The WesDemocrats, the CRC, and Teach For America are hosting a panel discussion of the achievement gap on Thursday, February 8th at 7:30 pm in the Woodhead Lounge. The purpose of the event is to create an open dialogue between a variety of panelists and Wesleyan students about the causes and solutions of educational inequity in the United States and talk through what they can do to help. The panel will consist of the people listed below.
This is a topic worth talking about and this is a panel worth listening to–AND there is FREE PIZZA!
THE PANEL:
– John Motley, a partner in MotleyBeup, a Hartford-based capacity building consultant to non-profits, was formerly Executive Director for External Affairs of the Hartford Public Schools; a former president of the Travelers Foundation and of the St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Foundation; and a former senior executive with St. Paul Traveler’s and of Chemical Bank in NYC. John is chairman of the board of The American Civil War Center in Richmond, Virginia, and is the immediate past president of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; a past president of the Amistad Center of Art and History, the Neighborhoods of Hartford, and of the Hartford Economic Development Corporation; a former director and treasurer of the Connecticut Historical Society; and a former director of the Civil War Preservation Trust and of Urban Suburban Affordable Housing. John Motley is a director of the Hartford Marathon Foundation and a corporator of the Hartford Library, Hartford Hospital, and St. Francis Medical Center.
– Ronald Jarrett, Community Outreach Director at ConnCAN. In this capacity, Ron oversees ConnCAN’s community outreach initiatives. Prior to joining ConnCAN, Ron was deputy director of information services for New York State Senate Minority Leader David A. Paterson. In this position, he managed grassroots and organizational campaigns supporting state legislation. Previously, he was an editor at Atria Books/Simon & Schuster. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, he received a J.D. from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law with a concentration in Entertainment Law. He lives with his wife in New Haven, CT.
– Janna Wagner (pending), director and co-founder of All Our Kin, an educational non-profit in New Haven.
– Hannah Gay, 2006 Wesleyan alumna, a Teach for America Corps member in teaching middle school English in New Mexico.
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