2023 Institute for Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice
June 21-23, 2023
In-Person at the University of California, Riverside
Hosted by the School of Education  
Sponsored by the California Endowment, San José State University Lurie College of Education, and Verizon​

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS



Dr. Joi Spencer
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Dr. Joi Spencer is Dean of the School of Education at the University of California, Riverside. Prior to her appointment at UCR, Dr. Spencer was a Professor of Mathematics Education at University of San Diego (USD). There, she served in a variety of capacities including Associate Dean and most recently Interim Dean of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES). Her work is centered on educational equity in K-12 and higher education and has resulted in the launch of the doctoral program in Education for Social Justice, the implementation of school-wide professional development on anti-racism and SOLES' first Diversity Post-Doctoral Fellows Program. Dr. Spencer's research investigates the mathematics learning opportunities of African American and other minoritized youth. Her most recent publication, Access, Power, and Participation in Mathematics Classrooms captures the role of observation in advancing equity in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Her recent book, Anti-Blackness at School: Creating Affirming Educational Spaces for African American Students, was published by Teachers College Press (Fall 2022). Dr. Spencer is a proud graduate of Downtown Business Magnet High School in Los Angeles. She holds BA and MA degrees from Stanford University and a PhD from UCLA.
Dr. Subini Annamma
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Prior to her doctoral studies, Subini Ancy Annamma was a special education teacher in public schools and youth prisons. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at Stanford University who focuses her research on how education practices and processes constrain or afford success for disabled youth of color. This focus is especially important given the overrepresentation of youth of color with disabilities in discipline, seclusion and restraint, and school-based arrests in and lower graduation rates from public schools. Dr. Annamma focuses on how the above routes push youth of color with disabilities out of public school and into carceral facilities. Once in youth incarceration, she examines how incarcerated youth of color with disabilities get support to address their education needs. In this discussion, Dr. Annamma will focus on how prison-schools attend to the needs of Girls of Color with disabilities and is also happy to talk about any of the above topics regarding youth with disabilities and special education.
Dr. Tiffani Marie
Friday, June 23, 2023
Tiffani Marie is the daughter of Sheryll Marie, granddaughter of Dorothy Wilson and Annette Williams, and the great-grandaughter of Artelia Green and Olivia Williams. She comes from a long line of Arkansas educators. She is passionate about learning with and from youth, building with sacred and beloved community, sewing, music production, and connecting to the natural world. Tiffani Marie is also the co-director of the Institute for Regenerative Futures and Professor of Teacher Education and Ethnic Studies at San Jose State University, where her research focuses on health disparities, the study of anti-blackness as a social determinant of health, and the embodiment of critical pedagogies as an attenuating agent of toxic stress in black children. Her broader research interests integrate theoretical frameworks and methods from public health, critical race studies and education. Her current research findings demonstrate that while schooling is a powerful indicator of health, it does not benefit all groups equally. Hence, Marie’s scope of work extends beyond promoting mastery of academic content toward more robust health-based educational interventions that may lead to increased educational pathways and greater health outcomes for youth. 


SUMMER CONVENING INCLUDES:

  • 4 Keynote Talks
  • 4 Workshop Sessions
  • 2 Racial Justice Action Plan Working Group Sessions
  • Health, Wellness, and Creative Arts Programming
  • Femtorship Program
  • Breakfast and Lunch daily
  • Welcome Dinner
  • Museum tour at The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry


2023-24 VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDES:

  • 6 Keynote Talks with Community Building Time (3 fall, 3 spring)
  • 2 Four-Session Racial Justice Mini-courses (1 fall, 1 spring)
  • 2 Public Talks in collaboration with UCR's K-12 Ethnic Studies Speaker Series
  • Femtorship Program (quarterly meetings and pairing of femtors/femtees for independent meetings)


REGISTRATION FEES FOR SELECTED FELLOWS

Registration Rates
Summer Conference ONLY:
$400 Registration Rate
$200 Financial Hardship Registration, cannot be sponsored

​Summer and Virtual Programming Combined:
$500 Registration Rate
$275 Financial Hardship Registration, cannot be sponsored

2023-24 Virtual Programming ONLY:
$200 Registration Rate
$100 Financial Hardship Registration, cannot be sponsored
Summer Conference Housing Rates (June 20-23)
Limited campus apartment style housing (4 per apartment, separate rooms):
$185 for all three nights
$44 Parking​