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FALL 2024 MEETING OF
EDUCATION DEANS FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY (EDJE)

held jointly with the

14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
EDUCATION AND JUSTICE

6-7 December 2024
Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Hosts:
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, College of Education
University Laboratory School

Sponsors:
Hawai‘i Scholars for Education and Social Justice (HSESJ)
Education Deans for Justice and Equity (EDJE)
UCLA School of Education and Information Studies
University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences

Scroll down to see:

  • EDJE Meeting Overview

  • 14th International Conference on Education and Justice Overview

  • Detailed EDJE Meeting Agenda (including pdf version)

  • Gathering in Hawai‘i

  • COVID-related Requirements

  • Location and Travel

  • Registration Information and Form

EDJE MEETING OVERVIEW

Education Deans for Justice and Equity (EDJE) is pleased to announce our Fall 2024 Meeting, scheduled for December 6-8 in Honolulu, HI, held jointly with the 14th International Conference on Education and Justice. Deans, associate/assistant deans, directors and chairs, diversity officers, and other leaders in schools and colleges of education, as well as those working collectively with or aspiring towards such roles, are invited to attend the EDJE Meeting. You are strongly encouraged to bring teams from your institutions who can work collectively and build on what is learned at the gathering.

Building on the Conference Theme, the tentative focus of the EDJE Meeting will be, “Leading for Justice and Equity When Democracy is Under Attack.” Questions that we might explore: What is the role of schools of education in these times? What does it mean to be a leader for justice in times of censorship of speech, protest, and curriculum; demonization of schools, colleges, and teachers; politicization of DEI and related initiatives; and more? What are sources of attack — or of pushback on justice initiatives — from outside of our institutions and from inside? How might the EDJE Framework for Assessment and Transformation be of support to us?

EDJE will meet separately on the mornings of Friday and Saturday, and will join the Conference at other times. Therefore, EDJE-meeting attendees are encouraged to submit proposals to present at the Conference!

14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND JUSTICE OVERVIEW:

Please visit the Conference Website for more information, including the full schedule.

DETAILED EDJE MEETING AGENDA (updated 12/7/24):

(Download a pdf version of the detailed agenda)

As listed below, EDJE will have separate meetings each morning, as well as the strand of sessions specifically designed for leaders and cohosted by EDJE. In addition to the sessions below, EDJE Meeting attendees are welcome to attend any portions of the Conference.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6

8:30-9:00 Registration Opens [Wist Hall]

On Friday only, the Registration Table, Book Sale, Art-Making Table, and Snacks & Beverages Counter will all be on the ground floor of Wist Hall, 1776 University Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96822. Coffee, tea, and refreshments will be served.

9:00-10:40 EDJE Meeting [CCC, Wist Hall]

11:00-12:30 Huaka‘i: Decolonial Walking Tour of the University Campus

Join us for a decolonial huakaʻi, or walking tour, of the UH Mānoa campus. We will share the “untold” histories of Mānoa and encourage participants to imagine ways of transforming our campus by centering the Indigenous geography, local histories, and people of Mānoa. The tour will be led by Dr. Christina Higgins, Milang Shin, and Michol Miller from the UH Department of Second Language Studies. Please be prepared to walk across campus; comfortable shoes and sunscreen should be worn. The tour will start at the front entrance of the Kamakakāokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, 2645 Dole Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96822, which is a .8 mile (18-minute) walk from the Registration Table.
** Please meet at the Registration Table at 10:40 if you would like to walk to the tour together.

12:30-1:15 Opening Lunch [Wist Hall]

All conference attendees are invited to our Opening Lunch, thanks to the generous sponsorship of EDJE and the University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences! Vegan options will be available.

1:15-2:30 Session 1.1. Collectivization, Collaborations, and Social Movements [CCC, Wist Hall]

This session includes a presentation about how one college has used the EDJE Framework for Assessment and Transformation. Please download and view the Framework.

