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.
Past Events
Spring 2026 BIPOC Voices Summit
The Art of Becoming: Reshaping Ourselves and the Spaces We Lead, on May 1, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Hamlin Robinson School
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