Day 1 - Wednesday,  May 22, 2024
12:00pm – 1:45pm:  Conference Opening  Luncheon Plenary
Greetings/ Introduction/ Conference Purpose:

1:45pm – 2:00pm: Transition Break / Visit Vendors
Dr. Na’ilah Nasir
President
The Spencer Foundation 
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond 
President and CEO
Learning Policy Institute
(Virtually) 
Plenary 1:
Top 5 Most Pressing Challenges Facing African American Education 
Since Brown
Randi Weingarten
President
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings
Researcher/Professor Emerita
University Wisconsin - Madison
Chase Moore
Special Assistant, U.S.Department of Education, 
White House Initiative on Advancing 
Educational Equity, Excellence, 
and Economic Opportunity for 
Black Americans
Lezli Baskerville
President and CEO,  
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
Commissioner, 
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, 
Excellence and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans.
Dr. Gary Orfield
Researcher/Co-Director 
Civil Rights Project, UCLA 
Co-Founder/Director, Harvard Civil Rights Project
Distinguished Keynote Speakers: 
Audience Q & A (if time permits)
Moderator: 
Dr. Na’ilah Nasir
President
The Spencer Foundation
Dr. Adam Clark
President, CAAASA
Superintendent, 
Mt. Diablo Unified 
School District, CA
The purpose of this conference is to assess the state of Black K12 education in 1954 (at the time of the Brown v. Board decision), 
compared to where we are 70 years after Brown, and to listen to concerns and challenges related to education equity. By working 
with a wide range of education stakeholders from across the country (legislators, community leaders, policymakers), we hope to 
develop working groups around the country, who will work together for the next five years, to formulate and implement a national 
plan of action addressing issues of concern to our communities by the time of the 75th Anniversary of the Brown decision.
Rock Creek Ballroom
“Establishing A National Agenda for Meeting the Promise of Brown v. Board:   70 Years Later”
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. . . The Westin Washington, DC Downtown  . . .

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