Elkhart Culture Series: Thought Leadership Conference

Our schools are a reflection of our communities, we can no longer ignore the level of influence both have on one another. We need to embrace, leverage, and reinvent this connection with today’s youth in mind as true engagement is a two-way street.  Schools, families, and other members within our community are more interconnected than we often realize.  Inspired by writings from James Ainsworth, I will share my 5 characteristics of a thriving village, and break down strategies that help build bridges between the school and the surrounding community.

Participants will know how to “see” differently, move past implicit bias, and make change happen.


Using an interactive format, the Intercultural Development Continuum, and historians’ tools, we will explore historical images to uncover unconscious bias in today's workplaces. Our goals are to learn about real, intersectional U.S. history (ordinary people!), how they made history, and how we can make significant changes in our workplaces and communities too. Participants leave with the handout “How to Read an Image” so that they can continue to “see” differently, move past implicit bias, and make change happen.

Our goals are to learn about real, intersectional U.S. history (ordinary people!), how they made history, and how we can make significant changes in our workplaces and communities too.