In a room of nearly 2,000 participants at IEL’s Community Schools National Forum, IEL President Johan E. Uvin asked participants to hold hands, close their eyes, and reflect on those who had come before us and gave selflessly to the cause of creating a more perfect union.

“These are hands that unite us. Can you feel the energy? The hope? We are united. We have to be in these challenging times,” Uvin said. “Let us reach deep and leverage the powers of our passions and collaborations to do what is right for our children, youth, adults, and families so that everyone, irrespective of what they look like, sound like, whom they love and how, and irrespective of what status they have, will have a real opportunity.” READ MORE…