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Save the date for the 2024听Annual听Teachers of Color and Allies (TOCA) Summit
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University Memorial Center
The Teachers of Color and Allies (TOCA) Summit is a free event that gathers education students, local educators of color听and allies to provide collegial support, opportunities for networking and mentoring听and insights into best practices in education.听
This year's theme is 鈥淣avigating the Nuanced Narrative of Neutrality.鈥� Given the current educational landscape and conversations with teachers, we recognize the need to support teachers navigating complex social and political issues from a 鈥渘eutral鈥� standpoint within their classroom and school community. To quote Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 鈥淚f you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.鈥�
We would like to invite individuals, groups or organizations to submit a proposal to host a one-hour breakout session for the 2024 event. We would appreciate submissions aligned with the broader theme and/or any of the following topics:
- We aim to rehumanize equity by bridging values and building justice-seeking systems to the benefit of marginalized groups and ideas:
- Newcomer students
- Navigating the outcome of the election
- How to do DEI work without saying you are doing DEI work, including practices for teachers
- Space for processing emotions (hopefully joy but maybe resilience)
Stay turned for more information! Registration opens mid-October.听
Map of University Memorial Center
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What is TOCA?
The Teachers of Color and Allies (TOCA) Summit is traditionally a daylong event that gathers education students, local听educators of color, and allies to provide collegial support, opportunities for networking and mentoring, and insights into best practices in education. Hosted by the School of Education in partnership with local school districts, the summit is held every fall.
The Teachers of Color and Allies Summit Board Committee is composed of CU Boulder School of Education staff and faculty, community partners, and teachers from local school districts, government organizations, universities听and more. 听
