By Jaden Lechelt
Edgewood College will be hosting the Bringing the Gifts That My Ancestors Gave Black History Education Conference. The conference is February 15-16, 2019 at Edgewood College and the Madison Concourse Hotel.
Day two of the conference will be hosted at Edgewood College in Predolin Hall.
This new event features education experts Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor in Urban Education at UW-Madison; and Dr. Mahalia Hines, public education champion and President of the COMMON Ground Foundation in Chicago.
Edgewood’s Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusion Tony Garcia believes that Edgewood’s campus is the perfect place to host this event. “Our values of community and partnership, and deep commitment to inclusion, make us a place of choice for conferences on the topic of inclusion,” he said.
Garcia is deeply invested in this conference and sees the benefits it will bring to Edgewood College. “I’ve been working hard with the conference organizers for the past several months in planning out this wonderful event,” he said.
Garcia is excited to apply the information learned at the conference to Edgewood and its diverse population. “The information shared at the conference, specifically the 22 evidence-based interventions,” he said, “will be useful to inform how we support the success and retention of underserved student populations at Edgewood College.”
This community-based conference expects roughly 300 participants to attend. The primary audience for this conference is Madison and Dane County teachers, staff and students. “Think K-12 educators,” said Garcia.
Offered at the conference are “Morning YOUR WAY” options to begin each day. From 7:00 a.m. to 8:10 a.m., “Morning YOUR WAY” participants are given breakfast along with their choice of morning meditation, a walk through an African art gallery, rhythmic line dancing, or a relaxing yoga session.
The Bringing the Gifts That My Ancestors Gave Black History Education Conference, as an educational conference, is open to all individuals. There is no membership required. The two-day conference rate is $350.00 per person.
Garcia has worked to make this event more accessible. “We have worked out a reduced rate for the Edgewood College community, and have a handful of sponsored tickets, too,” he said. This reduced rate is $325.00 per person.
For more information, visit http://diversity.edgewood.edu/Black-History-Conference.
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