Session Moderator: Therese Quinn

Applying Lessons Learned from the History of the American Progressive Education Movement to Modern-Day Social Justice Education Movement Building
Amber Strong Makaiau and Chad Miller, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
(10-12 minutes)

Are We Revolting? Campus Labor Movements and the Struggles for More Just and Free Worlds
Erica Meiners and Therese Quinn, workers and union members
(10-12 minutes)

Building Effective Educator-Community Coalitions: Organizing to Resist Neoliberal Education Reform and Save Our Schools
Cynthia Roy and Lori Silveira, New Bedford Coalition to Save Our Schools, Massachusetts Teachers Association
(10-12 minutes)

The Coalitional Politics of District Debt: Bridging Grassroots Power and State Policy in California
René Espinoza Kissell and Arianna Rodriguez, University of California at Santa Cruz
(10-12 minutes)

Living On the EDJE: Collaborative Institutional Self-Assessment using the EDJE Framework to Advance Justice and Equity in the PACMED Pacific-Island Program
Deborah K. Zuercher, Paul Tauiliili, Ivy Yeung, Janelle Matsuura, and Jill Sanders, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
(20-22 minutes)

2:45-4:00 Session 2.1. Understanding the Anti-Queer and Anti-Trans Attacks in Education: An Invited Dialogue [CCC, Wist Hall]

Session Moderator: Harper Keenan, University of British Columbia
Akiea “Ki” Gross, Woke Kindergarten
Camaron Miyamoto, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Erica Meiners, Northeastern Illinois University
Therese Quinn, University of Illinois at Chicago

4:00-4:30 Welcome Reception [Multipurpose Building, University Lab School]

All conference attendees are invited to our Welcome Reception to mingle and network! Refreshments (with vegan options) will be provided, thanks to the generous sponsorship of Education Deans for Justice and Equity and the University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education Sciences! Find us in the Multipurpose Building (cafeteria) of the University Laboratory School, 1776 University Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96822.

4:30-6:00 Friday Plenary: Naming the Moment: Understanding the Attacks on Education [Multipurpose Building, University Lab School]

Preparing for 2025 
Kevin Kumashiro, Education Deans for Justice and Equity, author of Surrendered: Why Progressives are Losing the Biggest Battles in Education

Seeing the Connections: Power Mapping
Francesca Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, co-author of Critical Race Theory and Its Critics: Implications for Research and Teaching

Outsourcing Discrimination: Vouchers and Charters
Kevin Welner, National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, co-author of The School Voucher Illusion: Exposing the Pretense of Equity

The Right to Truth: Curriculum and Activism
Maureen Edobor, Washington and Lee University School of Law; Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law; author of “The Right to Truth” (forthcoming, UCLA Law Review)

Protest, Silencing, and Censorship for Educators
Akiea “Ki” Gross, Woke Kindergarten

6:00 Optional Dinner Outings (on your own)

Connect with other EDJE attendees and make plans to enjoy dinner and reflect together on the day’s conversations. Ask one of our locals for dining and activity suggestions!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7

8:30-9:00 Registration Opens [Multipurpose Building, University Lab School]

On Saturday only, the Registration Table, Book Sale, Art-Making Table, and Snacks & Beverages Counter will all be in the Multipurpose Building (cafeteria) of the University Laboratory School, 1776 University Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96822. The designated Quiet Area (for reflection, meditation, and rest) will be in the adjacent Band Room. Coffee, tea, and refreshments will be served.

9:00-10:45 EDJE Meeting [Room A]

  • 9:00-9:45 Associate/Assistant Deans of Color: Ongoing Conversations for Resilience and Leadership Development

    • Session Moderator: Soh Meacham, University of Northern Iowa

    • Marilyn Davis, Montclair State University 

    • Sumi Hagiwara, Montclair State University

    • Pao Lor, University of Wisconsin at La Crosse

    • Luchara Wallace, University of Western Michigan 

  • 9:45-10:45 Discussion: Planning for 2025

11:00-12:00 Saturday Plenary: Indigenous and Immigrant Groups in Hawai‘i: Educational Challenges and Resistance [Multipurpose Building, University Lab School]

Session Moderator: Jonathan Okamura, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Shanty Asher, Former Board Member, Hawai‘i Board of Education, and Pacific Islander Liaison, Office of Economic Revitalization 

Tina Tauasosi-Posiulai, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Marnelli Joy Ulep, University of Hawaiʻi

Kahunawai Wright, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

12:00-12:45 Saturday Lunch [Multipurpose Building, University Lab School]

All conference attendees are invited to our Saturday Lunch, thanks to the generous sponsorship of Education Deans for Justice and Equity and the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies! Vegan options will be available.

