Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium
@paeddiversity.bsky.social
The Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium (PEDC) is a collective action nonprofit working with our community to both increase the number of Black and Indigenous educators in Pennsylvania and beyond and culturally relevant and sustaining educators.
“What Do New Teachers Need?”
Join us on Dec. 10th at 5:30 PM ET for our next Across the Pipeline Conversation.
This VIRTUAL focus group is a space to share stories, build community, and help shape the supports new teachers deserve.
#EducatorsOfColor #TeachInPA #EducatorVoices #EquityInEducation
Join us on Dec. 10th at 5:30 PM ET for our next Across the Pipeline Conversation.
This VIRTUAL focus group is a space to share stories, build community, and help shape the supports new teachers deserve.
#EducatorsOfColor #TeachInPA #EducatorVoices #EquityInEducation
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“What Do New Teachers Need?”
Join us on Dec. 10th at 5:30 PM ET for our next Across the Pipeline Conversation.
This VIRTUAL focus group is a space to share stories, build community, and help shape the supports new teachers deserve.
#EducatorsOfColor #TeachInPA #EducatorVoices #EquityInEducation
Join us on Dec. 10th at 5:30 PM ET for our next Across the Pipeline Conversation.
This VIRTUAL focus group is a space to share stories, build community, and help shape the supports new teachers deserve.
#EducatorsOfColor #TeachInPA #EducatorVoices #EquityInEducation
PEDC Launches Newly Designed Website!
www.paeddiversity.org
This was a collaborative project where our team worked hard to enhance the website to be more accessible, intuitive, and welcoming for every visitor.
Explore the new website today and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
www.paeddiversity.org
This was a collaborative project where our team worked hard to enhance the website to be more accessible, intuitive, and welcoming for every visitor.
Explore the new website today and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
PEDC Launches Newly Designed Website!
www.paeddiversity.org
This was a collaborative project where our team worked hard to enhance the website to be more accessible, intuitive, and welcoming for every visitor.
Explore the new website today and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
www.paeddiversity.org
This was a collaborative project where our team worked hard to enhance the website to be more accessible, intuitive, and welcoming for every visitor.
Explore the new website today and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
📣 Big win for future teachers in Pennsylvania!
This $30 million investment in student-teacher stipends announced in the PA state budget.
At PEDC we’re hopeful, but know more support is still needed to address the educator shortage.
Read Full Response - rb.gy/oaa7rn
#PABudget #StudentTeachers
This $30 million investment in student-teacher stipends announced in the PA state budget.
At PEDC we’re hopeful, but know more support is still needed to address the educator shortage.
Read Full Response - rb.gy/oaa7rn
#PABudget #StudentTeachers
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
📣 Big win for future teachers in Pennsylvania!
This $30 million investment in student-teacher stipends announced in the PA state budget.
At PEDC we’re hopeful, but know more support is still needed to address the educator shortage.
Read Full Response - rb.gy/oaa7rn
#PABudget #StudentTeachers
This $30 million investment in student-teacher stipends announced in the PA state budget.
At PEDC we’re hopeful, but know more support is still needed to address the educator shortage.
Read Full Response - rb.gy/oaa7rn
#PABudget #StudentTeachers
We are excited to announce @cnnvalencia.bsky.social
Nick Valencia (CNN Correspondent & Peabody Award Winning Journalist) as a new panelist for our upcoming event Beyond Borders.
Wed, Nov. 12 | Virtual | 5:30-7pm ET | Register Here - zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ACT 48 Credits Available!
Nick Valencia (CNN Correspondent & Peabody Award Winning Journalist) as a new panelist for our upcoming event Beyond Borders.
Wed, Nov. 12 | Virtual | 5:30-7pm ET | Register Here - zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ACT 48 Credits Available!
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We are excited to announce @cnnvalencia.bsky.social
Nick Valencia (CNN Correspondent & Peabody Award Winning Journalist) as a new panelist for our upcoming event Beyond Borders.
