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CRSJ Save the Date 2024

NEA's Conference on Racial & Social Justice

The Conference on Racial and Social Justice provides a unique space for educators, students, parents and families, organizers, community members and leaders to unite for the advancement of Justice in Education.

2024 Conference on Racial and Social Justice Details

Flyer for the Conference on Racial and Social Justice announcing that registration is closed
Flyer for the Conference on Racial and Social Justice announcing that registration is closed

Join us in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania Convention Center for three days of Promote. Protect. Strengthen. Public Education: The Foundation of our Democracy! 

Together with educators, creatives, activists, organizers and other leaders we will advance racial and social justice for Our Schools, through the power of Our Stories and organize for Our Future. 

The Conference on Racial and Social Justice is presented by NEA’s Center for Racial and Social Justice. The purpose of the conference is to provide a unique space for educators, students, parents and families, organizers, community members and leaders to unite for the advancement of Justice in Education.

2023 CRSJ Highlights and Photos

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CRSJ conference attendees sit around a display of colored squares and prepare for the Blanket Exercise
CRSJ conference attendees sit around a display of colored squares and prepare for the Blanket Exercise

Educators participate in the Kairos Blanket Healing Exercise, a unique, participatory history lesson that fosters truth, understanding, respect, and reconciliation among Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

Moses Mitchell Photography
Two CRSJ conference attendees look at the display of banned or challenged books
Two CRSJ conference attendees look at the display of banned or challenged books

Conference attendees, including Winter Marshall-Allen (left), peruse the display of banned and challenged books.

Attendees at the Conference on Racial and Social Justice greet each other in Orlando, Florida
Attendees at the Conference on Racial and Social Justice greet each other in Orlando, Florida

Moses Mitchell Photography
Activists hold orange protest sign that says No SB4
Activists hold orange protest sign that says No SB4

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Conference on Racial & Social Justice
Conference on Racial & Social Justice

Conference on Racial & Social Justice
Conference on Racial & Social Justice

Conference on Racial & Social Justice
Conference on Racial & Social Justice

Conference on Racial & Social Justice
Conference on Racial & Social Justice

Member Gloria Pereyra-Robertson
Through my union, I have been able to do a lot more things, build my network and access more resources. Last summer I was at the Racial and Social Justice Conference. I got to meet the most amazing teachers who are like-minded. It was like I was at the Oscars!
Quote by: Gloria Pereyra-Robertson, Kindergarten teacher, Oregon Education Association
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