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Educational Opportunity Association Updates

MOKANNE Annual Conference

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

April 8, 2022

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Touch Points

  1. EOA Theme for the Year
  2. Programmatic Updates
    1. Annual Conference
    2. Student Leadership Conferences
      1. Pre-College and College
  3. WE NEED YOU
  4. MKN Acknowledgements

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EOA Theme

  • Reimaging Leadership
    • Goal is to connect new learning and innovation to advancing college access and success for FG/LI and Students with Disabilities as practitioners of purpose in this field.

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2022 EOA Annual Conference

  • Location: Hilton Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Date: November 13-16, 2022
  • Format - In-person event (As of now…)

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What to look forward to…

  • Tentative Pre-Conference: Topic TBD
  • Tentative Keynotes-
    • Angela R. Howard, Organizational Psychologist (focus is human-centric and sustainable workplace culture
    • Jeff Johnson, TV personality/Commentary, Advocate, and Motivational Speaker
  • Activities taking place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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2022 EOA Empowering Excellence Conferences

  • Pre-college conference
    • Scheduled for late July
    • The campus of Illinois State University
    • Registration will be available at the End of April
  • College Conference
    • Will be evaluating the needs for the college
      • Will be meeting with programs for feedback
    • Considering other options to support chapters with state leadership conferences this year
    • More information to come!

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We Need YOU!

Thomas Edison – “Opportunity gets missed because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work”

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In order to sustain and continue with strong leadership for MOKANNE and EOA, your expertise at all levels are needed…especially the millennials in the space…

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Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) is still seeking moderators for the Annual Conference in September (Seeking 20 moderators to represent EOA )

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Announcements

  • The EOA board will be gathering in Bloomington, Minnesota on April 28-30 for our Spring Board Meeting
  • Executive Board Elections is open!
  • Scholarships are under review w/ Committee
  • COE Annual Conference Registration is open now
    • Still seeking moderators for the Annual Conference in September (Seeking 20 moderators to represent EOA
  • Empowering Excellence – Pre-college Student Leadership Conference this July!
  • Save the Date: 2022 EOA Annual Conference, November 13-16 in Cleveland, OH
  • EOA’s Current Fair Share Goal is at 85%...Goal is 100% by June 30.

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Acknowledgement

  • ELI Class 2022
    • Nick Horne
  • MKN Leadership
    • Thank you for continuing to lead the charge in advancing MKN to create opportunities for college access and success programs

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