STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING FOR EQUITY
Only We Can Transform
Our Community
Monday, May 4
11:00am–1:00pm CT
Virtual via Zoom
No change takes root, nor does it last, without community leadership and nurturing. Our learning communities are no exception.
Together, you have the power to make things how they ought to be. But it takes work.
Featured Speakers
Hear from current K-12 students—from Heritage High School, MaČźpĂya LĂşta, PiM Arts, Forest Lake Area High School, and Gatewood Elementary—alongside generations of our neighbors engaged in transformative, student-centered work worth doing.
EDUCATOR, ARTIST, COMMUNITY LEADERZitkána Duta Win
Zitkána Duta WiĹ‹, is an IsaĹ‹ti/SisĂthuĹ‹waĹ‹ Dakota and DinĂ© educator, artist, and community leader dedicated to Indigenous language and cultural revitalization. She is as a mother, wife, and relative within her communities, grounding her work in kinship and responsibility.
Her work spans immersion education, land-based learning, culturally responsive curriculum design, museum studies, and arts education. Through these efforts, she actively mobilizes and strengthens Indigenous pedagogies, supporting language, culture, and community resilience across Native nations.
Carlos Mariani Rosa
NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERCarlos Mariani Rosa is a distinguished leader in the nonprofit and public sector. Carlos is a former longtime Minnesota lawmaker with a powerful legacy of leadership on issues affecting marginalized communities in areas such as education, economic development, and criminal justice reform.
Under his tenure as executive director, Minnesota Education Equity Partnership has increasingly strengthened its voice as a statewide authority on educational race equity in Minnesota through research on student academic outcomes and social realities, publishing policy briefs, and convening multi-cultural advocacy networks for shifting education policies and practices.
Student Performers
Student presenters and performers will keep us motivated and moving throughout our brief time together.
Breakout sessions
The second hour of the virtual convening will feature breakouts co-presented by educators and students.
VIDEO: SCL4E 2025 attendees share their thoughts, stories, and plans for the future
Why virtual this year?
When we needed to make a venue decision at the height of Operation Metro Surge, we decided to move 100% online to ensure more of our community can attend, and to minimally disrupt precious few remaining school days.
We hope to return to our usual event format with all the bells and whistles—including a full day in-person option—in 2027.