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EVENTS, PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS

COMING UP

COMING UP

​Wednesday, May 18 | 5pm
Youth Rising Panel
HOSTED BY: Zinn Education Project

REGISTER

Thursday, May 19 | 6pm
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Substance Use, Access to Care, and Treatment
HOSTED BY: United Way of Cleveland
REGISTER

Monday, May 22 | 7:30pm
Teaching Truth in Our Classrooms
HOSTED BY: Uniting to Save Our Schools
​REGISTER

Wednesday, June 1 | Noon
HB616: Ohio's "Don't Say Gay/Don't Mention Race" Bill

HOSTED BY: Columbus Metropolitan Club
REGISTER
Wednesday, June 1 | 7:30pm
RWB Banned Book Club: All Boys Aren't Blue

HOSTED BY: Red Wine & Blue
REGISTER
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Wednesday, June 15 | Noon
A Conversation with Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

HOSTED BY: City Club of Cleveland
REGISTER

June 13 - June 17
Montgomery to Selma Bus Tour

HOSTED BY: Akron Canton Association of Black Social Workers  
REGISTER: Call Penney 330-999-0312 to reserve your seat
 
Monday, July 11-22, 2022 | 1pm
Mapping Past & Present: Spirits & Beasts of East Asia
HOSTED BY: The OSU East Asian Studies Center and the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia 
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Rallys and demonstrations

RALLYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS

Saturday, May 21 | 11am
Rally for Justice: Stop HB 616 and others

HOSTED BY: Bainbridge Community UCC
LEARN MORE
 
workshops

WORKSHOPS

​Wednesday, May 25 | 7pm
Narrative & Messaging: Overcoming Divide-and-Conquer Politics with a Race-Class Framework to Unify Our Communities 
HOSTED BY: NYU Metro Center & Race Forward
REGISTER

​Wednesday, June 8 | 7pm
Culturally Responsive Education in Action: Policies that Advance Racial Equity
HOSTED BY: NYU Metro Center & Race Forward
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Wednesday, June 22 | 7pm
How School Boards Work: Taking Leadership in Public Education and Serving on School Boards
HOSTED BY: NYU Metro Center & Race Forward

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Monday - Tuesday, June 27 - 28 | 9am - 3:30pm
Teaching Tough History: Social Justice in the Classroom
HOSTED BY: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
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​Wednesday, July 6 | 7pm
How Public Education is the Foundation for a Multiracial Democracy 
HOSTED BY: NYU Metro Center & Race Forward
REGISTER
RECURRING

RECURRING

Every 1st Friday | Noon
Lunch and Learn

HOSTED BY: Honesty For Ohio Education
REGISTER & WATCH

Every 2nd Sunday | 2pm
Honesty Youth and Young Adult Coalition Meeting

HOSTED BY: Honesty for Ohio Education
REGISTER
Every 3rd Thursday | 7pm
The Education Exchange

HOSTED BY: Honesty for Ohio Education
REGISTER & WATCH

Weekly, Thursdays | 7:30pm
Trouble Maker Training: Book Ban Edition
HOSTED BY: Red, Wine & Blue
​REGISTER
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

EVENTS

​Thursday, May 12, Noon
Youth Forum: Conquering Fear for Positive Change

HOSTED BY: The Cleveland City Club
​REGISTER

​Tuesday, May 10, 7:30pm
Teaching Right Now: A NExT Hub teacher panel
HOSTED BY: NExT Hub, Otterbein University, and Erase the Space
​WATCH

Sunday, April 24, 1pm
YYA Student Public Forum

HOSTED BY: Honesty Youth and Young Adult Coalition
​WATCH

Thursday, April 21, 6:30pm
Empowering LGBTQ+ Educators and Students
HOSTED BY: Teach for America's National Prism Alliances, GLSEN, and Relevant Learner
WATCH

​Thursday, April 21 & 22, 7:45am
Annual Humanware SEL Conference

Together We Flourish: SEL as a Tool - Lever - Strategy for Healing
HOSTED BY: Cleveland Metropolitan School District
WATCH

Tuesday, April 13, 2pm 
SEL and Student Mental Well-Being: Flipping the Script Around Student Supports

