featuring Van Jones
UPCOMING EVENT
A CONVERSATION WITH VAN JONES
Join us on Zoom
Jan 20, 2022
5 PST / 7 CST / 8 EST
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Van Jones is a CNN host, political commentator, Emmy Award-winning producer, and author of three New York Times best-selling books: The Green Collar Economy (2008), Rebuild the Dream (2012), and Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together (2017). Jones has also found success as a social entrepreneur, having founded and led many thriving enterprises including the REFORM Alliance, Color of Change, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the Dream Corps, which works to close prison doors and open doors of opportunity in the green and tech economies. In 2009, as the Green Jobs Advisor to the Obama White House, Jones oversaw an $80 billion dollar investment in clean energy jobs.
Read his complete bio here.
MISSION
To build the capacity of schools to liberate the full potential of each person.
Vision
To establish a shared space for nuanced, deliberative, challenging discourse and professional development around equity and justice that recognizes the interconnected nature of humanity that is fundamental to the survival and wellbeing of our species and our planet.
WHO
We are a network of schools from across the U.S. and around the world—public, private, parochial, and charter—aligned around the urgent needs addressed by our mission and vision.
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“Education is the foundation for ultimate change in our society.”
— Isabel Wilkerson
“Turn the classroom into a laboratory of change.”
— Professor Ibram X. Kendi
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"Making a mistake isn't the problem, it's how you handle it."
— Loretta J. Ross
WHO PARTICIPATES
Any school across the U.S.—public, private, charter, and parochial—can participate in Critical Conversations. Independent schools contribute financially to offset costs, while public and charter schools participate for free, underwritten by corporate support.
Events are produced by New Roads School in Santa Monica, CA.
Questions?
Mark Vickers-Willis, Director of Community Engagement at mvickers@newroads.org