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Saturday, May 4 • 2:45pm - 4:15pm
School-Based Community Organizing

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Poverty poses barriers to learning beyond school walls (e.g. unsafe streets) that schools must also address to serve students effectively. Because schools are hubs for communities, they have the power to assemble the residents of historically underserved communities to demand positive social change. This session will explore successful methods of authentically engaging families to address the barriers to learning to create sustainable growth in educational outcomes.
Speakers
avatar for Larry Fondation

Larry Fondation

Executive Director, United Parents and Students
Larry Fondation is the Executive Director of United Parents and Students, an affiliate of Green Dot Public Schools National. United Parents and Students was founded to help families address the factors outside school boundaries that not only pose barriers to learning, but also inhibit... Read More →
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Veronica Toledo

Associate Director, United Parents & Students
Veronica Toledo is the Associate Director of United Parents and Students (UPAS). UPAS is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families address the factors outside school boundaries that not only pose barriers to learning, but also inhibit local quality of life as a whole... Read More →


Saturday May 4, 2019 2:45pm - 4:15pm
Mercer B Hilton Seattle Airport & Convention Center, 17620 International Blvd, SeaTac, WA, 98188
  Breakout Session, Family and Community Engagement

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