HOSTED BY: Education Week
​WATCH

Tuesday, April 5, Noon
Speak Up/Speak Out Community Panel: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
HOSTED BY: Columbus Metropolitan Library
WATCH

Thursday, March 31, 6pm
Limiting Critical Race Theory and the Effect on Education, Non-Profit Organizations and Governmental Systems
HOSTED BY: United Way Cleveland
WATCH

Friday, April 1, Noon
Honesty Lunch & Learn: Combatting Book Bans in Ohio, Featuring Red, Wine & Blue, The Unicorn Express, KSU College of Communications

HOSTED BY: Honesty for Ohio Education
​WATCH

Monday, March 28, 7pm
Honesty in Education

HOSTED BY: Federated Social Justice Advocacy Ministry (SJAM), Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and the Sadler Institute for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (SIJEDI) 
WATCH

Thursday, March 24, 7pm
Fair School Funding: The Unfinished Agenda and How to Win

HOSTED BY: League of Women Voters Ohio
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Tuesday, March 22, 7pm
Essential Questions and Answers: Honesty in Education

HOSTED BY: Ashtabula NAACP & LWV Ashtabula
WATCH

​Thursday, March 17, 7pm
The Education Exchange: Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights in the Classroom, Featuring Equality Ohio

HOSTED BY: Honesty for Ohio Education
​WATCH | SLIDES

Wednesday, March 9, Noon
Organizational Leaders in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
HOSTED BY: Columbus Metropolitan Club
WATCH


Friday, March 4, Noon
Lunch and Learn: 
YWCA Ohio Stand Against Racism Campaign, featuring YWCA Columbus & YWCA Dayton
HOSTED BY: Honesty for Ohio Education

WATCH

Friday, March 4, 11am
Go LIVE for Equity Keynote: Jane Elliot

HOSTED BY: YWCA Cleveland
WATCH 

Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 7pm
Are School Vouchers Legal?

HOSTED BY: ​Heights Coalition for Public Education
WATCH

Wednesday, February 23, 2022, Noon

National Power of Diversity Lecture: "Making Sense of the Moment: Race, Politics and Democracy" w/ Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries
HOSTED BY: Case Western Reserve University Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity
​WATCH

Monday, February 14, 2022, 1pm
What is Critical Race Theory

HOSTED BY: Black Law Librarians
WATCH

​Wednesday, February 9, 2022, Noon
Chasing The Promise of Equitable Education
HOSTED BY: Columbus Metropolitan Club
WATCH

​Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 2pm
A Seat at the Table: Why Retaining Education Leaders of Color Is Key for Student Success

HOSTED BY: Education Week
​WATCH

Friday, January 21, Noon
REAL Talk: Critical Race Theory in K-12 Schools - What's Really At Issue?

HOSTED BY: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
WATCH

Wednesday, January 19, 2022, Noon
UNC Center for Civil Rights Panel on Critical Race Theory

HOSTED BY: University of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights
WATCH

Wednesday, January 12, 2022, Noon
Black Girl Rising: Placing Black Girls At Promise
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HOSTED BY: Columbus Metropolitan Club
​WATCH
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Thursday, December 17, 10am
The Importance of Knowing Racism's Impact on Public Health

HOSTED BY: Center for Community Solutions
WATCH

Wednesday, December 15, 7pm
Protect Honesty In Education: The Impact of Partisan Politics on Ohio Education
HOSTED BY: REAL TALK LWV and Honesty For Ohio Education
WATCH

​Thursday, December 9th, 7pm CT
Talking Across Difference: Message Training

HOSTED BY: Learn From History
WATCH

Tuesday, December 7, 7:30pm
Learning Through Dialogue For Education Leaders: Building DEI Policies and Supporting LGBTQIA+ Students

HOSTED BY: Honesty for Ohio Education in Partnership with Darold Johnson, Director of Legislation, Ohio Federation of Teachers; Sam Shim, President, Worthington School; Maria Bruno, Public Policy Director, Equality Ohio
WATCH (passcode: PrxD!8L2)

Wednesday, December 1, 2pm
Freedom to Learn: Demanding Accurate, Honest and Fully Funded Public Schools
HOSTED BY: We Make The Feature 
Join WMTF to learn about recent polling results and updated messaging guidance that counter the anti-public school and anti-Critical Race theory rhetoric.
​WATCH


