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Allies for Radical Collaboration

Join HFLI and The Skillman Foundation for an innovative, immersive, powerful fellowship – Allies for Radical Collaboration.
Educator Group

Cohort C - Year 1

Session Dates
Retreat: August 7, 8, 9
Community Experience: Sept 14
Virtual Connection: Oct 15
Virtual Connection: Dec. 10
Community Experience: Jan. 11
Virtual Connection: Feb 11
Virtual Connection: March 18
Community Experience: April 12
Share Out Celebration: May 3
Location

Various location/virtual sessions

Generously Supported by

The Skillman Foundation

What you are going to learn
White educators serving Detroit students will learn how to intentionally plan, develop and implement culturally responsive practices that move away from exclusionary discipline and zero tolerance policies and toward a restorative culture based in hope, healing and equitable learning environments.
Through this extended cohort experience, educators will:

  • begin a journey that explores how personal identity impacts their interactions with students.
  • engage in asset-based community field experiences.
  • build a network of Allies that will support each other through this challenging, but important work.

INSTRUCTORS

Clare McKenna
NATIONAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR
As National Program Director, Clare works in partnership with HFLI’s leadership team to advance HFLI’s national programs and vision of excellence in education for all. Clare believes education should ultimately foster students’ abilities to creatively transform their world, and she leverages a Deeper Learning by Doing® approach to promote experiences that guide learners to develop future-of-work readiness skills and competencies. She earned her School Administrator Certification in Education Leadership through Grand Valley State University, her M.A. in Teaching Secondary Education from Oakland University, and her B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University.
Deborah Parizek
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Deborah Parizek drives HFLI’s efforts to provide workshops, programs and site coaching that pair effective education and human-centered design approaches, empowering learners to lead transformational change in, with and for their community. She is known for cultivating the conversations, empathy, and capacity critical to addressing complex challenges. Prior to joining HFLI in 2005, Deborah designed and directed extensive teacher leadership development programs for multiple school systems.