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With a concentrated membership base in California, focused in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, LEE aims to create connections that inspire leadership toward equity in our state and in their local communities.

LEE will host a state summit in April 2019 as a first step in connecting members to the state education landscape.

In this space, you’ll develop a strong foundation of skills needed to leverage policy, organizing, advocacy, elected leadership, and other forms of public leadership, and identify opportunities to apply these skills both in your home communities and statewide to make change on behalf of and alongside your students.

April 5–6, 2019 
For members already involved in policy, advocacy, organizing, or elected leadership

April 6–7, 2019
For members exploring policy, advocacy, organizing, or elected leadership

LEE has made the summit free to attend, and will pay for most travel and accommodation costs associated with your participation.

Join award-winning illustrator and animator Christian Robinson, Costanoan Ohlone and Chumash storyteller, activist, and educator Kanyon Sayers-Roods, Islander spoken word artist June Lynn Kealoha-Hall, and educators and activists Shayna and Dylan Cureton from Abundant Beginnings.

Parents and their children, educators, and caregivers are invited for an afternoon of storytelling, story learning, story creating, as well as story evaluating…especially when stories don’t align with our values. In this interactive event, we will explore how stories can lead us into critical conversations about race and justice and share practices for being more concrete about about what racism is, how it works, and how we can stop it. We will share stories, books, and other resources to support these important conversations with young people.

Children will be included in portions of the programming, and free childcare (with advanced registration) will be provided at all other times.
Free childcare and interpretation available with advanced registration. The theatre is an accessible space for people with wheelchairs.
For interpretation, register by April 1. Please register here for attendance, interpretation, and childcare: http://sfpl.org/TalkingwithKidsaboutRace

A night of community, inspiration, ideation, and action amongst Bay Area educators, administrators, tech employees, corporate leaders, philanthropists, innovators, activists, and others invested in improving STEM education, opportunity, and innovation.

2019 theme: How might we ensure our classrooms, colleges, and companies represent their communities?

This year Trellis welcomes Dr. Travis Bristol to kick off the evening!

Join a few of our coaches for a Saturday hike through Tennessee Valley (in Mill Valley, CA)! Further details on where to meet will be discussed during upcoming learning tracks, caucus spaces, and via facebook + email.