Conference Pictures

Annual Antiracist/Antibias Teaching Conference

Why a conference on anti-racist, anti-bias education and teaching practices?

Outside the Drum at ICS

Conference Sponsorships

If you or your organization would like to co-sponsor an ENSJ conference, take a look at our sponsorship information sheet. If you have further questions or are ready to become a co-sponsor, contact the conference program chair, Mary Hauser .

2011 Anti-racist/Anti-bias Teaching Conference

ENSJ’s fourth annual One-day Conference on Anti-racist, Anti-bias Teaching will be hosted once again at the beautiful Indian Community School in Franklin, Wisconsin. To become a co-sponsor of the conference, to work on the conference committee, and for more information, contact the Program Chair, Mary Hauser .

2010 Anti-racist/Anti-bias Teaching Conference

Over 300 people attended ENSJ’s third annual One-day Conference on Anti-racist, Anti-bias Teaching on Saturday, March 6, 2010. Hosted at the Indian Community School in Franklin, Wisconsin, with conference keynote speaker Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy and Culture at UMASS - Amherst and recipient of numerous teaching and social justice awards.

Co-sponsors for the 2010 Conference include:

Send any questions about the 2010 conference to the planning committee at ENSJ Conference

Review the 2010 Conference Program.

2010 ENSJ Conference Planning Committee:
Royal Bonde-Griggs (Chair), Judy Gundry, Angel Hessel, Mary Hauser, Cathy Sansone, Ava Hernández, Lee Abbott, Wansheba Townsend, Marilyn Diaz, Julie Kailin, Beth Kaplan, Karen Kelley Rigoni, and Sherri Jones.

2009 Anti-racist/Anti-bias Teaching Conference

Over 275 people attended the second annual Anti-racist/Anti-bias Teaching Conference at the Indian Community School on March 28, 2009. Rosemary Christensen started the conference with a well-received keynote on the oral traditions of teaching and twenty-eight workshops were offered by educators on a range of social justice teaching topics.

Thanks to everyone who participated, and to our co-sponsors:

The 2009 Conference Program.

2009 Conference Planning Committee:
Karen Kelley (Chair), Judy Gundry, Andrew Hurie, Angel Hessel, Kim Cosier, Mary Hauser, Amy Miller, Cathy Sansone, Sherri Jones, Julie Kailin, Larry Hoffman, Beth Kaplan, Royal Bonde-Griggs, and Marilyn Diaz.

2008 Anti-racist/Anti-bias Teaching Conference

Hosted at the Indian Community School in Franklin, Wisconsin, Saturday, May 3, 2008. Keynote presenter: Lisa M. Edwards, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Marquette University. 28 interactive sessions with topics such as, “Bias in Books: How to Find Stereotypes in American Indian Literature”; “Muslim and Jewish Students: On Building a Sustained Intergroup Dialogue/Lovefest”; “Queering Barbie”; “Making the Invisible Visible: A Hands-on Approach to Understanding Oppression”; “Interacting with Milwaukee History: Strategies for Engaging with Hidden Histories.”

First Annual Teaching Conference Co-sponsors:

The 2008 Conference Program.

2008 Conference Planning Committee:
Karen Kelley (Chair), Judy Gundry, Bob Peterson, Hope Longwell-Grice, Amy Miller, and Eva Hagenhofer.