12:45-2:00 Session 3.1. Intersectional Identities, Tensions, and Frameworks for Transformation: An Invited Dialogue of Critical Asian American Deans and Leaders [Room A]

Session Moderator: Rachel Endo, Dean, University of Washington at Tacoma

Wayne Au, Dean, University of Washington at Bothell

Shireen Pavri, Assistant Vice Chancellor, California State University, and Former Dean, California State University at Long Beach

Kevin Roxas, Dean, Western Washington University

Jon Yoshioka, Director, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and Past President, Association of Teacher Educators

2:15-3:30 Breakout Sessions

View the Conference schedule for the full list of all sessions and presenters, including several EDJE members!

3:45-4:30 Posters Session and Refreshments [Multipurpose Building, University Lab School]

Grab some refreshments and speak with presenters of one or more of the amazing posters/exhibits on display! Refreshments provided by Education Deans for Justice and Equity and the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies. View the Conference schedule for the full list of poster titles and presenters, including several EDJE members!

4:45-5:30 Closing Session and Refreshments [Multipurpose Building, University Lab School]

How to Heal with Sisterhood, Solidarity, and Community Building

What better way to end this conference than with an interactive closing session on healing? Grab some refreshments and join a group of community educators and critical scholar activists who work inside miseducation systems (K12/HE) and who have developed healing strategies that arm us as we teach, learn, and lead during attacks on educational justice. We believe justice is embodied work, and we will offer an interactive session that includes theory and practice, care and camaraderie in five parts: (1) Welcome and Introductions (song of liberation), (2) Cultural Keepers and a Pedagogy of Healing, (3) Collective Freewrite by Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS), (4) Sharing is Radical Justice, and (5) Closing in Connection. Refreshments (with vegan options) will be provided, thanks to the generous sponsorship of Education Deans for Justice and Equity and the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies!

Vajra Watson, Sacramento State University
Elizabeth Morgan, Morgan State University
Sheeva Sabati, Sacramento State University

5:30 Optional Dinner Outings (on your own)

Conclude the meeting and conference experience by connecting with other attendees and making plans to enjoy dinner and reflect together on the day’s conversations. Ask one of our locals for dining and activity suggestions!

GATHERING IN HAWAI‘I

As in previous years, this convening provides vital and timely opportunities to support the engagement and education of many scholars, educators, students, and advocates in Hawai'i alongside many from outside, as well as to act immersively and in solidarity with anti-oppressive and indigenous-led movements for justice. I join with many people who have long argued that no one at any time should be coming to anywhere in Hawai'i via the industries (tourist, military, capitalist) that fuel colonialism, profiteering, and the destruction or oppression of lands and livelihoods, particularly of Native Hawaiians.  Rather, we should show up with all that global social movements have to offer to work with local anti-oppressive educators and activists who request our solidarity—in Hawai'i, as anywhere.  With our local partners, this convening strives to co-organize a gathering that impact us and the world anti-oppressively by advancing movement building.  Thus, as a central part of coming to this convening, let us double-down on our commitment to doing our homework to understand intersectional injustices in Hawai'i while acting in solidarity to be a part of the solution before, during, and after we gather.  More resources are forthcoming, but to get started, check out the recent episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, focusing on Hawai‘i.

COVID-RELATED PRECAUTIONS (updated 8/24/24):

All registrants and attendees are expected to be vaccinated and boosted for COVID. Wearing masks is optional but recommended, particularly indoors.

LOCATION AND TRAVEL:

EDJE Meeting participants are responsible for their own transportation and lodging.

LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY: The EDJE Meeting and the joint Conference will be held in Honolulu on the adjoining campuses of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, College of Education and the University Laboratory School.  All meeting spaces are wheelchair-accessible; if additional accessibility accommodations are required, please contact the Conference Organizer in advance. More information on the location of the Registration Table will be posted soon.

GROUND TRANSPORTATION: All attendees are encouraged to use environmentally-friendly modes of ground transportation to and from the Meeting venue, including walking, biking (you can park your bike for free all over campus), public bus (one stop is just across the street), and carpooling. Parking will be limited immediately next to the Meeting venue, with additional paid lots throughout the campus. You can find campus maps, as well as parking, driving, biking, and public-bus information here: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/about/visit/#transportation.

