PAVE Events
At PAVE, we believe in the power of holding space for parent leaders to not only meet with one another but with 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. And with their hard work, comes the joy of celebrating doing this work together, and if you know PAVE, then you know we love to celebrate with a great party!
We love welcoming new faces in the PAVE family! Learn more about our events and how to register below!
We’ve Had A Busy Year Already At PAVE!
Learn more about past and upcoming events below!
DC Parent Voice and Choice Week!
- Breakfasts and lunches where PAVE parents shared their stories and policy statements with DC elected officials.
- Check out pictures from this year’s DCPVCW here!
Mayor’s Budget Forums
- PAVE parent leaders attended budget forums to advocate for their chosen policy priorities: #MentalWellnessWins and #Gr8SchoolsinEveryWard.
- Learn more about PAVE parent leaders #parentpriorities for the last three years here!
PAVE Family and Community Engagement Forum
- A day of collaboration between staff from DC’s public charter schools and DCPS to learn and share about parent voice.
- This year’s keynote speaker was Karen L. Mapp, Ed.D., an expert on Dual-Capacity Framework for Family-School Partnerships.
- Check out pictures from the forum here!
Over the first two weeks of April,
- PAVE conducted a Coronavirus Parent Impact Survey understand specifically how this pandemic is impacting kids, parents, and families.
- PAVE also conducted a Coronavirus School Leader Impact Survey to understand the challenges school leaders are facing and the challenges faced by their families.
- PAVE Parents’ met virtually to create their Statement of Beliefs on a Family-Centered Response to Coronavirus in DC.
Ward-based Candidates Forums
- PAVE parent leaders met with running DC Council candidates in Wards 4, 7, and 8 to ask them the hard questions to ensure DC kids’ education is a top priority.
- Click here to watch past recordings.
PAVE #Vote4DCKids Summit
- PAVE hosted its first-ever virtual jam session hosted by the phenomenal DJ OhMyJah to hear from parent speakers about the importance of parent voice and why they #Vote4DCKids.
- Click here to watch the recording.
PAVE Town Halls
- PAVE parent leaders met with budget influencing elected officials to help ensure their #DCSchoolsRecovery priorities were reflected in the FY21 budget.
- Click here to watch past recordings.
PAVE Jammin’ with DJ OhMyJah: Juneteenth – A Celebration of Freedom.
- PAVE launched monthly jam sessions to bring families together to celebrate and acknowledge the history of black, brown, and indigenous communities.
- Click here to experience the JOY of past jam sessions.
PAVE Coffee Chats
- SRO’s and Defunding MPD with Dr. Meredith Anderson of UNCF and Eduardo Ferrer of Georgetown Juvenile Justice Institute.
- Click here for a recording of the coffee chat from July 9th, 2020.
- Health and Safety at School in Light of COVID-19 with Dr. Nathaniel Beers from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Click here for a recording of the coffee chat from July 24th, 2020.
- Click here for a recording of the coffee chat from July 27th, 2020.
PAVE Town Halls continue
- PAVE parent leaders continue to meet with budget influencing elected officials to help ensure their #DCSchoolsRecovery priorities were reflected in the final FY21 budget vote.
- Click here to watch past recordings.
PAVE Jammin’ with DJ OhMyJah: When Families Gather – Americans Taking it to Church and to Our Spaces of Shared Community
- PAVE families gathered to celebrate and acknowledge the history of black, brown, and indigenous communities during the American Revolution.
- Click here to experience the JOY of past jam sessions.
PAVE Jammin’ with DJ OhMyJah: From Our Grandmamas to Our Mamas to US
- PAVE families will travel through the decades experiencing DC’s Black culture through music, art, and writing from our grandmamas to our mamas to us.
- Click here to experience the JOY of past jam sessions.
Stay tuned!
Upcoming Events
PAVE Parent Leaders in Education (PLE) Kickoff! [Closed event]
- Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 – More details to come!
#Vote4DCKids Candidates Forum
- Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 – More details to come!
- Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 – More details to come!
Upcoming Events
#Vote4DCKids Summit Part TWO!
- Sunday, November 1st, 2020 – More details to come!
