DIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP UPCOMING EVENTS
dli wellness retreat
Our Diversity in Leadership Institute Wellness Retreat is a transformative, three-day experience designed to center the healing, restoration, and leadership of equity-driven educators and leaders of color.
📍 Location: The Oaks, San Diego
📅 Dates: June 26–28, 2025
The retreat offers a powerful blend of wellness workshops, affinity-based healing spaces, mindfulness and movement practices, and nature-based reflection. More than just a break from work, the retreat creates sacred space for renewal—spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Participants reconnect with their purpose, strengthen community, and walk away equipped to lead with greater clarity, compassion, and sustainability.
As one fellow shared, “This was transformative for me. I leave a different person. My spirit was nurtured and my heart is filled with joy and lightness.” Another noted, “This was unlike any other PD or conference I’ve ever been to. It was about us and about health, not just work work work.”
The Wellness Retreat is a cornerstone of DLI’s commitment to holistic leadership development—because thriving leaders build thriving communities.
DIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP PREVIOUS EVENTS
Fellowship info sessions
During these 60 minute sessions, participants will hear from Dr. Maria Covarrubias, Vice President of Leadership Development of the Diversity in Leadership Institute (DLI), Emmanuel Barrera, Fellowship Director of DLI and Dr. Manuel Ponce, Director of the Institute of School Leadership and Administration (LMU) about the Aspiring Principal of Color Fellowship Program. This 16-month program is designed for and by school leaders of color. If you want to become a principal, are located in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, are a culturally responsive educator and committed to social justice... this fellowship is for you!
The information session will include the program rationale, admission requirements and critical deadlines. All interested Fall 2023 applicants are welcome to attend! Call information will be provided to all RSVPs 24 hours prior to the session.
Supporting Black Student Excellence
The Diversity in Leadership Institute and the Charting the Course to Equity Coalition aim to inform, equip and mobilize parents, students, community members, and organizations to support the passage of the Black Student Excellence through Educator Diversity, Preparation, and Retention Resolution on February 8, 2022.
Amplify Summit
The Amplify Summit was a 2-day virtual summit to prepare, support, and sustain California’s public school leaders of color featuring:
Interactive panel discussion with exemplary Black and Latinx K-12 school leaders
Healing / restorative circle addressing racism, bias, and micro-aggression in public education
Presentation of leading research highlighting the importance of racial diversity and student outcomes
Professional development for educators
Schools We Deserve: Equitable Education for Students of Color
Rewatch a Town Hall led by California public school students, parents, and educators of color that centered a critical discussion about the equitable reopening of schools.
Lunch and Learn: The Black Teacher and Leader Pipeline
Join us for Part Two of the series as IHE Preparation Program Leaders discuss the successes, challenges and opportunities within the African American teacher and leader pipeline.