Moving the needle in our communities and schools can only happen when partners find ways to work together with a shared vision of success for children and families. Join us to learn from national experts in education and community change and hear how they have each accomplished seemingly impossible outcomes with common sense approaches you can implement in your organizations.
Tickets: $45.00 per person. Price includes all service fees.
Groups of 10 or more: $30 per person. To purchase group tickets, please contact Kerry Fair at 240-513-6370 or kfair@besterhope.org.
Featured Speakers:
Geoffrey Canada
Having worked with the Harlem Children's Zone for more than 30 years, Geoffrey Canada is renowned around the world for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem, NY, and as a thought leader and passionate advocate for education reform. From 1990 to 2014, Mr. Canada served as the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Harlem Children's Zone, which The New York Times called "one of the most ambitious social-policy experiments of our time." Under Mr. Canada's visionary leadership, HCZ has become a national model and the subject of significant media attention. Mr. Canada has written two books, "Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun" and "Reaching Up for Manhood."Â A strong voice in public debates on education, he also has written for a number of publications, including op-eds for The New York Times and Daily News; gave a TED Talk on our failing schools and the need for innovation that was boradcast on PBS; and has spoken to audiences around the world about what it takes to help children succeed, from evaluation to early childhood education and beyond.Â
Jim Sporleder
Jim Sporleder retired in 2014 as the principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA. Under Jim's leadership, Lincoln High School became a "Trauma Informed" school, gaining national attention due to a dramatic drop in out of school suspensions, increased graduation rates and the number of students going on to post-secondary education. These dramatic changes at Lincoln caught the attention of Jamie Redford, who spent a year filming the documentary, "Paper Tigers", which tells the Lincoln story. The documentary was released at the May 2015 Seattle International Film Festival and received positive reviews. Jim is currently working as a trauma-informed coach and consultant as well as a trainer with the Children's Resilience Initiative, based in Walla Walla, WA.
Dante DeTablan
Dante DeTablan, MSW, LGSW, is Vice President of the United Way Ben Franklin Center at Brooklyn/Curtis Bay and a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. This award-winning center listens to children and families and designs programs and opportunities to address their education, health, housing and employment needs. A network of partners provide these interventions to help strengthen children and stabilize families at Ben Franklin High School and neighboring schools in this evolving academical village in South Baltimore.
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