Texas NAME

What does it mean to reimagine AI learning spaces through the brilliance of Black girls?

Join us for our Spring 2026 webinar series as Dr. Ericka Roland invites us to think beyond deficit narratives and toward possibility, creativity, and co-construction.

This session centers Black girls not as participants in AI—but as creators, innovators, and knowledge-makers whose lived experiences can transform how we design learning environments.

🗓 April 14, 2026
⏰ 5:30–6:30 PM CST

If you are committed to equity in education, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

Register today via the link in our bio.

Voice & Vision: Multicultural Education in Texas — Spring 2026 Virtual Webinar Series

Join Texas NAME for our upcoming session:

Bridging the Science of Reading and African American English: Evidence-Based Literacy for Linguistically Diverse Learners

🗓 Tuesday, March 24, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM CST

Featuring Dr. Ramona Pittman (Texas A&M University), this session explores how integrating African American English (AAE) into Science of Reading practices supports literacy development while affirming students’ linguistic identities.

📲 Scan the QR code on the flyer or use the registration link to reserve your spot.

The road to the 2026 NAME International Conference in Las Vegas starts now!

Join Dr. Lakia Scott (NAME President) and Steven Lusenko (President-Elect & Conference Co-Chair) for a free webinar on:

✔ Crafting competitive conference proposals
✔ Getting involved through volunteer leadership
✔ Supporting the collective work of NAME

🗓 March 20 | 2 PM ET / 1 PM CT

📣 The Call for Proposals is open until April 1, so this session is the perfect place to start.

Let’s represent Texas strong and help shape the conversation in Las Vegas this November.

🔗 Register: NAMEorg.org/name_2026_conference.php

What an incredible gathering at the 2026 Texas National Association for Multicultural Education Conference!

Across sessions, workshops, and community conversations, educators and scholars shared ideas, research, and practices that advance multicultural education in our classrooms and communities.

Thank you to our presenters, attendees, and partners for helping make this year’s conference such a meaningful experience.

Emerging Scholars Day at Prairie View A&M University reminded me why mentorship matters.

Students spent the morning hearing from Dr. Justina Ogodo and digging into research and writing with Dr. Fred Bonner. In the afternoon they learned about the academic publishing process through the TXJME review workshop with Taylor Bunn.

During lunch, Dr. Gibson facilitated restorative circles on mentoring, because scholarship isn’t just about producing research. It’s about relationships, guidance, and community.

Discipline without relationship is just control.
Restorative practices are about healing, accountability, and community.
Join the Texas NAME Spring Webinar with Dr. Kimberly Darden.
🗓 Feb 10 | 5:30–6:30 CST

ROOTED AND REACHING: Honoring Heritage, Inspiring Futures You are invited to the Texas National Association for Multicultural Education (TXNAME) Conference at Prairie View A&M University, taking place March 6–7, 2026.

This year’s conference explores the role of heritage, language, and storytelling in shaping educational experiences that affirm students’ identities and inspire meaningful engagement.

Participants will leave with practical strategies for integrating cultural traditions into teaching and daily practice while preparing students for a rapidly changing world.

📍 Location: Prairie View A&M University 📅 Dates: March 6–7, 2026 🎤

Conference Strands Include:
The power of storytelling in multicultural education

Critical thinking as a tool for social justice

Culturally responsive teaching as a “basic” skill

Community-based learning & collective knowledge

Education as resistance Literacy as liberation

Let’s reclaim education as a space for liberation, truth-telling, and the affirmation of all identities.

For more information, visit txname.org or contact Dr. Kevin L. Jones at [email protected]

📊 Making Numbers Make Sense: From Data to Educational Justice

How can data be used to illuminate student strengths rather than reinforce deficit narratives? In this Texas NAME Spring 2026 webinar, Dr. Kristian Edosomwan explores how educators can interpret and use data in ways that center equity, recognize systemic barriers, and advance educational justice.

Rather than relying on numbers to justify inequity, this session invites educators to reframe data as a tool for understanding opportunity gaps, amplifying student potential, and informing justice-centered decision-making.

🗓 January 13, 2026
⏰ 12:00–1:00 PM CST
🎓 Featuring Dr. Kristian Edosomwan, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Houston

🔗 Register today at txname.org

📣 The deadline is EXTENDED!
Join us at the 2026 Texas NAME Biennial Conference

📍 Prairie View A&M University
📅 March 5–7, 2026

Have work that challenges dominant narratives, centers equity, and pushes multicultural education forward? We want to hear from you.

🗓 New proposal deadline: January 31, 2026
🔗 txname.org

🌟 With Deep Appreciation 🌟
Please join us in recognizing our outgoing TXNAME Board of Directors members for their dedicated service, leadership, and unwavering commitment to our mission.

✨ Eboni Bango
✨ Lorena Cestou
✨ Dr. Tonya Jeffery

Your contributions, vision, and advocacy have strengthened our work and expanded our impact across Texas. Thank you for your service and for the ways you’ve uplifted our community. We are grateful for your dedication and the legacy you leave behind. 💙

We’re thrilled to announce Texas NAME’s Spring 2026 Virtual Webinar Series! Four dynamic sessions led by brilliant scholars doing transformative work in mathematics education, restorative practices, literacy, and AI learning spaces.

If you’re ready to grow, stretch, and reimagine what’s possible for our students, this is your invitation.
Register today and join the movement toward more just, joyful, and culturally sustaining schools.

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