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https://equityunbound.org/
https://myfest.equityunbound.org
Co-facilitators @mahabali.bsky.social & @miazamoraphd.bsky.social
Sr. Program Manager: @nadinneabou.bsky.social
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I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!

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Update #33: The lawsuit is over! | Stand Against Proctorio's SLAPP!
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November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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This is wonderful news!!!!
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🎉 We’re thrilled to share some amazing news with you… MYFest has been awarded the 2025 @oeglobal.bsky.social (OEGlobal) Award for Open Practice!! 🎉
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Thank you @oeglobal.bsky.social
2025 Open Practices Awards
Open Practices are collective behaviors and techniques that open up access to educational opportunities. These practices promote and support the use of open educational resources, technologies, and so...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Brood parasitism is not a perfect metaphor, by any means, for AI, for the offloading of ed-tech development onto teachers and students, for the vampiric practices of VCs ... but it's the bird I went with to head this week's news round-up...

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Brood Parasites
Humans have always invested great meaning in birds. No surprise, what with the feathers, the flight. Each week, when I look at all the stories that've been told about education and technology and try ...
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September 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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“Why focus on how to improve when the verdict has already been delivered?” 📫

High school senior, Subhiksha Sreeram, describes the way grades cut off real learning. Her essay A Letter to Letters is the first of three winners in our Growth, Not Grades contest.

