Roaches in My Cereal: And the Moral Imperative to Reimagine School, featuring Melvin Brown
February 9, 2027 @ 5:00 pm
What if the greatest barriers to student success are not found within children, but within the systems designed to educate them? In this thought-provoking keynote, Dr. Melvin J. Brown combines powerful personal stories with decades of educational leadership to challenge conventional thinking about poverty, trauma, belonging, discipline, and opportunity. Participants will gain practical, research-informed strategies for creating schools that move beyond compliance and test scores to become places where every student is seen, valued, challenged, and equipped to thrive. This presentation is ideal for educators, school leaders, policymakers, higher education faculty, and anyone committed to building more equitable, human-centered schools.