Wed, Nov. 12 | Virtual | 5:30-7pm ET | Register Here - zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ACT 48 Credits Available!
Nick Valencia (CNN Correspondent & Peabody Award Winning Journalist) as a new panelist for our upcoming event Beyond Borders.
Wed, Nov. 12 | Virtual | 5:30-7pm ET | Register Here - zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ACT 48 Credits Available!
TOMORROW: What’s the “Big Beautiful Bill” & why does it matter for educators?
Join PEDC’s July 29 Statewide Meeting, 9–11 AM ET, w/ Danica Petroshius & Dr. Ed Fuller.
Unpack FY2026 federal funding & PA diversity data.
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join PEDC’s July 29 Statewide Meeting, 9–11 AM ET, w/ Danica Petroshius & Dr. Ed Fuller.
Unpack FY2026 federal funding & PA diversity data.
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
TOMORROW: What’s the “Big Beautiful Bill” & why does it matter for educators?
Join PEDC’s July 29 Statewide Meeting, 9–11 AM ET, w/ Danica Petroshius & Dr. Ed Fuller.
Unpack FY2026 federal funding & PA diversity data.
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join PEDC’s July 29 Statewide Meeting, 9–11 AM ET, w/ Danica Petroshius & Dr. Ed Fuller.
Unpack FY2026 federal funding & PA diversity data.
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
At PEDC, we don’t just talk about equity, we intentionally live it through our 💛, our 🧠, and our 👣.
Our Community Agreements guide how we lead, listen, and grow. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing them one by one.
✨ What makes a space safe-to-be-brave for you?
#PEDCCommunity #Belonging
Our Community Agreements guide how we lead, listen, and grow. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing them one by one.
✨ What makes a space safe-to-be-brave for you?
#PEDCCommunity #Belonging
July 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
At PEDC, we don’t just talk about equity, we intentionally live it through our 💛, our 🧠, and our 👣.
Our Community Agreements guide how we lead, listen, and grow. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing them one by one.
✨ What makes a space safe-to-be-brave for you?
#PEDCCommunity #Belonging
Our Community Agreements guide how we lead, listen, and grow. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing them one by one.
✨ What makes a space safe-to-be-brave for you?
#PEDCCommunity #Belonging
This moment is hard. Don’t do the work alone.
Join a community committed to equity & justice in education.
PEDC New Member Orientation
📅 Thurs, June 5 | 9–10am ET
Zoom 🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All are welcome here.
#TeacherSky #EduSky #JusticeInEducation #EducatorsofColor #CRSE
Join a community committed to equity & justice in education.
PEDC New Member Orientation
📅 Thurs, June 5 | 9–10am ET
Zoom 🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All are welcome here.
#TeacherSky #EduSky #JusticeInEducation #EducatorsofColor #CRSE
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June 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This moment is hard. Don’t do the work alone.
Join a community committed to equity & justice in education.
PEDC New Member Orientation
📅 Thurs, June 5 | 9–10am ET
Zoom 🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All are welcome here.
#TeacherSky #EduSky #JusticeInEducation #EducatorsofColor #CRSE
Join a community committed to equity & justice in education.
PEDC New Member Orientation
📅 Thurs, June 5 | 9–10am ET
Zoom 🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All are welcome here.
#TeacherSky #EduSky #JusticeInEducation #EducatorsofColor #CRSE
Our students are watching.
They see who we hire.
What we teach.
What we ignore.
Let’s rise to meet this moment.
#PEDCSummit #ThePowerOfSolidarity
They see who we hire.
What we teach.
What we ignore.
Let’s rise to meet this moment.
#PEDCSummit #ThePowerOfSolidarity
May 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Our students are watching.
They see who we hire.
What we teach.
What we ignore.
Let’s rise to meet this moment.