Wednesday, December 1, Noon
ESSER in Appalachia: A Lunch & Learn Conversation on Student Well-being and Success

HOSTED BY: Children's Defense Fund-Ohio
Join the Lindy Douglas, Ohio Superintendent for Alexander Local Schools, to learn more about the ways Appalachian school districts are addressing the unique needs of their students, families, and communities throughout the region with ESSER dollars.
WATCH

Thursday, November 18, 4pm
"Who Rules the University? How Boards of Trustees Shape Higher Ed"
HOSTED BY: Save Ohio Higher Ed
WATCH

Thursday, November 18, Noon
Youth Forum: Reimagining Education Post-COVID-19

HOSTED BY: The City Club of Cleveland
WATCH

Friday, November 12, 2pm
How Can Data-Driven Instructional Programming Promote Equity and Student Achievement?
HOSTED BY: Education Week

WATCH

Monday, November 8, 7pm
Advocacy 101 Workshop: How Things Work in the Statehouse

HOSTED BY: Ohio Voter Rights Coalition
​WATCH

Wednesday, November 3, 11:30am
The Changing Landscape of Youth Suicide and Suicidal Behavior: An Examination of Racial Differences and Risk Factors
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HOSTED BY: Schubert Center for Child Studies, Case Western Reserve University
WATCH 

Friday, October 29, Noon
How to Teach Our Country's History, Featuring Pam Ogilvy, Beachwood High School Social Studies Teacher

HOSTED BY: WKYC We The People & HFOE
WATCH

Wednesday, October 27, 7pm

NEO School Board Races: The Priorities, Issues, and Controversy
HOSTED BY: REAL TALK | LWV and Honesty for Ohio Education

WATCH

​Thursday, October 21, 11am
Culturally Responsive School Leadership: A Missing Component of Equity Reform

HOSTED BY: Kirwan Institute 
for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, OSU
WATCH


Tuesday, October 12, 4pm
Ideas of Race and Racism in History

HOSTED BY: OSU College of Arts and Sciences
WATCH


Thursday, October 7, 11am
White Racial Framing and Resistance: Our Research on Children

HOSTED BY: Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, OSU

WATCH

​Friday, October 1, Noon
Lunch and Learn

HOSTED BY: Honesty For Ohio Education
FEATURING: Rev. Marvin McMickle, PhD, Senior Pastor (interim) at Antioch Baptist Church (Cleveland)
WATCH
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Tuesday, September 14, 7pm
Protecting Honesty: A Briefing for School Board Candidates & Education Leaders

HOSTED BY: Honesty For Ohio Education & Policy Matters Ohio
​WATCH

Tuesday, September 14, Noon
An Honest Education: Talking About Race, Equity, and Inclusion in the Classroom

HOSTED BY: City Club of Cleveland

​WATCH​

Thursday, September 9, 7pm

Protect Honesty In Education: TESTIMONY WORKSHOP
Writing & Presenting Testimony Against HB 327 & 322​
HOSTED BY: ACLU Ohio and Honesty For Ohio Education
WATCH

Thursday, September 9, 11am

Fiction and Fact About Critical Race Theory
HOSTED BY: Kirwan Institute, The Ohio State University
WATCH
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Wednesday, September 8, 7pm
Honesty in Education
HOSTED BY: League of Women Voters Bowling Green
WATCH
​
Wednesday, September 8, 10am

Protect Honesty In Education: TESTIMONY WORKSHOP
Writing & Presenting Testimony Against HB 327 & 322
HOSTED BY: ACLU Ohio and Honesty For Ohio Education
WATCH


​Friday, September 3, Noon
Honesty For Ohio Education: September Lunch & Learn 

HOSTED BY: Honesty For Ohio Education
WATCH

Thursday, September 2
A Turning Point Conversation: 
Critical Race Theory with Russ Mitchel and Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries
HOSTED BY: WKYC
WATCH

Thursday, September 2, 7pm
Honesty in Education: The Truth About Ohio's "Divisive Concepts" Bills

HOSTED BY: Save Ohio Higher Ed & Honesty For Ohio Education
​WATCH


Tuesday, August 31, 6:30pm
Columbus Conversation: An Honest Discussion of Critical Race Theory

