Join Erikson Institute for the CHICAGO premiere of the duPont
award-winning DOCUMENTARY LOVE THEM FIRST: Lessons from Lucy Lane
Elementary. JOIN US FOR ONE OF TWO SCREENINGS: 3PM SCREENING FOLLOWED
BY AUDIENCE Q&A WITH * Ben Garvin, Love Them First
Co-Director/Producer/Director of Photography/Editor * Anne Gearity,
PhD, Developmental Psychologist and consultant on Love Them First *
Lindsey Seavert, Love Them First Co-Director/Producer/Writer _*AMPLE
SEATING AVAILABLE FOR OUR 3PM SCREENING*_ __ 6PM SCREENING FOLLOWED BY
A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH FACILITATOR: Cristina Pacione-Zayas, PhD
Erikson Institute, Associate Vice President of Policy
PANELISTS:
* Ben Garvin, Love Them First Co-Director/Producer/Director of
Photography/Editor
* Anne Gearity, PhD, Developmental Psychologist and consultant on
Love Them First
* Troy LaRaviere, President, Chicago Principals and Administrators
Association
* Amanda Moreno, PhD, Erikson Institute, Associate Professor; SEL
Initiative Founder and Director
* Lindsey Seavert, Love Them First Co-Director/Producer/Writer
How do we know a school is succeeding? Is it test scores? Or could it
be something else? Recently featured on the Today show, this poignant
documentary presents a first-hand look at a struggling elementary
school, the staff and administrators who “lead with love,” and a
heartbreaking setback you won’t soon forget.
“Anytime anybody sees a child that looks forlorn, lost, not taken
care of…spread your arms, scoop them up, ask questions later, but
love them first.”
PANELIST BIOS:
CRISTINA PACIONE-ZAYAS, PH.D. (PANEL FACILITATOR)
Cristina Pacione-Zayas, PhD, directs the vision for policy and
leadership initiatives at Erikson Institute. She is charged with
articulating and executing Erikson’s policy agenda to generate
systemic solutions leading to equitable opportunities and positive
outcomes for young children, families, and communities.
Dr. Pacione-Zayas is credited with establishing The Early Childhood
Leadership Academy for Illinois leaders seeking learning experiences
to enhance their capacity to inform early childhood policy. She also
directs the Community Data Lab which equips local leaders with precise
and accessible data on child well-being to inform systems
coordination, resource allocation, and policy through the Early
Development Instrument Pilot Project and Risk and Reach Project.
Dr. Pacione-Zayas was recently appointed to the Illinois State Board
of Education as board secretary, co-chair for the Kindergarten
Transition Advisory Committee of the P-20 and Early Learning Councils,
the Educational Success Committee of Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker’s
Transition Team, the Education Committee of Mayor-elect Lori
Lightfoot’s Transition Team, and Title V Needs Assessment Advisory
Committee for the State’s federally-mandated Maternal and Child
Health Services. She co-chairs The Puerto Rican Agenda of Chicago, a
non-profit organization of local Puerto Rican leaders who influence
policy for the advancement of the Puerto Rican community. She also
serves on the Governing Board of the Illinois Network of Child Care
Resource and Referral Agencies and provides political commentary on
WGN TV Chicago during election cycles.
She earned a doctorate degree from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign in educational policy studies. She also holds a
Master of Education degree in educational policy studies and dual
Bachelor of Arts degrees in sociology and Spanish, also from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is native to Chicago
and is a lifelong Logan Square resident with her husband and two
children.
BEN GARVIN
As an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning-photojournalist now at
KARE11 TV, Garvin was named 2011 Journalist of the Year by the
Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and
photographer of the year by the Minnesota Press Photographers
Association in 2007. In 2017 he served as president of the Minnesota
Society of Professional Journalists where he helped overturn a ban on
photography in state prisons. His work on assignment for the New York
Times was included in the paper's Pulitzer Prize-winning story on food
poisoning in 2010. In 2012 Garvin published an award-winning
photography book called "Ant Farm, Glimpses of Daily Life in
Minnesota".
Previously Garvin worked for the Pioneer Press and Star Tribune in
Minnesota, the Christian Science Monitor in Boston and the Concord
Monitor in New Hampshire where was named three-time New Hampshire
Photographer of the Year. Garvin studied creative writing at the
University of Arkansas before earning a BFA in Visual Journalism with
a minor in philosophy from the Rochester Institute of Technology in
Rochester, New York. He lives in South Minneapolis with his wife
Jessica, a cellist and baker, and children Arthur, Lewis, Bailey and
Netta. Love Them First is Ben's first documentary as a director.
ANNE GEARITY, PH.D.
Anne Gearity’s teaching and research expertise is in early
development, attachment, and impact of trauma, especially trauma that
occurred when children are preverbal, or when impact of
intergenerational traumas persist within family dynamics. She has over
four decades of psychotherapy practice. In collaboration with Washburn
Center for Children, she authored Developmental Repair, a manual for
intervention with behaviorally challenged and challenging young
children, that is used widely throughout MN. And based on this model,
she provides extensive consultation to schools and community agencies.
TROY LARAVIERE
Troy A. LaRaviere is an American school administrator, educator and
current President of the Chicago Principals and Administrators
Association (CPAA). Prior to assuming his role as president, LaRaviere
served as a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) principal. He began his
teacher career at CPS in 1997. He received both a Bachelor of Science
and Master of Education from the University of Illinois. During his
tenure as principal of Blaine Elementary School, LaRaviere was the
most awarded principal in the district. As president of CPAA, he
adopted a member-driven approach that emphasized building alliances
with external organizations and institutions to address the concerns
of school leaders.
AMANDA MORENO, PH.D.
Throughout her career, which has included direct service, research,
and instructional roles, Dr. Moreno’s focus has been on
understanding the connections between children’s social-emotional
well-being and learning. Of particular interest is the role adults
play in providing children with conditions that foster positive
development and the factors that impact the ability of adults to
fulfill that role.
Her current research includes a federally funded, four-year study on
mindfulness practices in Chicago Public Schools classrooms, the first
one of its kind looking at a large sample of kindergarten through
second grade students in high-poverty schools. She also has studied
preschools and child care centers to understand how best to work with
adults and provide resources to enhance their sensitivity to the
interactions they have with children.
Students in both on-campus and online versions of Dr. Moreno’s
courses can expect rigorous and lively discussions in which bold
ideas, creativity, and applied thinking are valued over “correct”
answers and statistics. With rigor also comes support, and she notes
that students will find a network of faculty, staff, and peers more
than willing to offer encouragement and assistance. “Children are
serious business, so we consider it our job to help you succeed.”
LINDSEY SEAVERT
While Lindsey Seavert is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award winning
reporter, her greatest successes do not sit on a shelf. She is most
proud of unearthing untold stories that encourage understanding and
bringing them to light. Her parents were Minnesota public school
teachers who gave her the gift of curiosity, so with a book and pencil
often in hand, she began writing as a young child, and hasn't stopped
since.
She graduated from Indiana University's Ernie Pyle School of
Journalism and worked as a reporter at five news stations stretching
from Northern Minnesota, Nevada, and Ohio before coming home to the
Twin Cities. She's been a storyteller at KARE 11 since 2012. The
legacy of teaching in her family inspires Lindsey to use stories as a
vehicle to educate and serve the community. Her work often focuses on
women, families and children, but she is most passionate about
bringing a voice to underrepresented communities, which is how she
discovered the transformation inside Lucy Craft Laney Elementary
school. Love Them First is Lindsey's first documentary as a director.
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