COSEBOC - The Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color
 

The Third Annual Gathering of Leaders:
Gathering Agenda

 
   
 
School Visits (Optional)
  St. Augustine’s High School *
Please contact Suzanne Davidson to schedule a time for visit.
Phone: 504-944-2424
Email: sdavidson@purpleknights.com

Miller-McCoy Academy for Mathematics and Business *
Please contact Donna Gatlin to schedule a time for visit.
Phone: 504-782-2143
Email: donnagatlin@millermccoy.org

* Transportation will not be provided for the school visits.
 
 
2:00 – 6:00 pm
  Registration & Information Distribution - JW Marriot
3rd Floor Foyer
 
 
6:00 – 8:00 pm
  Welcome Greeting & Reception - JW Marriot
Ron Walker, Executive Director, COSEBOC
8th Floor
 
      ADJOURN FOR THE EVENING  
   
   
 
TBD
  Shuttle to Dillard University
Information will be included in Registration Package
 
 
7:30 – 8:15 am
  Breakfast (Cook Hall)
Continental Breakfast Registration
 
 
8:15 – 10:00 am
  The Gathering Convenes
Welcome from Ron Walker, Executive Director, COSEBOC
and Dr. Marvalene Hughes, President, Dillard University

Opening Ceremony led by students from Miller-McCoy, St. Augustine’s High School and Dillard University
Video Presentation, Drumming

 
 
10:00 – 10:30 am
  Plenary / Worksession Pedro Noguera, Professor of Teaching and Learning, NYU Steinhardt
Introduction of COSEBOC Standards
 
 
10:30 – 11:00 am
  Break / transition to new location  
 
11:00 – 12:00 pm
  Worksession #1
Standards Worksession
 
 
12:00 – 1:00 pm
  Lunch  
 
1:00 – 2:15 pm
  Standards Worksession Resumes  
 
2:15 - 2:30 pm
  Break  
 
2:30 - 2:45 pm
  Reflection on Standards Discussions  
 
2:45 – 4:00 pm
  Open Space Forum
Sharing promising practices and good ideas
 
 
4:15 pm
  Shuttle to Xavier University, New Orleans  
 
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  Reception at Xavier University
Followed by a shuttle to the JW Marriot
 
      ADJOURN FOR THE EVENING  
   
   
 
TBD
  Shuttle to Dillard University
Information will be included in Registration Package
 
 
7:30 – 8:15 am
  Continental Breakfast
(Cook Hall)
 
 
8:15 – 9:30 am
  Film and Discussion:
101 Things Every Boy/Young Man of Color Should Know
Janks Morton, Director

Lamar Darnell Shields, CEO
Urban Leadership Institute
Baltimore, MD

Moderator: David Banks, President
The Eagle Academy Foundation
New York, NY
 
 
9:30 – 10:00 am
  Break / transition to new location  
 
10:00 – 11:30 am
  Workshops
Participants will have opportunities to attend a workshop.
View Workshop Descriptions and Select your Workshops
 
 
11:30 – 12:30 pm
  Lunch  
 
12:30 – 2:00 pm
  Workshops
Participants will have opportunities to attend a workshop. View Workshop Descriptions and Select your Workshops
 
 
2:00 – 2:15 pm
  Break  
 
2:15 – 3:30 pm
  Introduction
David Banks, President
The Eagle Academy Foundation, New York, NY

COSEBOC’s Keynote Speaker:

Susan L. Taylor Founder, National CARES Mentoring Movement and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Essence Magazine
 
 
4:15 pm
  Shuttle to JW Marriot  
      ADJOURN FOR THE EVENING  
   
   
 
7:30 – 9:15 am
  Breakfast Buffet and Plenary Session:
  • Opening Remarks:
    Ron Walker and Larry Leverett
  • Keynote Presentation:
    Dalton Sherman: I believe in me. Do you?
    Keynote speaker at the Dallas Independent School District Convocation August 22, 2008
  • Panel Discussion: Topic - What success looks like for boys and young men of color
    Panelists: School practitioners, Higher Ed representive and a policy expert (See Panelists)
  • Moderator: Ron Walker, Executive Director
    Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC)
 
 
9:15 - 9:30 am
  Break  
 
9:30 - 12:00 pm
  World Café
A time to reflectively make meaning of the past two days
Charge statements - Young Men of Color to gathering Participants
Our Commitments to Action
 
 
12:00 pm
  Gathering Concludes  

 
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