HOSTED BY: Columbus Dispatch
WATCH

Friday, August 27, 5pm
Day of Action in Cincinnati: Pledge To #TeachTruth 
HOSTED BY: Cincinnati Teachers for Truth
FMI: TeachTruthPledge.org

Saturday, August 28, 3pm
Day of Action in Youngstown: Pledge To #TeachTruth 

HOSTED BY: Local Educators and Mahoning Valley Sojourn To The Past

FMI: TeachTruthPledge.org 
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Sunday, August 29, Noon
Day of Action in Westerville: Pledge To #TeachTruth 
HOSTED BY: WeRISE for Greater Westerville
FMI: TeachTruthPledge.org

​Tuesday, Aug 24, 6pm
Speak Out for Honesty in Education 
HOSTED BY: Ohio Federation of Teachers and Innovation Ohio

WATCH

Friday, August 20, Noon

(Mis)understanding Critical Race Theory, Featuring Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Associate Professor, OSU
HOSTED BY: City Club of Cleveland & Honesty For Ohio Education
WATCH

Wednesday, August 11, Noon
Critical Race Theory: What It Is, and Isn't

HOSTED BY: Columbus Metropolitan Club

WATCH

Thursday, August 5
Kimberlé Crenshaw on Teaching the Truth About Race in America

HOSTED BY: ACLU

LISTEN
WORKSHOPS
​
Monday, April 4, Noon
Voter Rights in Ohio

HOSTED BY: League of Women Voters Ohio
WATCH | SLIDES
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Sunday, March 6, 7pm
TESTIMONY WORKSHOP: HB 327 - Divisive Concept Bill

HOSTED BY: Honesty for Ohio Education
WATCH | SLIDES

Thursday, March 3, 7pm

TESTIMONY WORKSHOP: Testify for Trans Youth
HOSTED BY: Equality Ohio
WATCH | SLIDES

Thursday, March 3, 7pm
ADVOCACY TRAINING: Building Support and Engaging Lawmakers

HOSTED BY: Ohio Voter Rights Coalition
WATCH

Wednesday, March 2, 7pm
TESTIMONY WORKSHOP: HB 327 - Divisive Concept Bill

HOSTED BY: Honesty for Ohio Education
WATCH

Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 6pm
Writing Workshop: 
How to Write an Effective Op-Ed 
HOSTED BY: Ohio Student Association
WATCH Passcode +T=?tY3r | Worksheet | Slides

​​​Thursday, January 20, 2020, Noon
Testimony Workshop: SB 214, AAPI Studies Bill

HOSTED BY: OPAWL
RESOURCES

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Monday, December 13, 7pm
HB 322 & 327 Testimony Workshop Training

HOSTED BY: Innovation Ohio and Ohio Poverty Law Center
WATCH

​Monday, November 15, 7pm
Testimony Workshop for HB 322 & HB 327
HOSTED BY: Innovation Ohio, Ohio Poverty Law Center, and Honesty For Ohio Education
WATCH

Sunday, November 14, 5pm
Testimony Workshop for *STUDENTS* 

HOSTED BY: Ohio Student Association and Honesty For Ohio Education
WATCH
  • Get Informed
    • What is Honesty In Education >
      • Profile of an Honesty Leader
    • Ohio Statehouse >
      • HB 322 & HB 327 >
        • Why the Bills Hurt Ohio
      • HB 616
      • SB 214 - AAPI Studies
    • State Board of Ed >
      • SBOE Resolution
      • Superintendent >
        • What Ohio Needs in a Super
      • About the State Board
    • School Districts >
      • Know Your District
    • About Us
  • TAKE ACTION
    • Statehouse >
      • HB 616
      • HB 327
      • HB 454
      • SB 214 - AAPI Studies
    • State Board of Education >
      • State Superintendent
      • Gerrymandering
    • Local Districts
    • Combat Book Bans
    • Elections
    • SPEAK OUT
    • Become An Honesty Partner
    • GIVE To The Coalition
  • Youth Coalition
    • Events
  • Events
    • Lunch & Learn
    • Education Exchange
    • Elections
  • Resources
    • Education Resources
    • Track Bills Across US
    • Did You Know?
    • Reports & Research
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  • News & Updates
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