EPC Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

Community Power for Educational Systems Change Speakers Series

Community Power for Educational Systems Change: Speaker Series

Join us for the Community Power for Educational Systems Change Speaker Series, hosted by EDL627 and the Educational Policy Center. This six-part series will feature powerful presentations from leading organizations and individuals committed to transforming educational systems. Learn from voices across the country as they explore critical topics, including youth empowerment, racial justice, and community partnerships. The series aims to inspire collaborative change through a focus on collective resistance, advocacy, and academic research.

Event Lineup:

Monday, Sept 9: Moviemiento Poder (Denver, CO) – Resistance and Self-Determination of Resilient Groups
Monday, Sept 23: Racial Justice Now! (Silver Spring, MD) – Parents as Change Agents
Monday, Oct 7: Youth Poder (Phoenix, AZ) – Youth Voice and Agency for Educational Transformation
Monday, Oct 21: Save Our Schools (AZ) – Educational System Agents as Champions of Change
Monday, Nov 4: Dr. Katherine Rodela (Washington State University) – Role of Academics and Research in Educational Change
Monday, Nov 18: Stand for Children (AZ) – Power in Partnering with the People

All presentations will be held from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM (MST). To request a Zoom link, please email Dawn Demps.

PAST EVENTS

Border Testimonials and Arts-Based Migration Scholarship

Please join us on February 22 at noon for a discussion with COE doctoral students about their current scholarly and activist work in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. The presenters will share not only the theoretical frameworks that guide their scholarship, but also their community, political and activist engagement with individuals and families in migrant shelters in Sonora, Mexico and Tucson, Arizona.

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Mapuche Knowledge

On behalf of the Education Policy Center, the Borderlands Education Center and the College of Education Diversity Committee, we are pleased to invite you to attend a film presentation and subsequent discussion with two Mapuche scholars visiting the University of Arizona next week. The Mapuche people are Indigenous to South and Central Chile. Silvia Calfugueo Lefio and Carolina Kürüf are language activists and educators; they will talk to us about the Mapuche struggle to reclaim their land, language, and autonomy. They will be joined by documentary filmmaker Kelly Baur, who will share her thoughts about the role of film and video in social justice movements.

A Conversation with Dr. Laura Chávez-Moreno

The Continuum of Racial Literacies: Teacher Practices Countering Whitestream Bilingual Education

The COE Diversity Committee — in partnership with the COE Education Policy Center — invites faculty, staff and students to a charla/conversation with Dr. Laura Chávez-Moreno on The Continuum of Racial Literacies: Teacher Practices Countering Whitestream Bilingual Education.

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Resources:

Solito book discussion

Our selection for the first discussion is Javier Zamora’s memoir called Solito. The story details his migration journey from El Salvador to the U.S. and his crossing as an unaccompanied nine-year-old through the harsh terrain of the Sonoran Desert. Solito is available electronically (free) at the U of A library. Zamora is primarily known as the author of Unaccompanied, an award-winning book of poems. He lives in Tucson.

Students: You can begin to read the book online, but we will provide you with a hard copy of the book on the day of the discussion!

For additional information, contact Mary Carol Combs or Lorrie Yates.

Purchasing options:
Penguin/Random House
Amazon

More about the author:
‘Solito’ Author Javier Zamora On His Solo Journey To The US At Age 9 - YouTube Interview
SOLITO by Javier Zamora Book Trailer - YouTube Interview

Presentation: The Implications of Anti-Critical Race Theory and “Prohibited Instruction” Bills

Please join the Education Policy Center for another in our series of lunchtime conversations about pending Arizona State legislation. On Thursday, February 17 from 12:00-1:00 p.m., Diana Newmark will present an overview and legal analysis of bills regulating the content of instruction in K-12 classrooms, as well in community colleges and universities. Specifically, she will focus on the text of the bills and how they intersect with existing legal frameworks.

Diana Newmark is an associate clinical professor of law in the James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona. She has a joint appointment as an assistant professor of practice in the College of Education and is a faculty affiliate in the Education Policy Center. She also directs an undergraduate clinic at the Law College, where she and her students provide education advocacy services to Tucson public school students and families.

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A conversation with Lizette Trujillo

January 21, 2022
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The Arizona 2022 legislative session started on January 10 with numerous bills being introduced that will have a direct impact on education issues. Carol Brochin, Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, will

The Arizona 2022 legislative session started on January 10 with numerous bills being introduced that will have a direct impact on education issues. Carol Brochin, Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, will host Lizette Trujillo, a member of the Human Right Campaign's Parents for Transgender Equality National Council. We will learn about upcoming bills and what as private citizens we can do to engage with the legislation.

January 21, 2022
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Noam Chomsky & Jonathan Kozol in Conversation: Education, Inequality, and the Decline of the "Public Good"

Join Noam Chomsky and Jonathan Kozol, both long-time activists for social justice, for a conversation about education, inequality, and the decline of the “public good.”

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Speaking Truth to Power: Fighting 60 Years of Education Inequity with Jonathan Kozol

As schools reopen following the pandemic, join the Education Policy Center for a virtual conversation as Jonathan Kozol discusses his work and asks us to confront the bitter reality of apartheid education and the punitive practices that suppress the voices of our children.

September 20, 2021
3:00 p.m.

Back To School In Arizona

The Education Policy Center invites you to a live virtual conversation between Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman and the college’s new associate dean, Iliana Reyes, about the challenges of reopening schools during a pandemic. The last half of the conversation will be open for Q&A so join us with your questions! The event will be live-streamed via Zoom.

August 13, 2020
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Reforming Middle Schools

Interview with TUSD Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo: Reforming Middle Schools

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Do Charter Schools = Equity?

Join the Education Policy Center for a brown bag lunch with Public Scholar, researcher and Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig. Is the privatization movement good for students or not?

Friday, February 21, 2020