Share Your Voice!
BIPOC Voices is a program, created by POCIS Northwest, that brings together educators working in our member schools. In BIPOC Voices, educators share ideas, offer support and encouragement, and discuss ways for our respective schools to implement the ideas and approaches shared by guest speakers.
In fall and spring, POCIS Northwest hosts a BIPOC Voices Summit. See below for more information.
POCIS Northwest cordially invites faculty, administrators, and staff members from member schools to the
Spring 2026 BIPOC Voices Summit
The Art of Becoming: Reshaping Ourselves and the Spaces We Lead
May 1, 2026
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
at Hamlin Robinson School
1701 20th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
This retreat is centered on creating space for educators to step out of the daily hustle of school life, and pause and reflect intentionally on our leadership during challenging times in which we are leading and caring for students in community with one another. In a profession that so often asks us to move quickly from one demand to the next, this day invites us to slow down, reconnect, and consider the impact we are having on the communities we serve.
We begin by grounding ourselves in community and connection. Throughout the day, participants will have the opportunity to reflect, create, learn, and be in community together.
Through guided reflective practices, dialogue, embodied experiences, and creative practice, participants will explore how intentional leadership and healing-centered approaches can deepen belonging in our schools and communities. Multiple facilitators and presenters will guide participants through experiences designed to reconnect us to our purpose, strengthen our relationships with one another, and deepen our understanding of the marks we make as educators and leaders.
Participants will leave with new language, resources, and a renewed sense of grounding to support both their personal and collective leadership in educational spaces.
Presenters
Only for POCIS NW member schools (Free)
Please RSVP below by April 20
Spring 2026 BIPOC Voices Summit Registration
Member schools can find event resources at the Resources for Educators page.
Please ask your POCIS representative for the password.
Past Events
Fall 2025 BIPOC Voices Summit
With special guest, Jesse Hagopian, on October 23rd, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00p.m. at Villa Academy
Spring 2025 BIPOC Voices Summit
Help! I can’t do this alone!
This event took place on May 9, 2025 at Seattle Waldorf School and the focus was on community building and recentering wellness.
Fall 2024 BIPOC Voices Summit
With guest speaker, Liz Kleinrock, on October 15, 2024, from 9:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. at The Evergreen School.
This event took place on October 15, 2024.
Spring 2024 BIPOC Voices Summit
Building Bridges within Your School: Decentering Cultural Norms on April 25 from 9:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. PST at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
This event took place on April 25, 2024
Fall 2023 BIPOC Voices Summit
Proactive Strategies for Identity Affirmation with special guest Rosetta Lee on October 20, 2023
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. PST
This event took place on October 20, 2023.
”Honestly the best PD I've attended over the past couple of years! Y'all did a great job in organizing this!
Educator in Bellevue, WA
Spring 2023 BIPOC Voices Summit –Healing Through the Arts on March 11, 2023 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
This was the first in-person BIPOC Voices Summit, which took place on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at Seattle Academy of the Arts and Sciences
”All of the presentations and speakers were amazing! I loved each one because they were interactive and research-based. It was incredible to walk out of the event with tools to use with my students. - Teacher in Seattle