What has been your best experience of a Flex Day thus far? What if you could share those experiences with more than your colleagues? Join us on September 29th for the 1st Annual West Coast Community Flex Day! A full day of professional development for colleges up and down the coast, based on the newly released White Educators' Guide to Equity (WEGE) and led by authors & practitioners, Dr. Jeremiah J. Sims, Lasana Hotep & Jeramy Wallace.

Sessions include: Guided Pathways and Justice, So You’re the DEIB Person?, Equity-Advancing Institutional Culture, Counter Storytelling, and more. Don't miss this opportunity to initiate conversations on relevant equity topics, share tools, swap stories, and discover what’s working in other college communities! OPEN TO ALL educators and student leaders. Main Session and student tickets are FREE.

Cost: $149 (Early bird $99 until August 15th)

Location: Virtual (Link will be provided the week of the event.)

SCHEDULE:

Main Session (Free)

8:30am -10:00am PST

Kick-off with RIL activity

Led by White Educators' Guide to Equity (WEGE) authors & practitioners, Dr. Jeremiah J. Sims, Lasana Hotep & Jeramy Wallace.

Session 1 (Concurrent Workshops)

10:15am - 11:30am PST

Building Belonging (Student-Led)

Counterstorytelling as Liberatory Classroom Praxis (Jeramy Wallace)

Session 2 (Concurrent Workshops)

11:45am - 1:00pm PST

Unpacking Privilege: Transforming Allyship to Co-Conspiratorship for Student Empowerment (Student-Led)

So You're The 'Equity Person': Leading and Supporting DEIBJ at your Institution (Lasana Hotep)

Session 3 (Concurrent Workshops)

1:15pm - 2:30pm PST

Conversational Catalysts: Equipping Facilitators for Courageous Dialogue (Student-Led)

Antiracism for White Educators (Jeramy Wallace)

Equity-Advancing Institutional Culture (Jeremiah J. Sims)

Community Discussion

2:45pm - 3:30pm PST

(Facilitated by RIL)