Kamilah Drummond-Forrester

Advisor, Social Emotional Learning & Cultural Competence

Kamilah Drummond-Forrester, is a speaker, consultant and workshop presenter on topics of educational equity, anti-racism, self-care and social and emotional learning. She has written about these topics in the Women Change Worlds blog and has written several articles in EdSurge, The 74 million, and the Hechinger Report. Most recently, Kamilah was the Director of Open Circle a social and emotional learning program for children in elementary schools.

She is a board member of the state social and emotional learning advocacy organization, SEL4MA and a steering committee member of the national SEL Providers Council. In all of her roles, Kamilah’s passion for social justice and the social and emotional wellbeing of children fuels her commitment to advocating for and educating others about the inextricable connections between social and emotional learning (SEL), social justice and anti-racism.

Kamilah is also a trained leader with the National SEED Project where she has led cohorts of colleagues, educators, and parents through year-long community building experiences that leverage the power of story-telling, self-reflection and truth-telling to empower others.