Online registration is closed for the Symposium, but onsite registration will be available on Friday and Saturday. Please join us whether you are pre-registered or not!
Join us on January 19 and 20, 2024 for the first Leading Towards Justice Symposium
Building upon the Leading Towards Justice Series, the Symposium invites scholars, practitioners, educators, and leaders to share their work and evolve our collective leadership practices of justice-seeking in education.
The LtJ Symposium asks, how do we lead towards justice within these territories? We recognize that system leaders are seeking change within institutions founded in and arranged by settler colonialism and enslavement. These are foundational structures that have harmed relations with lands, waters, and local Indigenous communities. We also recognize and appreciate how Indigenous lifeways have persisted and resisted colonial conditions. Despite educational systems having privileged individuals with titles and formal authority, leadership has been on these lands since time immemorial. We invite workshops that consider what restorative, equity-based practices mean locally, upon these territories, and how we might surface and center community-based, collective, and relational forms of leadership.
The Symposium will take place over two days including featuring a keynote conversation between three incredible educational scholars and leaders, 23 concurrent sessions to choose from led by expert practitioners, and shared openings and closings for all participants on both days. More information about the "unkeynote keynote" can be found on the Symposium website.
The speakers will share stories and think together about the opportunities and challenges for equity-based leadership in local territories, alongside communities. They aim to model an ethic of relationality integral to just leadership.
Schedule of Events
- Friday, January 19th, 2-7:30pm including concurrent session, keynote, and reception
- Saturday, January 20th, 9am-4pm including concurrent sessions and shared opening and closing
View the full schedule and session descriptions on the Symposium website.
Registration Fee Options
- The registration fee for individual participants is $100
- UW College of Education alumni are invited to bring one friend or colleague that you'd like to introduce to COE leadership programs, included in the $100 registration fee. Please check your confirmation email after registering for a discount code to share.
- Current students at any school, college or university may attend the symposium at no cost
- Scholarship participant and teacher options are available for those that need or want this event to be lower cost
You do not need to pre-register to attend the Symposium. On-site registration will be available at the event on both Friday and Saturday.
Transportation
The Symposium will take place at the Husky Union Building (HUB) on the University of Washington Seattle campus. Many public transit options provide access to the HUB and parking is available on campus for a fee.
Washington State Clock Hours
OSPI clock hours are available for Washington state educators and administrators. Please check the box below before proceeding adding this event to your cart if you would like to receive clock hours. Please allow 1 month after the event for processing.
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More Information
Visit the Leading Towards Justice Symposium website for additional details and updates. For questions about registration or clock hours, please contact coereg@uw.edu.
The Leading Towards Justice Symposium is hosted by the College of Education’s Danforth Leadership Program, Leadership for Learning Program, & the Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy area with support from the Corbally Fund and Just Ed Leadership Institute.
