Book Events

Willful Defiance

Events

Spring 2022

Chicago (Virtual)

January 19, 5-6:30pm CT / 6-7:30pm ET

University of Illinois Chicago

(with David Stovall, Professor, Black Studies and Criminology, Law & Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago and Crystal Laura, Chicago-based professor, specializing in urban teacher development and wellness)

Seattle (Virtual)

January 24, 4:30-5:45pm PT / 7:30-8:45pm ET

University of Washington Seattle, Corbally Leading towards Justice Series

(with Jonathan Stith, National Director, Alliance for Educational Justice, Sierra Parsons, WA-BLOC and youth leaders)

Vermont (Podcast)

January 30, 3:00pm ET

The Pandemic to Prison Pipeline, Vermont Conversations

(with Jonathan Stith, National Director, Alliance for Educational Justice)

Boston (Virtual)

February 10, 6:00-7:30pm ET

URBAN.Boston, On These Grounds Screening and Discussion

(with Director Zevgetis, Activist Vivian Anderson, Activist Jonathan Stith)

Los Angeles (Virtual)

February 16, 4pm PT / 7pm ET

Willful Defiance: The Movement to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Book Talk and Presentations by Community Leaders

(with Maisie Chin, CADRE, Geoffrey Winder, GSA Network, and Mauro Bautista, Felicitas & Gonzalo Mendez High School)

Boston (Virtual)

February 18, 1-2pm ET

Harvard University Hutchins Center Book Series

(with Bianca J. Baldridge, Harvard Graduate School of Education)

National (Virtual)

March 7, 1:00pm ET

Edutalk Radio

(with Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, Racial Justice NOW!)

National (Virtual)

March 9, 1:00pm ET

Winning the States Webinar, National Immigration Law Center

(with Jonathan Stith, Alliance for Educational Justice, and Elsa Banuelos, Movimiento Poder)

Boston (Virtual)

March 10, 5:30-6:30pm ET

Tufts University Tisch College of Civic Engagement

(with Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, Racial Justice NOW, and Lorraine Wright, I Vote for Me)

Washington, DC (Virtual) 

March 23, 6:00-7:30pm ET

George Washington University & American University

(with Jonathan Stith, Alliance for Educational Justice)

San Diego (In person)

April 23,  11:00am PT

American Educational Research Association

Police-free schools: Education research and anti-racist movements

With Jonathan Stith, Patrice Hill, Denisha Bland, Russell Skiba, David Stovall, Decoteau Irby, and Kesha Moore

Atlanta, GA (In person) 

May 5, 6:30-8:00pm ET

Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline and Southern Poverty Law Center

(with Marlyn Tillman, Gwinnett SToPP, Michael Tafelski, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Joyce King, Georgia State University)

Los Angeles, CA (In person)

June 1-3

National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference

(with Letha Muhammad, Education Justice Alliance, and Maisie Chin, CADRE)

Fall/Winter 2021

New York (Virtual)

October 12, 7-8:30pm ET

CUNY Graduate Center

(with Marlyn Tillman, Gwinnett SToPP and Adilka Pimentel and Alexandra Valera, Make the Road New York)

Washington, D.C (Virtual)

October 16, 1-2:30PM ET

Racial Justice Now, D.C.

(with Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, co-founder of Racial Justice Now, D.C.)

Mississippi (Virtual)

October 16, 2-3pm CT

Mississippi Delta Catalyst Roundtable

Los Angeles (Virtual)

October 20, 5:30-7pm PT

CADRE, Los Angeles

(with Maisie Chin, Co-Founder and Executive Director, CADRE, and parent leaders)

Stanford (Virtual)

October 21, 12-1:30pm PT

Stanford University Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

National (Virtual)

November 3, 12-1pm ET

#BuildingPower: Grassroots Education Advocacy

(with Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, National Director of Activism, Brightbeam)

Sacramento (Virtual)

New York (Virtual) 

December 2, 4-5pm ET

Columbia University 

(with Jonathan Stith, National Director, Alliance for Educational Justice, and Letha Muhammad, Director of the Education Justice Alliance)

Chicago (Virtual)  

December 6, 6-7pm CT

57th St. Books

(with with Bill Ayers, Maria Degillo, Youth Director, and a student leader from Communities United)

Chicago (Virtual)  

December 9, 6-7:30pm CT

Communities United

(with Maria Degillo, Youth Director, Communities United, and student leaders)

Virtual

December 15, 4:30pm CT / 5:30pm ET

Decarceral Constellations podcast