AIRPORT: Everyone who flies to Honolulu will arrive into the Honolulu International Airport (HNL). The University is 8 miles from the airport.

LODGING: There will not be a conference hotel. However, we are pleased to describe several nearby, convenient, and affordable options:

  • East West Center: Anyone with an educational affiliation/sponsorship is eligible to stay in the housing of the East West Center, located on-campus and a half-mile walk from the conference venue. These rooms are like apartments with private bathrooms and, in some rooms, kitchenettes, currently priced from $77-111/night. Although none of the rooms have air-conditioning, December in Honolulu should be fine for most people: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/about-ewc/housing/visitor-housing 

  • Discounted Rates at Outrigger Hotels: Conference attendees can use the University’s corporate code at Outrigger properties that will give you discounted rates and other benefits, including: waived daily resort charges; no deposit is required at the time of booking; flexible cancellation policy (typically 1-day notice); and 50% off daily parking fees at their hotels. Here's how to find a property and use the corporate code:

    • 1. Go to outrigger.com/business-connection

    • 2. Click/Tap Book Now

    • 3. Under Come Be Here... Select Oʻahu

    • 4. Select a property

    • 5. Select Rooms & Rates

    • 6. In the Apply Special Rate dropdown, select Corporate Code

    • 7. Enter promo code: GL1943  

    • 8. Click/Tap Apply

    • 9. Change # of adults and children and dates  

    • 10. Book to see room types and pricing

  • Other Nearby Hotels: Several other hotels are within a 1.5-mile radius (walking distance) from the Conference venue, including the Ala Moana Hotel, which is attached to the large Ala Moana Shopping Center, and which is accessible by the A express bus that drops you off right across the street from the Conference venue: https://www.alamoanahotelhonolulu.com/. In addition, the University is only 2.5 miles from the heart of Waikiki with dozens of hotels ranging from budget to luxury hotels, and because the conference occurs off-season, low rates can currently be found on travel websites. Most are easily accessible by bus and/or taxi.

  • Hotels at Risk of Labor Disputes: You may remember that the 2018 conference was held in a hotel where workers began a long strike the day after we departed. We can see which hotels are unionized and stay informed of hotels in Honolulu that are at risk of labor actions at https://www.fairhotel.org/

REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND FORM:

All educators, researchers and scholars, and educational leaders and advocates throughout the United States and the world and from all levels and disciplines are invited to attend and participate in the EDJE Meeting and the joint Conference. The registration fees are on a sliding scale (choose your own rate) that ranges from $0 to $199 per person, and include access to the full schedule above. The lower rates allow for the same conference experience and are available to all individuals with limited financial resources. Registration fees are nonrefundable. Please note that the Conference Organizers believes strongly that the registration fees should not serve as a financial barrier to access and participation, so if you require additional financial assistance, please contact me (Kevin) to discuss how to register at even lower rates.

$199 EDJE Meeting and Conference Registration: Regular Rate (registration for both the 14th International Conference and the Fall 2024 EDJE Meeting)

$99 EDJE Meeting and Conference Registration: Discounted Rate (registration for both the 14th International Conference and the Fall 2024 EDJE Meeting)

$150 Conference Registration: Regular Rate (anyone may select this rate)

$75 Conference Registration: Discounted Rate (anyone may select this rate)

$25 Conference Registration: Volunteer Rate (any individual who wishes to volunteer to assist the conference organizer with a 2-3 hour shift during the conference may select this special rate; a limited number of volunteer slots are available; volunteers will receive more information about their shift as the conference date approaches)

$0 Conference Registration: UH/ULS Rate (thanks to the generous sponsorship of the UH-Mānoa College of Education and the University Lab School, all current faculty, staff, and students of UH and of ULS may register for free)

Note: If you are registering a group, please list the following items in the “Additional Information” box of the Registration Form for each registrant: (a) Full name, (b) Job title, (c) Institutional affiliation, and (d) Email address (please doublecheck for typos).

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LEGAL AGREEMENTS:

By registering for or participating in this event, you are agreeing to hold Kevin Kumashiro Consulting harmless regarding liability, and also to affirm the indemnity of Kevin Kumashiro Consulting regarding intellectual property.