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A Letter to Letters — Grow Beyond Grades
In this letter, Subhiksha Sreeram breaks up with grades, recalling how letters once ruled her worth and turned learning into a numbers game. She shares how chasing A’s left her anxious, perfectionisti...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Cultivating Learning Sanctuaries w/ Mays Imad: Explore neuroscience, theory & practices of trauma-informed teaching to build classrooms of resilience & care.
📅Aug28| 3–4:15pm GMT
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Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#LearningSanctuaries #TraumaInformedTeaching #HigherEd
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Dream That Creates With Me: Reclaiming Creativity & Imagination w/ Angela Gunder: Explore creative AI literacies through stories, reflection & a co-written manifesto.
📅Aug 18 | 3 PM GMT
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Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#AILiteracies #Imagination #Pedagogy
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Knowledge Justice in Digital Spaces: Navigating Algorithmic Bias w/ @danid.bsky.social & Lea Sansom: Explore how bias shapes online voices & strategies for amplifying diversity.
📅Aug13| 3:30–5pm GMT
🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi...
Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#AlgorithmicBias #KnowledgeJustice
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Poetic Practices for Living Creatively w/ @miazamoraphd.bsky.social & Kefah Ayesh: Explore mindfulness & practices that spark creativity, leading to shared open resources.
🗓Aug11| 4–5pm GMT
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💸Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#Mindfulness #Poetry #Creativity #MYFest25
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Stories We Teach By: Shifting the Pedagogy of the Distressed w/ Rebekah J. Bennetch: Reflect on pressures in higher ed & imagine teaching rooted in authenticity & care.
🗓Aug11| 3–4pm GMT
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💸 Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#MYFest25 #Pedagogy #HigherEd #Academia
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Learning From Students' Stories Using Narrative and Voice-Centred Approaches w/ Kathy Chandler: Explore what student stories reveal, conceal & ask of us as educators.
🗓Thu, Aug7 | 2–3pm GMT
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💸Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#NarrativeInquiry #StudentStories #Pedagogy
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Body Mapping to Reflect on Wellbeing
Join Kathy Chandler for a quiet, creative session using body mapping to reflect on wellbeing in education.
🗓Wed, Aug 6 | 5–6pm GMT
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💸 Fee waiver: Email unboundeq@gmail.com
#MYFest25 #BodyMapping #Wellbeing #Education
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
How Teaching Philosophies Inform (and Explain?) AI Adoption
Join Maya Bialik & Peter Nilsson to explore how our philosophies shape AI adoption in education.
📅Wed, Aug 6 | 4–5pm GMT
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💸 Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#MYFest25 #AIinEducation #Teaching #HigherEd
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“Hospicing Modernity” book club w/ Theresa Destrebecq: Join a reflective book club session on harm, responsibility & transformation.
📅Wed, Aug 6 | 2–3:30pm GMT
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💸 Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#MYFest25 #HospicingModernity #BookClub
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Educating & Empowering GenZ w/Laila ElSerty& Rania Jabr: What motivates Gen Z learners, and how should we teach them? Join this session on mindset, AI, integrity & passion in language learning.
📅Aug 5 | 1pm GMT
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Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#GenZ #LanguageLearning
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“The Human Nature of Writing” w/ @miazamoraphd.bsky.social & Kefah Ayesh: what makes writing human? Join us for a poetry-based session on expression, connection & creative value.
📅Mon, Aug 4 | 4–5pm GMT
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💸 Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#HumanWriting #PoetryAndAI
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A Peak into Classrooms that Heal and Inspire w/ Oumaima Elghazali: Explore mental health strategies you can use in any classroom. Expect reflection, practice & care.
📅Aug4| 2–3pm GMT
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💸 Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#MYFest25 #MentalHealth #Healing #HigherEd
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
With Uncertainty w/ @davecormier.bsky.social & @sokate.bsky.social : How do we work well in an uncertain world? Join this session on navigating uncertainty in teaching, care & collaboration.
📅Aug 4 | 12–1pm GMT
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Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#Uncertainty #pedagogy
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Bridging Polarization: Join Katherine Yngve for Part II: share what worked, what didn’t & how we keep showing up across difference
📅Thu, Jul 31 | 3–4pm GMT
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💸 Fee waiver: Email unboundeq@gmail.com
#MYFest25 #BridgingPolarization #Dialogue #HigherEd
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Rethinking DEI w/ Jamiella Brooks: What happens when the words we lean on (diversity, equity, inclusion) start to blur? Explore how to stay intentional in equity work.
📅Thu, Jul 31 | 1–2:15pm GMT
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💸 Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#MYFest25 #DEI #Equity
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Join Delphine Dall'Agata to reflect on slow learning, inclusion & intention in digital spaces. Explore metaphors & practices that center care & connection.
📅Wed, Jul30 | 2–3pm GMT
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💸Fee waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#MYFest25 #SlowLearning #InclusiveDesign
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Join Daniela Gachago & Shanali Govender to rethink learning design through radical flexibility & participatory parity.
📅 Today | 5–6pm GMT
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💸 Fee waiver: email unboundeq@gmail.com
#PostGraduateEducation #SocialJustice #PostgradAccess
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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July 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Preservation as resistance w/ @unabridgedopinions.com & Chris Millson: how power shapes what’s remembered & erased. Explore digital practices rooted in care& community.
📅Today| 2–3pm GMT
🔗Register: bit.ly/MYFest25regi...
💸 Fee waiver:unboundeq@gmail.com
#PreservationAsResistance #Education #HigherEd
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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July 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Join Chris Gilliard to discuss themes from his upcoming book Luxury Surveillance. Explore how AI-driven tech blurs lines between control & convenience.
📅Tue, July 29 | 🕔 5–6pm Cairo | 2–3pm GMT
🔗Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi...
Fee Waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#Surveillance #AI #HigherEd
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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July 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join Chris Gilliard to discuss themes from his upcoming book Luxury Surveillance. Explore how AI-driven tech blurs lines between control & convenience.
📅Tue, July 29 | 🕔 5–6pm Cairo | 2–3pm GMT
🔗Register for MYFest25: bit.ly/MYFest25regi...
Fee Waiver: unboundeq@gmail.com
#Surveillance #AI #HigherEd
MYFest25: Mid-Year Festival 2025
Choose-ur-own-learning journey: AI, Imagination, digital literacies, community building, critical pedagogy, wellbeing & joy.
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July 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM