UPDATED: You can view the webinar recording here.

Thursday, February 24, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:30 pm PST

Join the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools and more than 75 community-based civil rights, education, academic, philanthropic, and civic organizations, to welcome LA Unified’s new Superintendent. Please see the list of co-sponsors below.

We will hear students, parents, educators, and leaders across Los Angeles describe their hopes and expectations for the new Superintendent and the District in this virtual reception.

Speakers include:

  • Kyleigh Butler, Fifth-grader, 99th Street Elementary School
  • Kirsten Roman, Senior, Wilson High School
  • Jo Anna Mixpe Ley, Teacher, Math, Science, Technology, Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High School
  • Kiana Stepney, Parent, Jordan High School
  • Kelly Gonez, President, LA Unified School District Board of Education
  • Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, LA Unified School District
  • Joan Sullivan, CEO, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
  • Michele Siqueiros, President, The Campaign for College Opportunity
  • Dr. David Turner III, Manager, Brothers Son Selves Coalition
  • Angelica Salas, Executive Director, CHIRLA
  • Dr. Pedro Noguera, Dean, USC Rossier School of Education

Our co-sponsors: 

  • AAPI Women Lead
  • Advancement Project California
  • Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center
  • All Peoples Community Center
  • Alliance for A Better Community
  • Arts for LA
  • Asian Americans Advancing Justice – LA
  • Ballmer Group
  • Black AIDS Institute
  • Black Women for Wellness
  • Brotherhood Crusade
  • California Community Foundation
  • California Emerging Technology Fund
  • Campaign for College Opportunity
  • CARECEN
  • CD Tech
  • Center for Powerful Public Schools
  • Children’s Institute
  • CHIRLA
  • City Year Los Angeles
  • College Match
  • College Track Los Angeles
  • Communities In Schools Los Angeles
  • Community Coalition
  • Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement
  • CORO Southern California
  • East Los Angeles Community Corporation
  • Educate CA
  • Education Trust-West
  • Educators for Excellence – LA
  • Families In Schools
  • Fulfillment Fund
  • Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce
  • Great Public Schools Now
  • Heart of Los Angeles
  • Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
  • I Have A Dream Foundation
  • Inner-City Arts
  • InnerCity Struggle
  • Kid City Hope Place
  • LA Coalition for Excellent Public Schools
  • Las Fotos Project
  • Latino Community Stage
  • LEAD, California State University San Bernardino
  • Legacy LA
  • Los Angeles Community College District
  • Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
  • Los Angeles LGBT Center
  • Loyola Marymount Center for Equity for English Learners
  • MOSTe
  • Pacoima Beautiful
  • Para Los Niños
  • Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
  • Power California
  • Promesa Boyle Heights
  • Sharefest Community Development
  • SLATE Z
  • Snap Foundation
  • SoCal CAN
  • Social Justice Leadership Institute
  • Social Justice Partners Los Angeles
  • Southeast LA Collaborative
  • Teach for America Los Angeles
  • Teach Plus California
  • T.R.U.S.T South LA
  • UCLA Black Male Institute
  • UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools
  • UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative
  • UNITE-LA
  • United Way of Greater Los Angeles
  • USC College Advising Corps
  • USC Rossier School of Education
  • Wasserman Foundation
  • Watts Century Latino Organization
  • Watts Gang Task Force
  • Watts Rising
  • Weingart Foundation