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

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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/

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