10th Annual Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning Conference

Plan now to join your peers for a vibrant, informative discussion. Educators and others from two-and four-year colleges and universities, K-12 schools, and students are welcome to attend.

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Sunni L. Solomon II is a lifelong educator who credits his perseverance and success in higher education largely to two very important support networks: the Black men who stepped in as mentors, and the Black women who unselfishly offered themselves up as othermothers. Grounded by an ethic of care that embraces the theories of meaning and mattering, Sunni has been actively engaged in developing and enhancing supportive eco-systems that uplift Black boys and men. Notable accomplishments include co-authoring book chapters related to the history, culture, and societal impact of Historically Black Colleges & Universities in edited volumes for both Taylor Francis and SUNY Press. In 2019 he received the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Men & Masculinities Knowledge Community Award for Outstanding Campus Service based on work performed to implement student success, retention, and life skills programming and mentoring opportunities for undergraduate men of color over a 5 year period at University of Baltimore. Currently Mr. Solomon serves as inaugural director of CCBC’s longstanding Male Student Success Initiative (MSSI) – a holistic student support, retention and success eco-system designed to engage and advance men of color. Under his leadership this initiative has grown from 120 student participants to 450+ participants in a 2 year period and graduated nearly 30 men of color in spring 2024.

Sunni earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania – The nation’s 1st Historically Black College, and received a master's degree in College Student Affairs from Eastern Illinois University. Currently he is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in the PhD Higher Education Administration program at Morgan State University.

Friday, April 11, 2025

H. Bernard Hall, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Urban Teacher Education at Drexel University in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum. His teaching and research interests include urban teacher education and development, social justice-oriented approaches to secondary English education, Hip Hop (W)righting pedagogies, and critical qualitative research. As Founder of Brown Street Educational Consultants, Dr. Hall has more than 15 years of experience facilitating professional development workshops on culturally relevant and anti-racist teaching and learning in public and independent K-12 schools, colleges/universities, and community-based organizations. Currently, he is staying up late to write his first book, Hip Hop Pedagogies as Antiracist Practice: Writing our Words and Righting our Worlds (w/ Michele DeVirgilio), and getting up early to workout with his favorite student-athletes, Noah (16) and Braden (14).

Offered by educators and scholars from across the nation. Student-only sessions and panels on cultural pedagogy in colleges and in K-12. Session schedule will be provided.

A full day of in-person training in culturally relevant pedagogy. This special pre-conference session is to train educators, administrators and staff in CRTL principles, and to prepare them to train others in their institutions. The CRTL Train-the-Trainer Institute covers one of two offered modules:

Cognitive dissonance occurs when there is conflict between beliefs and behaviors. In this workshop, participants learn that dissonance can be a powerful tool for change, help us recognize our biases, and work toward equity. This interactive workshop will include activities which induce dissonance. Then participants are provided with tools to help manage resistance to equity efforts.

What are microaggressions, and what is the best way to respond when we hear them? How do we create teachable, restorative moments from instances of harmful bias? Participants will learn about implicit bias, reflect on examples of microaggressions, and review the RAVEN method, developed by Wood and Harris, as a tool to create inclusive classrooms.

*The CRTL Institute registration fee: $250 for full day of training and materials. Register through Eventbrite.

If you are registering a group of people with one transaction, please be sure to provide the name of each person attending so that the appropriate name tags will be available the day of the conference.

Conference Chair Maura O'Hare Hill, [email protected], 443-840-4362; CRTL Train-The-Trainer Institute, Andre Ifill, [email protected], 443-840-4413 or Conference Administrator Penny Sorrick, [email protected].

Visit our website: CRT-cc.org for conference details.

Registration in Eventbrite opens Friday, November 1, 2024, for credit card and pay by check.

Registration by credit card will end on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. All registrations and credit card payments must be made by this date in Eventbrite. NOTE: Lunch will be served on Thursday and Friday. Continental breakfast will be available each morning.

Registration must be completed by Friday, March 21, 2025, in Eventbrite followed by a check payment to CCBC (see address below). To pay by check on Eventbrite, choose Other Payment Options, (PAY OFFLINE) and make sure your check payment is sent promptly. Checks must be received by Friday, April 4, 2025! NO EXCEPTIONS!

CCBC Catonsville, 800 S. Rolling Road, HUMN 108, Baltimore, MD 21228, ATTN: Maura O'Hare Hill. For questions and a CCBC W-9 please contact Penny Sorrick at [email protected].

*The small print

CCBC faculty, staff and students will receive separate registration details.

For overnight accommodations, please use the link below to make reservations through the Maritime Conference Center website. Please click on GROUP CODE at the top of the reservation page. The code for the CRTL Conference is: 8839

https://gettaroom.b4checkin.com/mccbwi/#main

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Maritime Conference Center, 692 Maritime Boulevard, Linthicum Heights, United States