Keynote Speaker Dr. Kandice Sumner
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
8:30am

Dr. Sumner has been a successful urban and suburban public school teacher and school for over fifteen years. Born and raised in urban Boston she graduated from predominately affluent and white Weston Public Schools via the METCO program (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity); the longest running voluntary desegregation program in America. As the feature of the documentary film “Far From Home,'' and author of the popular TedTalk "How America's Public Schools Keep Kids in Poverty,'' she is a sought-after educational consultant and keynote speaker facilitating difficult conversations about race, education and equity. Dr. Sumner is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the non-profit Educators for AntiRacism, is currently Associate Principal of Culturally Responsive Practice at New Heights Charter School Brockton.