Welcome to the NEERO December 2020 newsletter! In this issue you will find: 

• NEERO 2021 Virtual Conference and Website News
• NEERO Recommended Resources for Racial Justice, Equity, and Inclusivity
• NEERO 2021 Awards Deadline Extended!
• Message of gratitude and best wishes for 2021

Please contact us with your feedback, questions, and suggestions for future newsletters.

NEERO 2021 submission decisions will be shared with contact authors around January 1, 2021. All accepted presenters will receive an email with further information about the upcoming conference. 

NEERO 2021 Virtual Conference registration will open around January 1, 2021. The Board has modified registration fees for the NEERO 2021 Virtual Conference: 

• Professional Early Registration (through March 28, 2021): $100
• Professional Regular Registration (beginning March 29, 2021): $125
• Full-Time Student or Emeritus/Retired Early Registration (through March 28, 2021): $50
• Full-Time Student or Emeritus/Retired Regular Registration (beginning March 29, 2021): $75
• Benefactor Registration (for those who will attend the virtual conference and can contribute to the ongoing work of the organization): $200
• Membership ONLY (not attending the virtual conference): $25 

NEERO is getting ready to launch a new website! Bookmark www.neero.org. More details to follow in 2021.

As the Board of the New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO), we are compelled to speak out in response to the murders of Jacob Blake, Daniel Prude, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks, and a long list of Black people and people of color whose lives have been cut short by senseless acts of brutality, violence, and racism. We share outrage, frustration, and an ongoing commitment to action. Black Lives Matter.

Click below for links and resources that support efforts to advance racial justice, inclusivity, and equity for educators and educational researchers: 

Love, B. L. (2019). We want to do more than survive. Abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. Beacon Press. 

In this book, Dr. Bettina L. Love draws on personal stories, research, and historical events to offer a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists.

Abolitionist Teaching Network. 

The mission of the Abolitionist Teaching Network is to develop and support educators to fight injustice within their schools and communities. Utilizing the intellectual work and direct action of Abolitionists in many forms, including community organizers, educators, parents, social workers, counselors, lawyers, therapists, artists, health care providers, and incarcerated folx, we will organize and take action for educational freedom. 

NEERO 2021 Awards Call for Nominations

We encourage you to recognize and honor the great work of colleagues and graduate students. Consider submitting a nomination for the NEERO 2021 Awards!

Kim Fries Award (Extended Nomination Deadline: March 1, 2021): Established in 2012 in memory of Kim Fries, this award recognizes the work of contributing NEERO members who have demonstrated distinction in the early part of their professional careers. 

John Schmitt Award (Extended Nomination Deadline: March 1, 2021):  This award is recognizes outstanding research at the graduate level for a paper submitted to the NEERO conference.

The NEERO 2020 and 2021 award winners will be honored at the NEERO 2021 Virtual Conference.