REGISTRATION
Online Registration for Active Members is available

  1. Register for the Symposium
Special Projects

  1. BAEO Quality Principles (DOC)
    Click here to review BAEO Principles for Quality Educational Options.
Future Symposia
Future Symposia may be coming to your area. Look for the Symposium in the following locations:

  • Symposium 2006: Philadelphia, PA

  • Symposium 2007: Washington DC/Richmond Region

    1. Symposia Highlights
      Download PDF versions of Inform, Inspire and Empower: The Annual Symposium Report which features articles and photographs documenting each historic moment.

      1. Symposium 2004 Documentation Report (PDF)
      2. Symposium 2005 Documentation Report (PDF)
      Other Programs
      Symposium: The Annual Meeting of BAEO
      Educating Our Children: The Power of Youth Voice, Parental Choice, and Quality Options

      Symposium 2006, the only three-day parental choice event of its kind, guarantees participants an informative, inspiring, and empowering experience. While engaging in a multitude of parental choice advocates, Symposium 2006 creates a haven for all to gather together and support one another in the movement.

      Our theme this year, Educating Our Children: The Power of Youth Voice, Parental Choice and Quality Options , reflects the heart of BAEO's vision and mission: to actively support parental choice to empower familiies and increase quality educational options for Black children. Wach participant will experience the uniqueness of BAEO's approach to parental choice and the strength and depth of the BAEO network.

      Come hear the voices of our youth, understand the choices of our parents, and design quality educational options ofr the success of our children. Join a distinguished list of parents, emerging leaders, policy makers, and educators who focus on ensuring that low-income and working class parents can access quality educational options for their children.

      Leave Symposium 2006 ready for action in your community.

      To learn more about Symposium 2006, call the Symposium Hotline at (202) 429-0038.


      Symposium 2005 Highlights
      For photo slideshow and audio clips from Symposium 2005 in Detroit, MI, click here.