WE’RE BACK!
The Summit on School Climate & Culture, hosted by Des Moines Public Schools, is one of the premier events of its kinds for educators from across Iowa and around the nation. While a global pandemic meant a hiatus back in 2020, we are excited to share that the Summit on School Climate & Culture is back! The year’s conference will include a focus on culturally responsive leadership, supporting educators in this area of their important work with students.
The 2024 conference will be held August 12-13 on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. To register, or if you would like to present, please visit the appropriate links on this page. And check back often as we make updates and additions to the many opportunities available in August.
Meet Our 2024 Keynote Speaker: Nikole Hannah-Jones
NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. The book version of The 1619 Project and as well as the 1619 Project children’s book, Born on the Water, were instant #1 New York Times bestsellers. Her 1619 Project is now a six-part docuseries on Hulu.
Hannah-Jones has spent her career investigating racial inequality and injustice, and her reporting has earned her the MacArthur Fellowship, known as the Genius grant, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards and the National Magazine Award three times.
She also serves as the Knight Chair of Race and Journalism at Howard University, where she founded the Center for Journalism & Democracy. Hannah-Jones is also the co-founder of the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, which seeks to increase the number of investigative reporters and editors of color, and in 2022 she opened the1619 Freedom School, a free, afterschool literacy program in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. Hannah-Jones holds a Master of Arts in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned her BA in History and African-American studies from the University of Notre Dame.
Photo Credit: James Estrin/The New York Times
Call for Presenters
Are you and/or your organization leading the way in climate and culture work? Please take a few minutes and complete the application form to be a presenter at the 2024 Summit on School Climate and Culture.