Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the official launch of the website and registration of Queens College's Conference: Race, Identity, & Liberation: Transforming K-12 Public Education & the Academy for the Greater Good https://race-identity-liberation.carrd.co/ The Queens College Urban Studies Department has funds to support the first five students who sign up for the conference. Please contact Professor Tarry Hum for this funding at tarry.hum@qc.cuny.edu This conference is the inaugural event of the Center for the Improvement of Education at Queens College. On behalf of the Dean of Education, Queens College community, and our generous sponsors from across the country, we would like to warmly thank you for participating and joining us for this special conference on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. We are thrilled to have 6 phenomenal Keynote and Guest Speakers at the conference: · Dr. Jack Tchen, University of Rutgers at Newark and New York University · Dr. Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University · Mr. Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Award Winning Journalist, Emmy Nominated Film maker, and Founder of Define American · Mr. Jin Park, Harvard University DACA graduate, Queens resident, and first DACA Rhodes Scholar in the history of the United States and Rhodes Scholarship Program · Dr. Cheryl Matias, University of Colorado, Denver, Author of "Feeling White". · Dr. Nolan Cabrera, University of Arizona, Author of "White Guys on Campus". Please share this special event with your professional networks, school leaders, teachers, students, and friends. Early registration tickets are $40 from February 8, 2019 - March 1, 2019. After March 1st, all tickets will be $55. Ticket sales will end on Friday, March 8th. For Queens College faculty, students, and staff only: Please use the Eventbrite link below to register. This invitation is password protected. The password is qccommunity (all lowercase). This link is only for Queens College faculty and staff who would like to attend and to invite their students. Everyone who is interested in attending the conference need to register via Eventbrite. We request that in order to register for the conference, to please use your laptop or computer to do so. Registration links do not work well on smartphones. Guests will not be allowed inside to any of the Keynotes Lectures or Dialogue Sessions without full registration through the Eventbrite system. Due to limited number of tickets available, we strongly suggest that our Queens College community register by Friday, February 15, 2019 by 10AM. Please do not share this Eventbrite link and password to members outside the Queens College community since we have limited number of tickets for Queens College. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-identity-liberation-conference-qccommunity-tickets-56290110235?aff=<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-identity-liberation-conference-qccommunity-tickets-56290110235?aff> We hope you will join us on March 12th. We are looking forward to a wonderful conference and dialogue sessions together. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Judy Yu at judy.yu@qc.cuny.edu<mailto:judy.yu@qc.cuny.edu> Best Wishes, Dr. Yu? Dr. Judy Yu Project Director, Teacher Opportunity Corps. Faculty, Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services Queens College, City University of New York 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Powdermaker Hall, Room 100H Queens, NY 11367 Judy.Yu@qc.cuny.edu Office: (718) 997-5253 Fax: (718) 997-5222 "Until we are all free, we are none of us free." - Emma Lazarus, American Poet & Activist.