Educational Equity is the powerful conduit to unlimited academic success for all students and the cohesive connector to enhanced student-educator relationships. Dr. Witherspoon, Generation Ready’s National Director of Equity, will present interactive discourse and thought leadership facilitation regarding excellence through equity. This riveting presentation will accelerate your growth as an educational equity leader and yield new insight towards closing the achievement gap.

Dr. Erick Witherspoon is an educator, professor and motivational speaker with a career in education that spans the spectrum: classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal, district leader, and adjunct professor in Southern California. He has held many local, state and national offices in the National Alliance of Black School Educators, serves on the California Staff Development Council and has received many awards for his work in education.