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Location: Cleveland Marriott East 
Hosted by Shaker Heights City School District

MSAN’s core values include beliefs that students’ voices must be centered and research and collaboration drive innovation. MSAN member districts have access to a variety of opportunities to elevate student voices, build student leadership capacity, and partner with students for impactful change including MSAN’s annual Student Conference.

Deadline: February 17, 2027.

Open book with text on the pages that says Today's students, tomorrow's leaders. A banner above the book has the text Changing the Narrative.

2026 Session Recordings

Day 1

Keynote: Who All Over There?! Becoming Worthy of the Agentic Voices of Black and Brown Youth

Dr. Jamila Lyiscott, Associate Professor of Social Justice Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1143613087?fl=pl&fe=sh

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg5je6hBO2w

Registration Instructions

  • Each district team should consist of 6-8 students and 2-3 chaperones.  Registration costs for up to 10 attendees from a district are $100/person.  If a district would like to send more students and chaperones, a registration fee of $400/person will be charged for anyone over the initial 10.  If you have any questions about how many students and chaperones can attend from your district, please contact Connie at the MSAN office at connie.showalter@wisc.edu
  • Registration is transferable, but not refundable.
  • As soon as possible, please email Connie the exact NUMBER of students and the exact NUMBER of chaperones you will be sending so that we can begin making arrangements.

Registration forms

  • A Student Registration Form must be completed for each student attending.
  • A Chaperone Registration Form must be completed for each chaperone attending.

After the forms are complete, please give them to the chaperone or administration assistant, who will then enter the data into the registration website.

Registration will open soon!