Beyond Our Walls: SPPS Equity Summit
Beyond OUR Walls: SPPS Equity Summit is an annual one-day convening dedicated to learning and leading through gender equity, racial equity, and their intersections.
Beyond OUR Walls launched in 2018 to create space for addressing broader community inequities and their connection to challenges within the educational system. The initiative extends learning beyond Saint Paul Public Schools to engage the larger Minnesota community in systems change.
The inaugural summit in 2018 welcomed over 400 participants, with attendance growing to more than 500 in 2019.
Past Summits
- 2018 – Together We Stand, Keynote: Tim Wise
- 2019 – Breaking the Binary, Keynote: Dr. Christopher Emdin
- 2024 – Build and Restore, Keynote: Jamila Lyiscott "Dr. J"
2025 Equity Summmit
Keynote: Dr Bettina Love
The theme "From Harm to Healing, From Hope to Action"