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Please help support the Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference!

The Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference will take place on Saturday, March 13th, 2027. This is the fifth conference for PK-12 educators, pre-service teachers, school and district leaders, students, families, and community members in Western Massachusetts to gather and figure out together what it takes to create classrooms, schools, and communities where every young person can learn, belong, and thrive. Youth are central to our conference and shape the experience in many ways, including through presentations, planning, and creating the vibes.

This intergenerational conference brings together nearly 300 educators, students, families, and leaders in Western Mass and beyond, all of whom share your commitment to schools truly built for all. It is first aid for the play-deprived and a planning session for the long haul. Here, that commitment is the common ground, not something you have to defend, and you walk out with what you need to keep going.

Our public schools are under real pressure: a deepening fiscal crisis, coordinated efforts to roll back inclusive education, and the broader anxieties about climate, technology, and an uncertain future that our students and educators already carry. None of this can be carried by any one school or district leader, educator, student, family, or municipality alone. We are surrounded by stories of resilience and resistance. History tells us that in moments like this, our greatest strength has always been each other, and what becomes possible when we coordinate is more than any of us could do alone. Our collective work is rooted in the organizing, solidarity, and community care that earlier generations drew on to protect and sustain their schools and their young people. We have what we need to get through a hard stretch and to build the schools and communities we actually want. We just need to gather and use it.

We would love to have you with us, however that looks! Your partnership will be recognized on our website, in the conference program, and with a shout-out during the keynote. We’re saving you a seat.