Good morning all and happy December! I write to you with good news that registration for the 2021 Annual Conference is now open on the MEEOA website! https://www.meeoa.org/conference_reg_info.php I'd particularly like to highlight our keynote speaker, Valentina Iturbe-LaGrave, the Associate Director for Inclusive Teaching Practices at the University of Denver. She will be speaking to us about "creating learning environments that value intersecting social identities, foster community, and enact collegiality for organizational culture change." We are so grateful to the folks who have already volunteered to be moderators during the conference, and we are still looking for more moderators! Even if you are not as tech or Zoom-savvy, we can use all of the volunteer help we can get ☺ Here is a general outline of what each day will look like, so you can plan ahead. MEEOA 2021 Conference: Survive & Thrive in 2021 Time Wednesday January 6, 2021 Thursday January 7, 2021 Friday January 8, 2021 10:45- 11am Welcome Welcome Welcome 11-12pm Keynote: Cultural Competency COE Update- NEOA Update- MEEOA Business Meeting Speaker: Valentina Iturbe-LaGrave Associate Director for Inclusive Teaching Practices at the University of Denver. Jen Rudolph Brian Post Speaker: Mary Sinclair 12-1pm Lunch - Meet & Greet with your MEEOA Colleagues Lunch Lunch 1-2pm Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in a Black Lives Matter Era Creating Cultures of Wellness in Education Supporting Students with Disabilities in a Remote Learning Environment Speaker: Margaret Brownlee (MECCA) & Donna Gaspar Jarvis(UNE) Speaker: Kini-Ana Tinkham Executive Director Maine Resilience Building Network Speaker: Sara Henry Director of Student Accessability Services, UMO 2:15-3:15pm You Belong Here: Inclusive Pedagogy & Equity Literacy Supporting Students with Unique Challenges through the FAFSA Process Technology & TRIO During a Pandemic Speaker: Elyse Pratt-Ronco Speaker: Mila Tappan College Access & Outreach Manager The Finance Authority of Maine Speaker: Michael Maxwell Director of Upward Bound 3:15-4:30pm Social Hour/Bingo Awards Closing Please feel free to reach out with any questions! Warm wishes, Your 2021 Conference Committee Katharine Lualdi, Lina Freeman, and Sam Prosser -- Samantha Prosser TRIO Upward Bound Coordinator University of Southern Maine 37 College Ave Gorham, ME 04038 Phone: 207-780-5828 Fax: 207-228-8259 Website: http://www.usm.maine.edu/trioprograms/ Pronouns: she, her, hers This message and its contents are confidential. If you received this message in error, do not use or rely upon it. Instead, please inform the sender and then delete it. Thank you.