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We're excited to share the Futures Happening Playbook, a free, nonpartisan guide to designing more generative and joyful civic gatherings, created by @lisakaysolomon. Link to the Playbook: bit.ly/3ZW075w #design #futuresthinking #civicengagement #civicleaders

“If you trusted an individual enough to hire them, you also should trust them enough to get work done when and where they prefer.” s.hbr.org/3iggaD3

Innovative Ecosystem ACCELERATOR Lab Super stoked to spend time learning alongside 20 ecosystem leaders from across the country, representing 12 cities—from Memphis to Newport and from Columbus to Dallas, in BEAUTIFUL New York City (Brooklyn). The challenge: Using Liberatory design (modes and mindsets), prototype a critical infrastructure need that advances your work locally, in a way that’s equitable and inclusive, in process and outcome. Brilliant work, real conversations, serious questions, relentless pursuit. Mad props to @EdReimagined for leading the way. ❤️🔥

COMMUNITY VISIONING, Hosted by the Justice Coalition USA | Durham, NC Connecting elders with the newest generation of voters, the group needed a way to: deepen our relationships with each other, identify individual and shared needs, and imagine a version of democracy that reflects the very best of us. Co-facilitated with my dear sister Dr. @Shameka_Gerald with support from @TerranceRuth ❤️ Closing Keynote by @RevDrBarber suggested: 1. Young people don’t want to be told WHO to vote for but rather WHAT to vote for backed by data with ways to bring moral analysis to the conversation. (They do not want bumper stickers & slogans.) 2. Young folks, who are aware and deeply interested about many of these issues, want to spend time in dialogue with each other and with elders. They value thoughtful, constructive, and civil discourse. 3. Cult of Personality: It’s not enough to be a black or brown, male or female candidate but rather pay special attention to what policies and what impacts, over time with a particular focus on the nation’s 140 million poor and working poor. Dr. Barber’s guiding question: Whether we’re great or aspiring to be great, what is the responsibility of greatness? ❤️🔥 #centerforloveandjustice @hthgse

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“When we serve all of us we serve our students as well.” -Dr. Bean @OCDeptofEd Today, serving staff, advancing a common language and relationships. #Strengths #K12 CliftonStr @sregur @ConnectTheWork #WellbeingAtWork

GHANA ASCD | INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS SUMMIT 2024 | 🇬🇭 Zaretta Hammond, “a daughter of the Diaspora,” laying down a cogent, concise, and cognitively relevant framing for shifting from a pedagogy of compliance toward a PEDAGOGY OF POSSIBILITY on the Continent 🇬🇭❤️🔥 Let’s get it!!! #IES2024 #deeperlearning #deeperlearningGHANA #deeperlearningAFRICA

Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭 2024 RE-EDUCATING KALEB As a student, it was consistently reinforced that Africa & African people had no history worth studying, acknowledging, or knowing. Today, on the original lands of my ancestors, I (a descendant of Nigerians, Congolese, and Malians) seek to re-member who my people were before the American experiment, what has been lost to me, and how to re-member it. Some initial questions include: Who were we to each other, and why? What was our relationship to place? What did we build, make, and create, and why? Some Other Questions: How has my American social conditioning shaped my current sense of identity and belonging? And what may need to be reconciled? What values have I inherited from my current context and how has it influenced my decision making and life choices, to date? And, what indigenous principles may I need to re-inhabit? In what ways have my educational experiences (k-12, higher ed., graduate school, etc.) reflected the deepest truths and knowledge about my people? And, what might I need to re-member? What were the spiritual traditions of my people prior to Christianity? And, what might I need to re-ignite? Touched down at 14:40, local time. Seven days. Let’s see what I can pick up. #deeperlearning #lifetimelearning #deeperlearningAFRICA #Ghana

Getting ready to engage at ASCD Ghana - Modeling for Liberatory Leadership! #deeperlearningGHANA #deeperlearning #collectiveliberation #loveandjustice #IES2024 @hthgse @GIoCT_official @ghascd @EquitasIntl @bluedot_ed @4LearningEdu @UnlockedHCD @LCCollaborative @kalebrashad

So excited to be in dialogue with Africa and the world along with my brilliant colleagues as we Re-imagine Education for the Future We Seek ! @HSRA_MN @4LearningEdu #deeperlearningGHANA #collectiveliberation #loveandjustice #IES2024 @hthgse @kalebrashad @Carlos_Moreno06

Peace out Denver! A big thanks and appreciation to the Basecamp crew @ZajacSLP @jacquiegardy @WickedDecent @TeacherWinters @manuelherrera33 Icing on the cake catching up with our inspo @drchagala Coming back to MA inspired for next year-but first summer @SarahKuhneTech #ISTE24

Great start at #ISTELive learning from @mcleod on Designing for Deeper Personalized Learning. Impactful, interactive, digging into 4 Big Shifts for Deeper Learning & protocols as an on ramp for learning re-design. THANK YOU my friend!!!

I spent years wondering, "should I move to #Maine just to hope one day @WickedDecent being able to teach my kids." And today I got to watch him teach other people's kids at Basecamp for Creatives @ISTEofficial & I realize I should have made that move. #istelive #iste2024 #iste24

@stanforddschool author show: Olatunde Sobomehin of Creative Hustle, Dr. Leticia Britos Cavagnaro of Experiments in Reflection, and Grace Hawthorne of Make Possibilities Happen gettingsmart.com/podcast/gettin… via @Getting_Smart

@VIDASHARKS Enhancing Math Understanding Through Arts Integration by @hayleywhitevida - InnovateDesignCreate.com innovatedesigncreate.weebly.com/1/post/2024/04… I did a thing! Extolling the virtues of arts integration in my math classroom ALL DAY BABY! #WeAreVIDA

Command and control management is on its way out, and bosses who practice empathy and make an effort to connect are in. s.hbr.org/47JbJsO

I had a transformative day with @MrStrong3rd @brianvdelgado & @bluedotandrew “The more you go outward the more you see inward” and “You can’t cage the wind” I could go on. Writing poetry inspired by #nature and absorbing their every word. Thank you doesn’t seem like enough.

Kofi B. Bringing it at #deeperlearning24 keynote! “Doubt is just confirmation that you’re dreaming big.” !!!!!! Speaking my language. 🔥❤️

I have been blessed to attend several "Leadership Journeys" by @bigpiclearning & hosted by @Carlos_Moreno06. They have ALL been amazing. But tonight. Tonight was different. At each turn of the podiums brought new tears, inspired hopes, humility & appreciation from the souls of @kncamak @MichelleSadrena @tonyminnieapple. Vulnerability is a courageous act. Our world needs more courage. Thank you for for being models. Love wins. #DL24 #DeeperLearning

Ready for this.