Equity Summit

The 13th Annual Equity Summit

Tuesday, March 19, 2024
4-9 PM  |  UC Davis Conference Center

Theme: “Dreams Deferred”

Join educators, community members and experts from a range of disciplines for this annual event that addresses the pertinent social issues of our time. The UC Davis Equity Summit coalesces people, ideas and institutions to deepen strategies, shape actions and create solutions:

  • Reconnect with colleagues over dinner, refreshments, music and live entertainment. 
  • Be inspired by Social Justice Award winners.
  • Create community with colleagues committed to Equity and Social Justice.
  • Explore resources and books focused on equity and social justice at a curated pop-up book store. 
  • Experience live keynote from world renowned scholars on culturally relevant pedagogy and education reform.

Register by February 15th, 2024

The Equity Summit is a wonderful way to bring your team together and develop goals for the coming year!

Keynote Speaker: Bettina Love, Ph.D.

portrait of Bettina Love, Ph.D.

Dr. Bettina L. Love is the William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University and author of the New York Times bestseller Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal. In 2022, the Kennedy Center named Dr. Love one of the Next 50 Leaders making the world more inspired, inclusive, and compassionate. A co-founder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network (ATN), whose mission is to develop and support teachers and parents fighting injustice within their schools and communities, she has overseen over $250,000 in grants to abolitionists around the country. She is also a founding member of the Task Force that launched the program In Her Hands, one of the largest guaranteed income pilot programs in the U.S., which has distributed more than $15 million to Black women living in Georgia. Dr. Love is a sought-after public speaker on a range of topics, including abolitionist teaching, anti-racism, Hip Hop education, Black girlhood, queer youth, educational reparations, and art-based education to foster youth civic engagement. She is also the author of the bestseller We Want To Do More Than Survive. Dr. Love has also provided commentary for various news outlets including NPR, PBS, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Time ,Ed Week, The Guardian, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.