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< Back June 2017 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: June 10, 2017 at 2:00:00 PM Previous Next

< Back March 2015 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: March 21, 2016 at 2:00:00 PM Agenda will include reflections on Advocacy Day, a presentation by Kenneth Feder of Connecticut Voices for Children, and a review of the coalition’s ongoing Open Choice campaign. Previous Next

< Back April 2023 Meeting Who: ​ What: Leadership Planning Meeting Where: Virtual: Via Zoom When: April 22, 2023 at 2:00:00 PM Meeting Agenda Welcome Opening Sheff Movement Updates School Based Advocacy Teams Community Based Advocacy Teams May Monthly Meeting Upcoming Projects Closing RSVP HERE Previous Next

< Back April 2015 Meeting Who: Speaker: Gary Orfield, Civil Rights Project at UCLA (by webinar) What: Discussion of new CRP report: "Connecticut: Connecticut School Integration: Moving Forward as the Northeast Retreats." Where: Connecticut IB Academy - 857 Forbes Street East Hartford CT 06118 When: April 18, 2015 at 2:00:00 PM Our April coalition meeting will be held at Connecticut IB Academy. CIBA is one of the newest Sheff schools and is located on the campus of East Hartford High School. Our agenda will include a taped webinar interview with Gary Orfield of UCLA’s Civil Rights Project, who recently published a report on school integration in Connecticut: Connecticut School Integration: Moving Forward as the Northeast Retreats. We’ll view/listen to the webinar and then have a discussion. Connecticut IB Academy 857 Forbes Street East Hartford CT 06118 When you enter the parking lot, drive past the main entrance of East Hartford High to reach CIBA’s building at the west end of the campus. Previous Next

< Back November 2015 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: Metropolitan Learning Center - 1551 Blue Hills Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 When: November 14, 2015 at 3:00:00 PM We’ll host November’s meeting at the Metropolitan Learning Center, the site of the Regional School Choice Office (RSCO) Fair. Click here for more information. Previous Next

< Back October 2014 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: Capital Prep Magnet School - 1304 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103 When: October 25, 2014 at 2:00:00 PM Previous Next

< Back November 2018 Meeting Who: Speakers: Erin Boggs, Elizabeth Horton Sheff, Dennis Parker, Robert Cotto, Jr., Frantzy Luzincourt, Sarah Zapiler ("Zaps") What: Integration Matters: A Conversation on Connecticut’s Cities, Towns, and Schools Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: November 17, 2018 at 3:00:00 PM About Our Panel Erin Boggs , Executive Director, Open Communities Alliance Erin Boggs has worked on issues of equity, particularly in the context of housing, for almost 20 years. After dedicating six years to a range of fair housing issues, such as the foreclosure crisis, the housing challenges faced by people with disabilities, and housing discrimination based on a range of characteristics such as the presence of children, the use of government housing subsidies, and race and ethnicity, Ms. Boggs recognized the need for an organization specifically focused on the intersection of inequality and geography. Elizabeth Horton Sheff , Co-Chair, Sheff Movement Coalition Elizabeth Horton Sheff is a justice seeker. Throughout her many years of community activism, she has advocated on many civil rights fronts, including championing the rights of persons who reside in public housing; those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS; families marginalized by economic challenges and grandparents raising grandchildren. Horton Sheff is also known for her role as named plaintiff of Sheff vs. O’Neill, the successful landmark civil rights lawsuit, with mandate to provide equal access to quality, integrated public education in Connecticut. Dennis Parker, Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program Dennis Parker is director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program, leading its efforts in combating discrimination and addressing other issues with a disproportionate impact on communities of color. Prior to joining the ACLU, Parker was the chief of the Civil Rights Bureau in the Office of New York State Attorney General under Eliot Spitzer. He previously spent 14 years at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Parker has also worked with the New York Legal Aid Society. He teaches Race, Poverty and Constitutional Law at New York Law School. He graduated from Harvard Law School and Middlebury College. Robert Cotto, Jr., Director of Urban Educational Initiatives, Trinity College Before his work at Trinity, Robert Cotto, Jr. was a Senior Policy Fellow in K-12 Education for CT Voices for Children where he published reports on Connecticut’s testing system, public school choice, and K-12 education data and policy. He taught for seven years as a social studies teacher at the Metropolitan Learning Center for Global and International Studies (MLC), an interdistrict magnet school intended to provide a high-quality education and promote racial, ethnic, and economic integration. Born and raised in Connecticut, Mr. Cotto was the first in his family to go to college and he earned his B.A. degree in sociology at Dartmouth College and his Ed.M. at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Frantzy Luzincourt, IntegrateNYC Frantzy Luzincourt is a Junior studying Political Science and Legal Studies as a Macaulay Honors student at The City College of New York. He currently serves as a the Vice President of Student Affairs of the Undergraduate Student Government, is a CUNY Futures Initiatives Undergraduate Leadership Fellow, and a Stanford University University Innovation Fellow. Ever since high school he has dedicated his life to uplifting youth voices, fighting against injustice and advocating for an equitable public school system in New York City. He carries these values with him as the Chief of Staff of an education non-profit called IntegrateNYC and serves on the Department of Education’s New York City School Diversity Advisory Group. Moderator Zaps, IntegrateNYC Zaps is the Executive Director and Coach at IntegrateNYC. She has founded, designed, and delivered multiple youth elevation and development programs. In 2011, she founded Taxi to Tomorrow, a mutual mentorship program that paired recently immigrated high school students with college students studying their languages and cultures. Starting in 2014, she served as a Dream Director with The Future Project where she trained in facilitating project-based learning and student coaching. She has been working with INYC since 2015 and is thrilled to bring her experience in youth development to an organization committed to systemically transforming how schools serve students and our democracy. Previous Next

< Back April 2022 Meeting Who: Speakers: Keith M. Norton, Ajit Gopalakrishnan What: The Work Continues, CT Department of Education Presentation on the Sheff Choice Schools Dashboard. Where: Virtual: Via Zoom When: April 23, 2022 at 2:00:00 PM Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome 2. Introduction of Speakers 3. CT Department of Education Keith M. Norton, Chief Strategic Planning Officer Ajit Gopalkrishnan, Chief Performance Officer 4. Sheff Movement Updates Register for Zoom Meeting: https://forms.gle/zs1WMb7ARL63MMUM8 Previous Next

< Back February 2015 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: Hartford Public High School (Library) - 55 Forest Street Hartford, CT When: February 21, 2015 at 3:00:00 PM The February Sheff Movement meeting will take place from 9:00am-10:30am in the library at Hartford Public High School , prior to the HPS Education Expo in order to facilitate coalition members’ participation in both events. Hartford Public High School (Library) 55 Forest Street Hartford, CT Parking: Please use on-street parking and leave the spaces in the lot for families attending the HPS Expo CHOICE EXPO Second Annual Education Expo Hosted by Hartford Public Schools Saturday, February 21 (10:00am – 1:00pm) Hartford Public High School Field House Learn more about school options and the school selection process for both Hartford District and Magnet Schools. Previous Next

< Back May 2016 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: May 21, 2016 at 2:00:00 PM Previous Next

< Back April 2016 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: April 16, 2016 at 2:00:00 PM Previous Next

< Back July 2015 Meeting Who: Led by SMC Staff/Leadership What: SMC Updates Where: SMC Offices - 75 Charter Oak Ave. 06106 When: July 18, 2015 at 2:00:00 PM Previous Next