Strengthening Connections and Integrating Equitable Practices
FOR COM EMPLOYEES ONLY
8:30 am — 9 am
Meet and Greet
Performing Arts Lobby
Kentfield Campus
Coffee, tea, and light refreshments
9 am — 11 am
Convocation
Dr. Pedro Noguera, Keynote Speaker
James Dunn Theatre
Kentfield Campus
Join your friends and colleagues at Convocation to greet our new employees, celebrate our successes and accomplishments, prepare for the new semester and hear important updates and information about the College.
College of Marin Library and Umoja have partnered for a year-long anti-racism, anti-censorship project focused on The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nicole Hannah-Jones. Our keynote speaker Dr. Pedro Noguera will take the stage to discuss equity in education, the “missing chapter” in The 1619 Project.
About Dr. Pedro Noguera
A sociologist, Noguera’s research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well as by demographic trends in local, regional and global contexts. He is the author, co-author and editor of 13 books. His most recent books are The Crisis of Connection: Roots, Consequences and Solutions with Niobe Way, Carol Gilligan and Alisha Ali (New York University Press, 2018) and Race, Equity and Education: Sixty Years From Brown with Jill Pierce and Roey Ahram (Springer, 2015).
He has published over 250 research articles in academic journals, book chapters in edited volumes, research reports and editorials in major newspapers. He serves on the boards of numerous national and local organizations, including the Economic Policy Institute, the National Equity Project and The Nation. Noguera appears as a regular commentator on educational issues on several national media outlets, and his editorials on educational issues have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News and Los Angeles Times.
Prior to being appointed Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, Noguera served as a Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Before joining the faculty at UCLA he served as a tenured professor and holder of endowed chairs at New York University (2004–2015), Harvard University (2000–2003) and the University of California, Berkeley (1990–2000).
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Flex Week Spring 2023
January 17—20
Flex sessions will include in-person, online, and dual delivery (in-person and online) options. See Flex Week full programs.