#PEDCSummit #ThePowerOfSolidarity
They see who we hire.
What we teach.
What we ignore.
Let’s rise to meet this moment.
#PEDCSummit #ThePowerOfSolidarity
If we want schools to be liberatory spaces, we have to name who’s still being left out—and who we want to bring in.
Join Dr. Pedro Noguera + hundreds from PA and beyond at the #PEDCSummit, June 24–26.
Free + virtual: www.paeddiversity.org/summit2025
#EducatorDiversity #JusticeInEducation
Join Dr. Pedro Noguera + hundreds from PA and beyond at the #PEDCSummit, June 24–26.
Free + virtual: www.paeddiversity.org/summit2025
#EducatorDiversity #JusticeInEducation
May 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If we want schools to be liberatory spaces, we have to name who’s still being left out—and who we want to bring in.
Join Dr. Pedro Noguera + hundreds from PA and beyond at the #PEDCSummit, June 24–26.
Free + virtual: www.paeddiversity.org/summit2025
#EducatorDiversity #JusticeInEducation
Join Dr. Pedro Noguera + hundreds from PA and beyond at the #PEDCSummit, June 24–26.
Free + virtual: www.paeddiversity.org/summit2025
#EducatorDiversity #JusticeInEducation
Join the PEDC SWPA Hub on Fri, June 13 at 9 AM for a session with Dr. Brittany Aronson on strategies for navigating DEI policy shifts in education.
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#ProtectDEI #NavigatingEOs #DiversityInEducation
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#ProtectDEI #NavigatingEOs #DiversityInEducation
May 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Join the PEDC SWPA Hub on Fri, June 13 at 9 AM for a session with Dr. Brittany Aronson on strategies for navigating DEI policy shifts in education.
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#ProtectDEI #NavigatingEOs #DiversityInEducation
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#ProtectDEI #NavigatingEOs #DiversityInEducation
100 days ago, one national story began.
99 days ago, we began our story of solidarity—on the National Day of Racial Healing.
Since then, nearly 200 educators, admins, families and allies have registered for the 2025 PEDC Summit.
All welcome!
📅 June 24–26, 2025
✍🏾 Register here: lnkd.in/e95VPZbZ
99 days ago, we began our story of solidarity—on the National Day of Racial Healing.
Since then, nearly 200 educators, admins, families and allies have registered for the 2025 PEDC Summit.
All welcome!
📅 June 24–26, 2025
✍🏾 Register here: lnkd.in/e95VPZbZ
April 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
100 days ago, one national story began.
99 days ago, we began our story of solidarity—on the National Day of Racial Healing.
Since then, nearly 200 educators, admins, families and allies have registered for the 2025 PEDC Summit.
All welcome!
📅 June 24–26, 2025
✍🏾 Register here: lnkd.in/e95VPZbZ
99 days ago, we began our story of solidarity—on the National Day of Racial Healing.
Since then, nearly 200 educators, admins, families and allies have registered for the 2025 PEDC Summit.
All welcome!
📅 June 24–26, 2025
✍🏾 Register here: lnkd.in/e95VPZbZ
Join us for:
🎯 Fostering Inclusive Environments in School Communities: Using Student Voice
Guest speaker: Ashia Philippe
🗓️ May 9 | 🕘 9:00 AM
🔗 Register: www.paeddiversity.org/public-calen...
Let’s listen, learn, and lead together.
#StudentVoice #DEI #InclusiveEducation #PEDC
🎯 Fostering Inclusive Environments in School Communities: Using Student Voice
Guest speaker: Ashia Philippe
🗓️ May 9 | 🕘 9:00 AM
🔗 Register: www.paeddiversity.org/public-calen...
Let’s listen, learn, and lead together.
#StudentVoice #DEI #InclusiveEducation #PEDC
April 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Join us for:
🎯 Fostering Inclusive Environments in School Communities: Using Student Voice
Guest speaker: Ashia Philippe
🗓️ May 9 | 🕘 9:00 AM
🔗 Register: www.paeddiversity.org/public-calen...
