MAECC 2027

Against The Current:

Restore, Strategize, & Rise in a Time of Resistance

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Mid-Atlantic Educators of Color Conference

Against The Current:
Restore, Strategize, & Rise in a Time of Resistance

April 2-3 | Baltimore, MD

MAECC is a two-day conference that centers the voices, experiences, leadership, and brilliance of educators of color while welcoming all who are committed to learning, connection, and collective growth. Rooted in community and shared experience, the conference brings educators from across the region together to deepen their practice, build meaningful relationships, find restoration, and strengthen their leadership.

We ask every attendee to enter with intention, to honor the purpose of this space, and to let that purpose shape how you show up.

Keynote:

Dr. Liza Talusan

Educator | Speaker | Author | Coach

Dr. Talusan is an award-winning educator, author of The Identity-Conscious Educator: Building Habits and Skills for More Inclusive Schools, and a nationally recognized expert in leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion. With over 25 years of experience guiding individuals and institutions through transformative learning, Dr. Talusan invites educators to engage in courageous self-reflection and develop the skills necessary to create inclusive and thriving school communities.

Her keynote will inspire attendees to examine the power of identity-conscious practice and how we can all lead with intentionality, compassion, and accountability.

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Location

Day 1 & 2:
Reginald F. Lewis Museum
830 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202

Parking

Pier V Parking Garage
711 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

Hotels

Courtyard by Marriott Baltimore Downtown/Inner Harbor
1000 Aliceanna St, Baltimore, MD 21202
(443) 923-4000

Hyatt Place Baltimore/Inner Harbor
511 S Central Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 558-1840

Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
700 Aliceanna St, Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 385-3000

Taking the metro?

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MAECC 2027 Call for Proposals

Conference Theme:
Against the Current: Restore, Strategize, & Rise in a Time of Resistance

COP Key Dates:
Open Date: July 1, 2026
Close Date: November 1, 2026

In the face of real and sustained attacks on DEI, honest history, and educators and students of color, this theme holds three things at once: restoration, strategy, and rise. We gather to restore — to fill back up, to be seen, to remember why we chose this work. We gather to strategize — to be subversive in the quiet, deliberate way educators of color have always been subversive: by staying, by teaching truth, by building community that institutions cannot dismantle. And we gather to rise — to leave more prepared, more connected, and more committed to carrying this work forward. Restoration without strategy is retreat. Strategy without restoration is burnout. MAECC 2027 holds all three.

SUBMIT PROPOSAL

Who Should Attend?

Educators and Administrators of Color in Independent Schools

MAECC is designed for educators and administrators of color — classroom teachers, department heads, counselors, deans, division heads, and senior leaders — in independent schools across the Mid-Atlantic and beyond.

A Note for White Participants

MAECC is a space by and for educators of color. That is not incidental — it is the point. If you do not identify as an educator of color, we are glad you are here — and your presence carries responsibility.

This is a space for you to listen more than you speak. To reflect more than you react. To move with humility. To notice when you are taking up space — and choose to make space instead.