Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

1:00 PM EST

ADVANCING THE NARRATIVE: Aligning your brand with your mission

Presenters: Don Grace, Founder of Schooling for Hope, Kelly McMurry of 2Communique, Cameron Taylor, Head of School at Imago Dei Middle School and Board Chair of NMC

With the mission and financial structure that NMC schools have shared over the last 50 years, it is now more critical than ever that NMC and those member schools find new ways to sing their songs. Members of the Coalition and two organizations (2communique and Schooling for Hope) will present the results of a grant to grow the community of NMC supporters, families, and faculty/staff, including:

• New NMC logo and website refresh

• Brand guidelines for member schools

• A new video and one-pager for member schools, designed to shift the approach to donors from charity to investment

Attendees will emerge from the workshop with fresh ideas, skills, and energy for developing the songs that grow your school’s community of supporters, participants, and leaders.

2:00 PM EST

Culture, Identity & Healing at Mother Teresa Middle School - Belong, Believe, Become

Presenters:

Curtis Kleisinger, MTMS Executive Director Terri Cote, MTMS Principal

Jayde McFee, MTMS 7th Grade Teacher

Responding to the historical impact and generational trauma created by the Indian Residential Schools (IRS) in Canada, the discovery of mass, unmarked, graves at former Indian Residential School sites and the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report and it’s Calls to Action in 2015  -  this presentation will focus on the best practices, strategies and programming that has been designed, developed and implemented at Mother Teresa Middle School (MTMS), to help all students and staff discover their personal and cultural identity, assert their voice and experience healing.  Although the players may be different and the contexts diverse, we believe that the best practices and strategies shared, can be adapted, implemented and executed in the unique and varied contexts of other Nativity Miguel Coalition schools, to foster Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ).