Reclaiming Our Schools
Education for and by the People

4th Annual Conference
May 9-10, 2014

**Please note our new location**
Mission Hill School * 20 Child St. * Jamaica Plain * Boston, MA

We are pleased to present this conference, including breakfast and lunch, free of charge. Any donations will be gratefully accepted.

Friday Night Kick-off!

Join us at 7pm for an inspiring youth led open-mic and dance party!

Saturday Conference Schedule

8:30   Breakfast and Registration
9:00   Opening
9:15   Youth Panel
10:10 Workshop Session #1
11:20 Workshop Session #2
12:30 Lunch and Setting up Open Sessions
1:50   Open Sessions and Workshop Session #3
3:00   Keynote Speakers Asean Johnson and Shoneice Reynolds

Youth Panel
Moderater:  Amatullah Mervin, Community Organizer, Boston-area Youth Organizing Project

Panelists:
Imani Jiles is a member of the Boston Youth Organizing Project and attends 12th grade at the Josiah Quincy Upper School.  “As a member I became interested in all the campaigns BYOP introduced to me. When the opportunity to run & receive a position I jumped on it. I didn’t exactly know what I wanted to do but I knew I was interested in becoming an organizer and I also believed in what the organization was about.  I was excited to get out and fight for issues that were important to me and decide the way in which the battle was fought.”

Glorya Stamfard-Wornum
 is a Junior at the Edward M Kennedy and has been with Boston Student Advisory Council for 2 years. 
”I work with BSAC because I believe that every student should know their rights and that we all no matter in what district should have equal learning.”

Ana Calderon was born in the Dominican Republic, is currently a senior at Brighton High School, and has been a at Youth Community Organizer Sociedad Latina for 2 years.  “Working in SL I have the opportunity to advocate for myself, but more importantly for people whom have similar experience to me.  We always help each other be better leaders and try to learn new things from different students.  We also help the community by creating activity that both educates/ informs them and connects them to their own as well as different cultural roots since we live and work in a diverse community.  Working at SL has helped with my college process as well as with what I want to do after I graduate from college.  I plan to study psychology.”

Check out video from our past conferences!

Introducing Our Keynote Speakers!
Shoneice Reynolds and Asean Johnson 

Asean Johnson is an education activist and 4th grader at Marcus Garvey Elementary School in Chicago.

Shoneice Reynolds started her activism in 2012 with the Chicago Teacher's Union Strike. She participated as a union member and a parent. She is also Asean's mom.

Asean and Shoneice's passion for public education grew in January 2013 when Chicago Public Schools announced the proposed closing of over 100 public elementary schools, including Asean’s school. They became involved in the Save Marcus Garvey School Campaign. They started a petition, letter drives to elected officials, community rallies, and other events to get the community involved. Shoneice and Asean gained national attention when Asean delivered a heartfelt, impromptu speech to save his school. After all the community efforts, Marcus Garvey was saved from closing!

Shoneice and Asean continue to be a national voice for parents and students in education and have been featured in several documentaries and interviewed widely. They continue to fight against education reform, high stake testing, unequal funding, racial inequalities, and lack of teacher-parent-student voice. Shoneice encourages parents and students to hold elected officials responsible for the disinvestment in public education. She is an active member of Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), C.O.R.E, and newly founded Badass Moms (BAM).