Community Classroom Connections

Community to Classroom Connections Webinar Series

Coming this Fall, the Omaha Public School’s Office of Equity and Diversity (OED) will be hosting a webinar series to support the Strategic Framework for Educational Equity. The Community To Classroom Connections (#C3) Webinar Series will be a series of discussions that help the illustrate the importance of Access and Opportunity, Pursuing Diversity, Building Efficacy, and Social Responsibility as they are connected to the overall development of an equitable school district and society.

The Commitment

Over the course of the webinar series educators, school supporters, thought partners, and innovators will communicate messages, stories, and directives that support the key concepts of Education Equity with a promise to inspire and provoke participants to continue in their journeys for change. The professional development opportunity and community platform will be a shared space for participants to join and learn from each other as we seek to make our schools and community a more inclusive environment.

How it Works

Modeled after the Families Learning from Families and student EXPRESSIONS engagement strategy that OPS launched during the Summer of 2020, participants can register to participate in the workshop series by clicking the link below. Meeting information for each session will be sent a few days prior to the session date to all individuals who have signed up for #C3. Each session will present opportunities for individuals to be guest presenters, topic facilitators both live and recorded. We will get this done together

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Dates

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              Access and Opportunity
                       Webinar One
                  November 11, 2020
                        6:00-7:30 pm

For our first webinar we are thrilled to have a wonderful group of panelists that are leading our community in many powerful ways and are impacting and expanding who has Access and Opportunity. Willie Barney of the Empowerment Network, Susan Mayberger of the Omaha Refugee Task Force, Dr. Donna Polk of the Urban Indian Health Coalition, and Dulce Sherman of Whispering Roots, Inc. All have wonderful stories about how they came to do the work to create change for so many people in the OPS community.

Pursuing Diversity
Webinar Two
January 26, 2021
6:00-7:30 pm

We invite you to join us as we focus on Pursuing Diversity through the theme of "The Words We Choose". This webinar will feature OPS programs, students, and staff that support the power of language. Please join our mistress of ceremonies Terri D. Sanders, Editor of the Omaha Star, and featured guest speakers Crystal Shelley, Editor/Owner of Rabbit with a Red Pen and Okhee Lee, NYU professor of Childhood Education.

Building Efficacy
Webinar Three
March 30, 2021
6:00-7:30 p.m.

A new “you“ is emerging through our crisis. Your being is redefined through reflection. Your agency will now align with your new being. Come and share in an opportunity to discuss this with others.

Social Responsibility
Webinar Four
May 2021
TBD

For more information please contact the OED at equityanddiversity@ops.org or (531) 299-0307. Our partner’s at Minnesota Humanities have provided some powerful examples of what is to come with the #C3 series. Please preview these recorded sessions and use the discussion prompts to support you as you dive into the foundations of Educational Equity.