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Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium
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The Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium (PEDC) is a collective action nonprofit working with our community to both increase the number of Black and Indigenous educators in Pennsylvania and beyond and culturally relevant and sustaining educators.
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We are excited to announce @cnnvalencia.bsky.social
Nick Valencia (CNN Correspondent & Peabody Award Winning Journalist) as a new panelist for our upcoming event Beyond Borders.

Wed, Nov. 12 | Virtual | 5:30-7pm ET | Register Here - zoom.us/meeting/regi...

ACT 48 Credits Available!
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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TOMORROW: What’s the “Big Beautiful Bill” & why does it matter for educators?

Join PEDC’s July 29 Statewide Meeting, 9–11 AM ET, w/ Danica Petroshius & Dr. Ed Fuller.

Unpack FY2026 federal funding & PA diversity data.
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Our students are watching.
They see who we hire.
What we teach.
What we ignore.

Let’s rise to meet this moment.
#PEDCSummit #ThePowerOfSolidarity
May 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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If we want schools to be liberatory spaces, we have to name who’s still being left out—and who we want to bring in.

Join Dr. Pedro Noguera + hundreds from PA and beyond at the #PEDCSummit, June 24–26.

Free + virtual: www.paeddiversity.org/summit2025
#EducatorDiversity #JusticeInEducation
May 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Join the PEDC SWPA Hub on Fri, June 13 at 9 AM for a session with Dr. Brittany Aronson on strategies for navigating DEI policy shifts in education.
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#ProtectDEI #NavigatingEOs #DiversityInEducation
May 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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100 days ago, one national story began.
99 days ago, we began our story of solidarity—on the National Day of Racial Healing.

Since then, nearly 200 educators, admins, families and allies have registered for the 2025 PEDC Summit.

All welcome!

📅 June 24–26, 2025
✍🏾 Register here: lnkd.in/e95VPZbZ
April 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Join us for:
🎯 Fostering Inclusive Environments in School Communities: Using Student Voice
Guest speaker: Ashia Philippe

🗓️ May 9 | 🕘 9:00 AM
🔗 Register: www.paeddiversity.org/public-calen...

Let’s listen, learn, and lead together.
#StudentVoice #DEI #InclusiveEducation #PEDC
April 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Save the Date: Tues, April 29 🗓️
Join our next PEDC Statewide Meeting with two time options (AM + PM) to join the conversation.

💡 Get a first look at the Concurrent Sessions selected for our June 2025 Summit.

Hope to see you there!

#EducatorDiversity #EquityInEducation #PAeducation #SummitPreview
April 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Do you know a Philadelphia high school student who is interested in becoming a teacher? Invite them to Inspire to Teach, a forum for local students to access resources and be inspired!
April 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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We had a great week advocating for student teacher stipends and increasing the educator workforce support in PA!

Many thanks to over 100 advocates & students who made it to #Harrisburg and to those who participated in their districts.
A diverse group of 4 female presenting college students are joined by their Black female University professor. All are seated around a dark brown conference table with PA Legislative Representative Regina Young, dressed in a pink blouse, smiling as the students speak to her. A diverse group of 5 students and a professor are sitting, facing the camera, and listening to a PA legislator in his office at the Capitol in Harrisburg. He presents as a white middle-aged man, and is standing, facing them, gesturing with his arm out in what can be guessed is a passionate or teaching moment. A diverse mix of students, educators, PA Legislators, and advocates fill the steps of the PA Capitol building in Harrisburg for a press conference. A Black man in a Black blazer is speaking passionately from a podium at the front. The PA and US flags, along with banners for the orgs PAC-TE and PEDC flank the stairs.
April 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Thank you for focusing on education! Our coalition really appreciated meeting with you on Tuesday to talk about our educator workforce crisis. PEDC is growing and bringing ppl together expand the workforce, particularly focusing on more educators of color and culturally competent educators.
3 college students of mixed background, presenting as female are joined a Black female university professor to meet with PA Rep Regina Young around a conference table. They are smiling and have folders with information in front of them. PA Legislative Representative Regina Young, a Black woman with shoulder-length wavy hair in a pink floral blouse and black suit jacket, is smiling, seated at a conference table with papers in front of her. This can't be seen in the photo, but she is looking at the small group of college students who are meeting with her.
April 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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We just missed you! We were in Harrisburg on Tuesday advocating for increasing support of educators via the student teacher stipends. Let's keep pushing for our students, teachers and education!
April 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM