Occasional Observations of Traveling Technology Coach

A short google search of the phrase “Freedom Dreaming,” the upcoming conference offered by the NYCDOE The Office of Organizational Development, Talent, and Culture in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging portfolio, returns this result from CUNY Academic Commons website:

• Freedom Dreaming means actively uplifting the intricately connected and complex lives and stories of Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latin/os/as/x, Arab, Middle Eastern and Multi-ethnic people (from https://freedomdreaming.commons.gc.cuny.edu/about/, retrieved 07/11/23)

Their list seems awfully exclusionary — what about ethnic Jews? — and does not take class or economic status into account.

Could this group from CUNY be the source for the DOE’s conference?

The Freedom Dreaming flyer has this to declare:

Will I be wearing my tie-dye? You bet I will!

This just in (the bold italics are my own):

The Office of Organizational Development, Talent, and Culture in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging portfolio is thrilled to announce our re-scheduled 2nd Annual Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) conference on Friday, July 28th! This year’s conference theme is Freedom Dreaming.  This conference will uplift promising practices from DEIB leaders and include facilitated workshops, keynote speakers, community building, and recognition of individuals and teams committed to ensuring an equitable school system across New York City Public Schools. Throughout the day-long, in-person conference, participants will engage in courageous conversations regarding policy, equity, and belonging within the New York City Public School system to move towards creating change in support of our colleagues, students, and the NYC school communities we serve.   

My three initial take-aways are

• uplift
• promising practices
• courageous conversations

If the last two were not alliterative, would they be so good?