Let’s listen, learn, and lead together.
#StudentVoice #DEI #InclusiveEducation #PEDC
🎯 Fostering Inclusive Environments in School Communities: Using Student Voice
Guest speaker: Ashia Philippe
🗓️ May 9 | 🕘 9:00 AM
🔗 Register: www.paeddiversity.org/public-calen...
Let’s listen, learn, and lead together.
#StudentVoice #DEI #InclusiveEducation #PEDC
Reposted by Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium
Want to help shape education policy while staying in the classroom? Apply now for the 2025-26 Teach Plus PA Teaching Policy Fellowship, a unique opportunity to advocate for equity in education and make your voice heard beyond the classroom.
Apply online by May 5: teachplus.tfaforms.net/328395.
Apply online by May 5: teachplus.tfaforms.net/328395.
April 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Want to help shape education policy while staying in the classroom? Apply now for the 2025-26 Teach Plus PA Teaching Policy Fellowship, a unique opportunity to advocate for equity in education and make your voice heard beyond the classroom.
Apply online by May 5: teachplus.tfaforms.net/328395.
Apply online by May 5: teachplus.tfaforms.net/328395.
Thank you, @repbellmon.com for joining us in the Rotunda in Harrisburg, and for your support to pay our student teachers and increase the #PAEducatorPipeline.
$50M for an educated PA sounds like a good deal to us!
#EduSky #EducatorPipeline #PaEdDiversity #PAEdPolicy #PayStudentTeachers
$50M for an educated PA sounds like a good deal to us!
#EduSky #EducatorPipeline #PaEdDiversity #PAEdPolicy #PayStudentTeachers
Student teachers are our future educators and they deserve our support. They work tirelessly to teach our children and future leaders and they deserve financial compensation for their hard work. I’m all for the idea of giving student teachers a stipend to help them reach their goals.
April 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Thank you, @repbellmon.com for joining us in the Rotunda in Harrisburg, and for your support to pay our student teachers and increase the #PAEducatorPipeline.
$50M for an educated PA sounds like a good deal to us!
#EduSky #EducatorPipeline #PaEdDiversity #PAEdPolicy #PayStudentTeachers
$50M for an educated PA sounds like a good deal to us!
#EduSky #EducatorPipeline #PaEdDiversity #PAEdPolicy #PayStudentTeachers
🌍 Today’s PEDC leadership team meeting kicked off with this check-in: What does an inclusive world look like to you?
The answers moved us.
🧡 A world where people are free to be fully themselves.
🌿 Where no one—person or planet—is exploited.
👁️Where everyone is seen & valued, and dignity is a given.
The answers moved us.
🧡 A world where people are free to be fully themselves.
🌿 Where no one—person or planet—is exploited.
👁️Where everyone is seen & valued, and dignity is a given.
April 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🌍 Today’s PEDC leadership team meeting kicked off with this check-in: What does an inclusive world look like to you?
The answers moved us.
🧡 A world where people are free to be fully themselves.
🌿 Where no one—person or planet—is exploited.
👁️Where everyone is seen & valued, and dignity is a given.
The answers moved us.
🧡 A world where people are free to be fully themselves.
🌿 Where no one—person or planet—is exploited.
👁️Where everyone is seen & valued, and dignity is a given.
Save the Date: Tues, April 29 🗓️
Join our next PEDC Statewide Meeting with two time options (AM + PM) to join the conversation.
💡 Get a first look at the Concurrent Sessions selected for our June 2025 Summit.
Hope to see you there!
#EducatorDiversity #EquityInEducation #PAeducation #SummitPreview
Join our next PEDC Statewide Meeting with two time options (AM + PM) to join the conversation.
💡 Get a first look at the Concurrent Sessions selected for our June 2025 Summit.
