What’s Happening in PTA? June 2021 Edition

Please find below a listing of California State PTA’s June training and advocacy opportunities for our leaders and members. We hope you will join us for some of these offerings:

June 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 DEI Virtual Office Hours
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is available to answer any questions you may have about starting a DEI Committee or making your PTA more inclusive. Spaces are limited, so be sure to register using this link.
June 2 Advocacy Webinar
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Join California State PTA Director of Legislation Shereen Walter and members of the Legislation Team for the last webinar of the 2020-21 term. Topics to be covered include the Governor’s May Revise Budget, SB 793, the SB 70 Action Alert, how to get a strong start to your advocacy year at the unit, council or district level, and the book club selection Strangers from a Different Shore. They will also do a term wrap-up.
 Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/31940121174953740
June 3 Social Media Kit Reveal
7:00 p.m.
Join the Communications Team as they reveal the June kit, which celebrates all the successes you have had this year! We’ll give you social media posts and images to help you communicate with your school community just how much your unit, council or district has accomplished this year. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84963519701?pwd=L2hwOWNSK1ZmSHg0c0xpSnNmTjQ2dz09
June 9 Webinar: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – 6:30 p.m.

Join the California State PTA DEI Committee to hear about more good DEI work being done by your PTA peers throughout the state, and get a glimpse into how another volunteer-run organization enacted their DEI plans.

Planned speakers:

  • Compton Council PTA: Leader Equity
  • Palos Verdes High School PTSA: Crip Camp Viewing and Discussion
  • Sixth District PTA: Speaker Series
  • League of Women Voters: DEI Work in an Established Volunteer-Run Advocacy Organization

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_14eLVf5NTCaYKZXGqg2jrQ

June 17 Webinar: Closing the Digital Divide – 4:00-5:00 p.m. Join California State PTA and the California Emerging Technology Fund for a webinar featuring special guest Dr. Pedro Noguera, Dean of USC’s Rossier School of Education. Click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAocO2spzsoGtNvZeXVmVjmdSo60DOOjU2u

 

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