Sunday, November 30, 10 a.m., “Diversity and Equity in Delaware Schools,” Guest Speaker Gloria Ho (Don Peterson, Service Associate): A great public school system provides a safe, affirming environment where every student can grow and learn. Schools are not only places of learning, but where students develop empathy, critical thinking, inclusion, and a sense of justice. Today, those very principles are being undermined. Efforts to ban books, censor curricula, erase marginalized histories, and silence educator voices threaten the integrity of our schools—and ultimately, the health of our democracy. We see the consequences every day in our hallways and classrooms. Public schools are where democratic citizens are made and defending them is essential to our nation’s future. Through educator advocacy and community resistance, we can reclaim public education as a space for truth, belonging, and justice.

Gloria Ho is a 27-year public-school educator, union leader, and the 2024 National School Social Worker of the Year. She currently serves as the NEA Director for the Delaware State Education Association, representing 14,000 educators at the national level and ensuring classroom voices shape education policy in Washington, D.C. She is an editorial board member and contributing writer for Black Voices Magazine with the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice.

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