The efforts at the federal, state, and local levels to restrict K-12 and higher education classroom teaching have been characterized as “educational gag orders.” Tactics such as reporting educators and schools are being used to miseducate the public and maintain control over what is taught, how it’s taught, and who teaches it.

Join us to learn about the state of anti-diversity policies and rhetoric across the United States and how these efforts are impacting millions of students in schools and higher educational contexts. Speakers including educators and students will speak about the impact of censorship and anti-diversity movements.

This event is based on Spark Magazine’s special series on Miseducating The Public Anti-CRT Movement, Rhetoric, Policy and Impact.

STUDENT PANEL
-Grace Clevenger, college freshman, multicultural feminist studying sociology
-Rosalyn Gardner, first-year college student, creative writer, and dancer
-Juan Miller, high school senior, interested in sports and activism
-Carmen A. Stevens, high school junior, artist, and intercultural communicator
-Jackson Taylor, high school junior, interested in writing and film production

PANELISTS
-Katherine M. Bell, Professor of Communication at California State University, East Bay
-Michelle Bellino, Associate Professor of Education at the University of Michigan Marsal Family School of Education
-Rebekka Boysen-Taylor, Clinical Assistant Professor in Education, Health and Human Sciences at the University of Idaho
-Manoucheka Celeste, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago
-Desiree D. Zerquera, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of San Francisco