Third Space with Jen Cort

Tim Wise is an antiracism educator and author of seven books, including his highly acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. He is the host of the podcast, Speak Out with Tim Wise and his essays are posted at Medium.com. He tweets @timjacobwise

Bryant K. Smith is an experienced educator who is an expert in helping people and institutions to promote equity, practice social justice and enhance relationships

Sarah Hershey is a mother, middle school humanities teacher, social justice educator, and lifelong learner. She is the founder of Courageous Change Consulting, whose mission is to build capacity among white people of diverse backgrounds to discuss, understand, identify, and tackle racism. Website: www.CourageousChange.org

Brendon promotes equity and inclusion as Director of Diversity & Inclusion at the Haverford School for Boys. A veteran educator of the Philadelphia School District, Brendon has taught for over 12 years. His development as an educator has been largely self-directed, but indelibly shaped by experiences as a James Madison Fellow, Lehrman Fellow, a National Constitution Center Annenberg Fellow, an Education Pioneer with the SEED Foundation in Washington D.C., and an active member of Philadelphia’s teacher leader community via work with Teacher Action Group (TAG). Ongoing training with Penn GSE's Racial Empowerment Collaborative and the Race Institute informs his approach to imagining and building inclusive communities.

Dr. Lana Asuncion-Bates is an experienced and enthusiastic cultural proficiency and diversity practitioner, consultant, and advocate with over 20 years of experience in the field of education. She has a demonstrated history of work in the public, private, and higher education school settings, as well as with local, state, and community agencies. Currently, Dr. Bates is the Director of Equity and Inclusion at an independent school in Maryland.

Imana Legette discusses women of color in school leadership. Imana is the current Head of Episcopal Academy Middle School, previous Director of Diversity at William Penn Charter School with a Masters from Pepperdine University

Harper B. Keenan is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Leadership in Teacher Education at Stanford University. He will join the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia as the Quartermain Professor of Gender & Sexuality Research in Education in September 2019. His work has been accepted at peer-reviewed academic journals like the Harvard Educational Review, Teachers College Record, Theory & Research in Social Education, and Gender & Education.

Deborah Roffman joins Third Space to discuss her insights on understanding gender, gender identity, gender expression, talking about sexuality with kids and more. Deborah is one of Time Magazine's 16 top parenting experts for the 21st century, author, tv and radio guest, teacher, speaker, and founder of http://sexandsensibility.net/.

Penny Evins is currently in her sixth year as head of St. Paul’s School for Girls in Baltimore and will be the incoming head for Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia (July 2019). Penny worked with lower, middle, and upper schools before becoming Head of School. Penny serves on the boards of NAIS, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education, Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust, Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM), The Heads Network, and has previously served on boards of Association of Independent Maryland & DC Schools (AIMS).

Jamila Sams founder of "Go To Ms. Sams" and Blake Kohn, Director of National Network of Schools in Partnership share the import of student mentorships and school to school partnerships.

Blake Kohn, Executive Director of National Network of Schools in Partnership, is a lifelong educator who has spent time in schools as a teacher, counselor and administrator. At NNSP she works to connect educators of all sectors (public, private and independent) in order to bring increased and enhanced community engagement and partnership opportunities to all students and teachers.