On the Frontlines/School Matters: K-12 Teachers Writing the Classroom

Panelists: Mahru Elahi, Marguerite Sheffer, Brittany Rogers, Matthew E. Henry, and Davon Loeb

Panel Description:

In-person event At a time when public educators are increasingly under political pressure, panelists will explore what it means to portray complex truths, dispel myths, and talk honestly about how to stay creative within top-down school systems as they find form and language for their experience with youth in the classroom. This multiracial and geographically diverse panel centers writers, editors and activists who put their K-12 classroom experience in conversation with their writing across multiple genres.

Live Poetry Reading and Performance

Location: Student Lounge, Brockton Campus

Join us for a live poetry reading with Matthew Henry, poet, educator, and author of the Colored page (Sundress Publication, 2022), Teaching While Black (Main Street Rag, 2020), and Dust & Ashes (Californios Press, 2020). This event also includes a live music performance by the Rose Conservatory of Brockton.

I’ll be conducting a student reading/workshop and professional development with the faculty.