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Tony DelaRosa

Author of Teaching the Invisible Race: Embodying a Pro-Asian American Lens in Schools

UW-Madison | School of Education, Education Leadership and Policy Analysis

Hometown: Oceanside, CA

Tony DelaRosa (he/they/siya) is a Filipino American anti-bias/anti-racist educator, racial equity strategist, poet, and researcher. His work has been featured in Harvard Ed Magazine, CNN, NPR, the Smithsonian, Hulu, and elsewhere. He won the 2021 Inspire Award given by United Airlines & the National Association of Asian American Professionals, and the 2023 Community Trailblazer Award given by the Asian American Foundation. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an Education Graduate Research Scholar. His debut book “Teaching the Invisible Race: Embodying a Pro-Asian American Lens in Schools” through Jossey-Bass / Wiley Publishing is out for pre-order!

A speaker fee of $5,000 applies for Mr. DelaRosa’s talks.

Talks:

Cross-Racial Solidarity in Action
This talk helps people think about tangible ways to embody cross-racial solidarity from a self, group, and systems level.
Include Asians in Your Activism
Inspired by the #stopasianhate movement, this talk helps participants understand how to take on a Pro-Asian American lens in their organization. This talk draws from Tony’s debut book “Teaching the Invisible Race: Embodying a Pro-Asian American Lens in Schools.” This talks leverages Asian American history, Tony’s lived experience as an educator & instructional coach, and examines the current landscape of Asian America.
Anti-bias & Anti-racist Leadership 101
This talk goes into foundational concepts and framework to help leaders embody an anti-bias and anti-racist lens in their work from a self, group, and systems level.
From Ethnic Studies to Liberation
This talk gives an overview of the history of ethnic studies past, present, and future. This leaves participants with ways to support the current local and national initiatives focused on promoting and concretizing ethnic studies in K-12 schools.
Social Media for Justice

This talk offers ways that we can use social media for social justice purposes, and closing the divide in the US.

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