The Convening Seattle Community Luncheon will gather public education supporters across Seattle to raise funds and increase awareness of critical educational issues facing Seattle students, families and educators.
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, September 10, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Amazon Meeting Center (2031 7th Ave. Seattle, WA 98121) for the Alliance for Education’s annual Convening Seattle Community Luncheon. The Convening Seattle Community Luncheon gathers the Seattle community to raise funds and increase awareness of critical educational issues facing Seattle students, families and educators.
This year’s key conversation is with local nonprofit and community leaders to reflect on successes, strategies and opportunities for advancing educational justice for students. The public is invited to attend and should register by Friday, August 30 to reserve a seat.
The program will include opening remarks from Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Brent Jones, Ph.D. followed by a panel of nonprofit community leaders.
New this year, the event will feature a town hall format to engage with panelists and interactive opportunities for community connection, impact mapping and storytelling before and after the panel. The event centers around four themes: collective impact, racial equity, strategic alignment and educational justice.
Since 1995, the Alliance has partnered with Seattle Public Schools to address crucial challenges facing students, families and educators. Now more than ever, this collaboration is critical. The Alliance’s work to advance racial equity and support students furthest from educational justice is essential and we look forward to learning from partner organizations across the region.
All are welcome to join in person for lunch and conversation in support of the Alliance’s work on behalf of Seattle Public Schools. Tickets may be purchased ahead of the event for $30 a seat or $600 as a benefactor donor for a table of 8.
The Alliance thanks presenting sponsor Amazon in making this event low cost and accessible for the public, alongside other partners Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Microsoft, Nordstrom, The Seattle Times, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Raikes Foundation, University of Washington College of Education, BECU, Gesa Credit Union, Kaiser Permanente, RBC Wealth Management, Renton Technical College, Seattle Department of Education & Early Learning and Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle. These organizations exemplify how public and private partners aligning together can help make an excellent and equitable school system possible.
About the Alliance for Education
The Alliance for Education is an independent, local education fund that has worked in partnership with Seattle Public Schools since 1995 to address crucial challenges facing Seattle students, families and educators. Our mission is to support excellence in education by advancing educational justice and racial equity for students in Seattle Public Schools. Our work is collaborative as we seek to address systemic inequities in public schools and create a more equitable and just education system that allows all Seattle students to thrive.