Past Conferences 2019 Amplify Friday, February 22 Amplify 2019 kicked off with a SURGE Fellows Academy Happy Hour and a conference kick-off with networking and dancing. Saturday, February 23 Mayor Sly James opened up the second day of Amplify 2019 before introducing the morning keynote, Django Paris. Amplify 2019 attendees participate in Hilary Beard’s session. Breakout I Leading your team and organization through change management with Charles King Are you advancing equity? Using DEI standards and indicators to advance your schools equity commitment with Rhonda Broussard Keepin it one hundred: How to increase DEI through technology with Issac Ewell, Sylvester Mobley, Olatunde Sobomehin Obama Baby to Trump Target: How to racially socialize children in this dangerous age with Hilary Beard Supporting students towards strong futures with Jonathan Chapparo Creating a Black-Brown coalition with Sharhonda Bossier and Layla Avila Implicit bias: Building through narrative with Jason Terrell, Dominique Stone, Mario Jovan Shaw Tomas Alvarez was the lunch keynote. Laina and Winston Cox lead a session during Amplify 2019. Breakout II Leading the work: Best practices for educators of color in the DEI Space with Amy Soto The classroom to activist pipeline: Infusing social justice into classrooms with Sharif EL Mekki Without walls: Bringing the community in our classrooms and our scholars into the community with Shanelle Smith Equity in action: Empowering educators to transform schools with Monica Washington and Afrika Mills We are still here: Spaced for self-determination, healing and building with Maraliz Salgado and Noemi Cortes The power of telling your story using blogs and social media with Janice Walton Sit with discomfort, then be extraordinary: Confronting racism and inequity in predominantly white institutions with Laina Cox and Winston Cox Chis Emdin was the closing keynote.