Community Education Series 2026-2027
2026-2027 Community Education Series: Beginning of Belonging
An interactive training led by Monique Marshall - Antiracist, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Trainer
Tuesday, October 13
6:30 p.m.: Reception with light refreshments hosted by Walden Equity (W.E.)
7:00 to 8:00 p.m.: Community Ed Talk
Come join Monique Marshall and the Walden W.E. community for a screening of a short video and facilitated discussion around supporting our children and one another in developing positive race and identity talk both at home and at school.
As children develop during their elementary years, the adults in their lives, play a critical role in helping them mature into healthy, self assured, empathetic humans. Part of that journey for every child is the development of a sense of belonging and mattering both at home and in their school community.
Consider the questions you had about race and identity as a child, and whether you were able to ask them and stay curious about differences. As a parenting community, WE can support one another and collectively raise the next generation of confident, curious, identity-conscious humans. Don’t miss this opportunity to be, in dialogue with your WE parenting partners!
Child care with a pizza dinner is available with registration for $15/child.
About Monique Marshall
Monique is the founder and principal of Monique Marshall Strategy and Consulting LLC. As an innovator and thought leader in anti-bias/anti-racist education, Monique has worked for over 30 years with faculty, students, parents and community members to develop and sustain equitable spaces of learning and belonging. Monique is especially passionate as an anti-racist educator about working with communities dedicated to the long-range goals of organizational change at the individual, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural levels.
Monique was previously an educator at Wildwood School in Los Angeles where she started the schools’ first K-5 student diversity group, led the parent diversity group, and was a founding member of the school’s Multicultural Leadership Team. Monique is also a founding board member of SoCal POCIS (Southern California, People of Color in Independent Schools). The organization is dedicated to supporting students, families, faculty, and staff of color in independent schools as well as offering a variety of annual programs for Los Angeles area independent school educators and families. Monique has presented workshops at numerous national conferences including the annual NAIS sponsored POCC (People of Color Conference), the bi-annual Across Colors conference, PEN (Progressive Educators Network), CES (Coalition of Essential Schools), The Young Child Expo & Conference, as well as at many independent and public school pre-K-college communities.