Black Teacher Project

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Hiring & Sustaining Black Teachers Workshop (Online) — Tuesday, Dec 9

Black teachers continue to leave the profession at troubling rates, despite decades of research affirming their transformative impact on all students. On December 9, school and district leaders will come together online for a three-hour interactive workshop focused on reversing that trend. This session is designed to help administrators and hiring managers recruit, hire, and retain Black teachers by understanding the historical and current contexts shaping their experiences. Participants with leave with practical tools to apply an equity lens to hiring practices and workplace policies while creating the conditions where Black teachers can thrive. Through small-group discussions, peer feedback, and actionable strategies, attendees will strengthen their ability to build supportive environments where Black teachers not only stay, but lead, innovate, and inspire. Open to all racial identities, this convening offers a humanizing, highly interactive virtual space that centers both urgency and hope while advancing the shared goal of sustaining Black educators in schools and communities everywhere.

Kinfolk & Community: A Black Educator Social (Oakland, CA) — Friday, December 12, 2025

Before we close out 2025, Bay Area Black educators are invited to gather in joy and community. Kinfolk & Community: A Black Educator Social is a celebration of purpose, power, and connection. It offers a space to exhale after a year of pouring into others and to pour back into yourself.

Happening Friday, December 12, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Kinfolx in Oakland, this in-person evening is hosted by Kia Walton and Abdul-Haqq Khalifah for school-based Black educators across the region. Come as you are and leave lifted as you share libations, laughter, and activities that spark connection and joy with peers from other districts. Dinner will be provided, and the first 30 registrants will receive a free Kinfolx drink ticket. Expect music, games, prizes, good food, and great people. Register today for a night of community and celebration.

Rooted in Resistance Conference (Atlanta, GA) — Friday, February 27 to Sun, March 1, 2026

Looking for liberation-centered professional development that nourishes your spirit and sharpens your practice? ROOTED in Resistance is it.

Happening in Atlanta, GA from Friday, February 27, 2026 to Sunday, March 1, 2026, this conference is a celebration and safe space for Black and Brown independent school educators, leaders, and community builders reclaiming what PD should be: liberating, healing, and rooted in collective wisdom.

Expect powerful keynotes from Dr. Bettina Love and Dr. Curtis Acosta, deep dialogue, transformative learning, and a meaningful recharge of purpose and joy. Learn more and register to take part in this gathering grounded in resistance and community.

Facilitating Racial Affinity Spaces: Building Bridges Across Differences (Online) — Thursday, March 13, 2026

Throughout history, racial affinity groups have become a powerful structure for pursuing racial justice. On Thursday, March 12, 2026, educators, practitioners, and leaders will gather online for a three-hour interactive workshop designed to explore the nuance and complexity of creating and facilitating these spaces and examine how racial affinity groups support healing, growth, and reflection for people and in turn, collective liberation. This workshop invites those of all racial identities to engage deeply in understanding the role affinity spaces can play in advancing equity and belonging across lines of difference. Through interactive sessions, personal reflection, and peer connection, attendees will gain strategies to build strong group dynamics and bridge affinity with intersectionality to cultivate liberated, multicultural communities. Guided by the words of Audre Lorde,  the space is crafted to humanize learning, deepen practice, and connect facilitators across contexts.