Hope to see you there!
#EducatorDiversity #EquityInEducation #PAeducation #SummitPreview
April 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Save the Date: Tues, April 29 🗓️
Join our next PEDC Statewide Meeting with two time options (AM + PM) to join the conversation.
💡 Get a first look at the Concurrent Sessions selected for our June 2025 Summit.
Hope to see you there!
#EducatorDiversity #EquityInEducation #PAeducation #SummitPreview
Join our next PEDC Statewide Meeting with two time options (AM + PM) to join the conversation.
💡 Get a first look at the Concurrent Sessions selected for our June 2025 Summit.
Hope to see you there!
#EducatorDiversity #EquityInEducation #PAeducation #SummitPreview
Advocacy Week isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning. 🙋🏾♀️
Join us Friday, April 18 (9–10 AM ET) for a special virtual meeting of PEDC’s Southeast Regional Hub:
🗓️ Don’t miss it—register now!
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SEPAeducators #GreaterPhiladelphia #PaEdPolicy #PaEdAdvocacy
Join us Friday, April 18 (9–10 AM ET) for a special virtual meeting of PEDC’s Southeast Regional Hub:
🗓️ Don’t miss it—register now!
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SEPAeducators #GreaterPhiladelphia #PaEdPolicy #PaEdAdvocacy
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: SEPA Regional Monthly Meetings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: SEPA Regional Monthly Meetings. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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April 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Advocacy Week isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning. 🙋🏾♀️
Join us Friday, April 18 (9–10 AM ET) for a special virtual meeting of PEDC’s Southeast Regional Hub:
🗓️ Don’t miss it—register now!
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SEPAeducators #GreaterPhiladelphia #PaEdPolicy #PaEdAdvocacy
Join us Friday, April 18 (9–10 AM ET) for a special virtual meeting of PEDC’s Southeast Regional Hub:
🗓️ Don’t miss it—register now!
🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SEPAeducators #GreaterPhiladelphia #PaEdPolicy #PaEdAdvocacy
Do you know a Philadelphia high school student who is interested in becoming a teacher? Invite them to Inspire to Teach, a forum for local students to access resources and be inspired!
April 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Do you know a Philadelphia high school student who is interested in becoming a teacher? Invite them to Inspire to Teach, a forum for local students to access resources and be inspired!
Reposted by Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium
A group of Democratic state attorneys general sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop it from cutting off more than $1.1 billion in funding meant to help address the long-term effect of the COVID pandemic on elementary and high school students reut.rs/3XXkTQm
Democratic state AGs sue to restore COVID-related programs for K-12 students
A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop it from cutting off more than $1.1 billion in funding meant to help address the long-term effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on elementary and high school students.
reut.rs
April 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A group of Democratic state attorneys general sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop it from cutting off more than $1.1 billion in funding meant to help address the long-term effect of the COVID pandemic on elementary and high school students reut.rs/3XXkTQm
We had a great week advocating for student teacher stipends and increasing the educator workforce support in PA!
Many thanks to over 100 advocates & students who made it to #Harrisburg and to those who participated in their districts.
Many thanks to over 100 advocates & students who made it to #Harrisburg and to those who participated in their districts.
April 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We had a great week advocating for student teacher stipends and increasing the educator workforce support in PA!
Many thanks to over 100 advocates & students who made it to #Harrisburg and to those who participated in their districts.
Many thanks to over 100 advocates & students who made it to #Harrisburg and to those who participated in their districts.
🌟 Let's transform education in Pennsylvania!
#CollectiveAction #EducatorDiversity #EquityInEducation #PAEd
#CollectiveAction #EducatorDiversity #EquityInEducation #PAEd
April 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🌟 Let's transform education in Pennsylvania!
#CollectiveAction #EducatorDiversity #EquityInEducation #PAEd
#CollectiveAction #EducatorDiversity #EquityInEducation #PAEd