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2018

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In 2018, the San Francisco Bay Area committee members took a deep, collective breath and transferred the reins to the team in Washington, D.C. The conference took place at Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., and the local committee consisted of Laura Yee, Thu Nguyen, Unushe Walker, Sonali Kumar, Shonica David, Kay Miller, Jessica Ahn, Kavan Yee, and Tuan Nguyen, who created the postcards shown above. 

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Keynote Speakers were Alison Park, founder of Blink Consulting, an educational consultancy that is critically rethinking diversity.

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2018 Conference Information

Saturday, April 21st

Session 1
10:15am - 11:15am 

Asian Invasion: Towards a Tsunami of AAPI Workshop Presenters
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  • Tim Rosenwong, Pacific Ridge School (CA)

  • Morika Tsujimura, Bank Street School for Children (NY)

  • Drew Ishii, Sage Hill School (CA)

  • ​Nayantara Mhatre, Ethical Culture Fieldston School (NY)

 

Being Asian in Independent Schools: A Student Panel
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  • Students: Anjali Bose, Ben Ishimaru, Alex Moon, Neha Ratnapuri, Madison Than, Shaan Vardan, Rebecca Weidman

  • Facilitator: Abe Pachikara and Deborah Koto Katz, Georgetown Day School (DC)


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What Continent Do You Think They Are From: Confronting & Challenging Internalize Stereotypes

  • Nina Sethi, Sheridan School (DC)

​So, What ARE you?: Supporting Asian-American Students and Educators in the Classroom

  • Kiira Lee, Lowell School (DC)

 

 

Session 2
​11:30am - 12:30pm

Moving into Divisional Leadership in an Independent School

 

  • Lisa Sun, The Park School of Baltimore (MD)

Mobilizing for Equity at Maret School ​
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  • Glenn White, Christina Kyong, Jolene Wu, Maret School (DC)

Reading Yellow Power: Teaching Contemporary Asian American Voices to Revolutionize Your Classroom ​

  • Deborah Koto Katz, Georgetown Day School (DC)

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Engaging and Honoring the Identities of Each Child

  • Laura Yee, Georgetown Day School (DC)

Keynote Speaker
2:00pm - 2:50pm

You Can't Be What You Don't See:  The Value and Visibility of Underrepresented Teachers in Schools

Dr. Taharee Jackson, University of Maryland-College Park

Session 3
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Creating the Leadership Pipeline

  • Stephen Mak, Spence School (NY)

  • Nayantara Mhatre, Ethical Culture Fieldston School (NY)

  • Chris Chun, Black Pine Circle School (CA)

 

Asian Women Leading Schools: Identity and Intersectionality ​

  • K. Geetha Holdsworth, Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences (NM)

Using Windows and Mirrors to Break the Single Story Narrative

  • Kay Miller, Georgetown Day School (DC)

Sunday, April 22nd

Keynote Speaker
9:00am - 10:00am

Rosetta Lee

Session 4
10:15am - 11:15am

Internalized Racism and Stereotype Management: How do we embrace our intersectional identities as Asian American and Pacific Islander educators to support the well-being and identity development of our diverse multi-ethnic students?

  • Kari Kokka, University of Pittsburgh (PA)

Educating Our Youth on Islamic Culture and Traditions

 

  • Unushe Walker, Georgetown Day School (DC)

Organizing 101 for Today’s Activist Movements

 

  • Anu Sharma and Vi Bui, API Resistance

The Role and Responsibility of Asian American Educators in 2018

  • Chia-Chee Chiu, Middle School Principal, Ethical Culture Fieldston School (NY)

  • ​Steven Lee, Director of Equity and Inclusion, Edmund Burke School (DC)

  • Kavan Yee, Director of Middle School, Lowell School (DC)


 

Closing
​11:15am -12:00pm

"Unconference"

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