/ImAlmaMarquez?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
- 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.