2026 Schedule

Gritty Geniuses: 

What Happens When You Give a Student Unlimited Retakes?

Miles To Go: 

Persistence as Innovation in Education

I Belong, We Belong: 

Solidarity Is Our Collective Power

Shape the Culture Through Your Vote: 

Rewriting the Narrative Through Film, Persistence, and Civic Action

From Endurance to Infrastructure: 

Rethinking Persistence in Education Leadership

From Harm to Healing: 

Participatory Design for Just AI Futures

From Research to Reform: 

Persistence as the Engine of Police Accountability and Educational Change

“We Both Can be Students”: 

Reimagining Middle School through Childishness, Joy, and Persistence

Rooted in Resistance: 

Rehumanizing Persistence as Collective Care

Vogue Oceania: 

An Indigenous Futurist Archive

The Next Generation: 

Rewriting Our Story

Building Bridges: 

Family, Community, and Mathematical Sensemaking

Inheritance to Innovation

'moving from what women were given, to what women intentionally create

Don’t Forget: 

Development Starts with You | A fireside chat on the relationship to self

From Hustle to Flow: 

Your Persistence, Your Passion, and Your Peace

Zine-Making

A Physical Manifestation of Your Power

In Their Own Words: 

Student-Led Workshop on How We're Rewriting the Narrative

Who We Are is How We Lead: 

Identity-Rooted Leadership for Systems Change

“Rooted in Joy, Leading with Hope: 

A Black Framework for Sustainable Persistence”

Decolonizing the Classroom: 

The Art of Persistent Black Activism in Education and Surviving the Psychological Damage of Racism (Create a Case Study to Analyze)

Navigating A Latinx Sense of Belonging: 

From Students to Educators

Leadership Renewed: 

Using EIF’s Case Method to Drive Change from Any Position in a System

From Endurance to Design: 

Intergenerational Systems that Make Persistence Possible

Painting the Future: 

Using LA Street Art Culture for Immigrant Justice and Disability Advocacy in Schools

Purpose, Persistence, and Published; 

Female Authors Unite!

Soil, Land, and Liberation: 

Reclaiming “Forty Acres” Through Film, History, and Future Dreams of Justice

The Unapologetic Stay: 

How to Lead Change When Institutions Resist

We become the Firemen: 

The Burning Schoolhouse and Collective Persistence for Educational Justice

Learning from Youth Researchers: 

a CPAR Project Exploring Multilingual Students' Experiences

"Love, Chinatown": 

What Community Stories Teach Us About Social Justice & Education

Beyond the Obstacle Essay: 

Reclaiming Authentic Storytelling in College Admissions