“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