PAVE Events: Building Connections
At PAVE, we believe in the power of holding space for parent leaders to not only meet with one another but also meet with city leaders, community stakeholders, and partners to build community and amplify the diverse voices of our city!
Each year, PAVE hosts a number of special events to connect, inform, and empower parent leaders to give families in DC a voice and choice in the vision for education in our city. We believe it is critical that all of those events build community, foster collaboration, and spread joy!
We love welcoming new faces in the PAVE family! Learn more about our past events and how to register for future events below!
Coffee Chats
Coffee chats bring experts and parents together to dive into salient issues and topics through engaging conversations.
Coffee Chat on Quality Instructional Practices for Students with Disabilities + Advocacy Opportunities
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 6 pm – 7:30 pm During this coffee chat we were joined by Charlene Roach-Glymph, the Associate Dean of Special Education
Coffee Chat on School-Based Mental Health
Thursday, February 18, 2021 4 pm – 5 pm During this coffee chat we discussed DC’s school-based mental health (SBMH) expansion! Tami Weerasingha-Cote from Children’s Law Center joined
Coffee Chat on DC’s Budget And Equitable Tax Policy
Thursday, February 4, 2021 4 pm – 5 pm During this coffee chat we learned how lawmakers set our budget and how to best address
Special Education: Know Your Rights Session
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm During this session, we focused on what the IDEA procedural safeguards are and how they have
Coffee Chat on Vaccines and COVID-19 Health Updates
Thursday, January 21, 2021 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm During this coffee chat we received information about vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccine! The coffee chat
Quitandonos de las Dudas sobre COVID-19: Una Charla con Los Doctores Valderrama y Gutierrez
Lunes, 22 de febrero de 2021 4 pm – 5 pm Durante esta discusión nos acompañaron la Dra. Valderrama y el Dr. Gutiérrez de Children’s
DC Parent Voice & Choice Week (DCPVCW)
Each year in January, PAVE hosts a series of events for parent leaders from across the city to share their stories and priorities with the Deputy Mayor for Education, DC Council, and other city decision-makers to highlight the critical role families play in creating an equitable DC education system.
DC Parent Voice & Choice Week 2022: Meeting with Chairman Phil Mendelson
Thursday, January 27th, 2022 10 am – 10:30 am PAVE parent leaders sit down with Chairman Phil Mendelson to share their visions and policy solutions
DC Parent Voice & Choice Week 2022: Meeting with Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie
Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm PAVE parent leaders sit down with Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie to share their visions
DC Parent Voice & Choice Week 2022: Meeting with Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Kihn
Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 1 pm – 2 pm PAVE parent leaders sit down with Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Kihn to share their visions
DC Parent Voice & Choice Week 2022: Meeting with At-Large Councilmember Christina Henderson
Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 10:15 am – 11:15 am PAVE parent leaders sit down with At-Large Councilmember Christina Henderson to share their visions and policy
DC Parent Voice & Choice Week 2022: Meeting with At-Large Councilmember Robert White
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 1 pm – 2 pm PAVE parent leaders sit down with At-Large Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. to share their visions
DC Parent Voice & Choice Week: Meeting with Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie
Monday, January 25th, 2021 12 pm – 1 pm PAVE parent leaders sit down with Councilmember McDuffie to highlight the issues parents have identified in
