Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Conferences and Speakers

Conferences

    • National Association of Independent Schools PoCC

PoCC is the flagship of NAIS’s commitment to equity and justice in teaching, learning, and sustainability for independent schools.
This year’s theme was Meeting the Moment: Anchoring and Enriching Our Education Futures. 




Speakers

    • Speaker: Gloria Purvis

      (Photo: University of Portland Website)

    Gloria Purvis is a Catholic media commentator, author, and the host and executive producer of The Gloria Purvis Podcast in collaboration with America Media, a podcast that aims to “foster a culture of charitable dialogue.” Through her media presence, she has been a strong Catholic voice for life issues and racial justice. She uses her firm pro-life lens as a way to speak to the sin of racism and as her reason for saying clearly that Black lives do matter and that all people are made in the image and likeness of God. No exceptions. She believes that there are no conditions for human dignity.  A third-order Carmelite, Purvis is a layperson who keeps hours and participates in the order’s charism of prayer. “I talk to the Lord a lot,” she says. A wife and mother, she balances the hard work through prayer, laughter, and enjoying life.  Purvis has served on the National Black Catholic Congress’s Leadership Commission on Social Justice, and she is the inaugural Pastoral Fellow for the University of Notre Dame’s Office of Life and Human Dignity at the McGrath Institute for Church Life.



      • Speaker: Ralinda Watts

        Photo: ralindawatts.com website

    Ralinda, a native of Los Angeles, is a diversity expert, consultant, creative speaker, and writer who works at the intersection of culture, identity, diversity, and justice. She sparks thoughtful conversations on what matters most; authenticity! Ralinda’s work has been featured on CBS Media, Pop Sugar, Medium, YahooLife, and the Los Angeles Times. Most recently, Ralinda received a leadership grant award for research on the Black@Movement from the Klingenstein Center, Teachers College at Columbia University in New York.

      • Speaker: Nooshin Valizadeh

        Photo: Website https://www.drnooshv.com/

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    Dr. Nooshin Valizadeh is an equity and inclusion expert trainer, spoken word Artivist, and published author. While her impact began in academia, her work expanded into local communities to create opportunities for change through DEI coaching, trainings, activism and the arts.  Her clients include school districts, universities, politicians, Fortune 500 companies, and more. On the day of the Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation in 2018, she was asked to perform her "Survivor Solidarity" poem in front of over 22,000 people, and was picked up by World Stage Press soon after. Her poetry book WOMXN, gives voice to the survivorhood and resistance of a womxn’s existence in America in the form of chapters that demonstrate ways in which WOMXN can be emotionally unhoused in exile, empowered in solidarity and more.




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