“Start where you are, but don’t stay there”
— Manya Whitaker
Workshops
I have led various workshops including parent, student and teacher workshops.
Advocating for Your Child in Trump’s America (parent workshop), African American Youth Leadership Conference
Collaborating Across Cultures, (student workshop), Colorado Public Achievement Conference, location
Don’t Let Others Define You, Commencement Address, Pikes Peak Prep Charter School, location
Power and Privilege in the Classroom, Faculty Workshop, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, location
Building Relationships with Hard to Reach Families, Teacher Workshop, Educating Children of Color Summit, location
Becoming a Culturally Responsive Educator, Teacher Workshop for Imagination Celebration’s Summer Teacher Institute, location
Multicultural Education, Teacher Workshop for Imagination Celebration’s Summer Teacher Institute, location
Deconstructing Disruption: Student Activism and Faculty Passivism, Keynote Address at Franklin Pierce University, location
Showing Up to Show Out: Student Empowerment and Student Responsibility, Franklin Pierce University, location
Beyond Race: Unpacking Whiteness in the Classroom, Faculty Workshop, Franklin Pierce University, location
Start Where You Are, 2017 Baccalaureate Address, Colorado College, location
The State of Education in Colorado, (Keynote Address), Colorado Public Achievement Conference, March 2nd
Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: A Chat with the Editors, (Informal Interview), Washington and Lee Univ., March 7th
School Choice in the Age of Accountability: Who is Responsible?, (Parent Workshop), African American Youth Leadership Conference, March 9th
Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance, (Panel Discussion), Virginia Commonwealth Univ., March 18th
Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance, (Panel Discussion), University of Richmond, March 20th