Black Family Advisory Council

Key DPS Policies and Resources

• Read the Bailey Report
• Read the Black Excellence Resolution
• Read the Know Justice, Know Peace Resolution

Join the Black Family Advisory Council

Join the Black Family Advisory Council to be a voice for Black Families in DPS. Participating in the council gives you a unique opportunity to advocate on behalf of students and families and elevate the needs you are hearing from community members to district leadership.

Sign up to join BFAC today! Students, parents, educators, family and community members of Black dps students are able to join! Being Black is not required.

Advocate for Black Families

Black Family Advisory Council needs you to help us address the DPS Board of Education! It is through these meetings that BFAC will be able to hold DPS publicly accountable to the needs in the Black community. Each meeting, we need 3-4 people to address the Board. BFAC will work with you on what to say and stand with you while you speak, you are not alone. Help us be the change!

Chair: Tiffany Grays 

“I am a proud single Black mother of a proud Black DPS student at Strive Rise in the Far Northeast, an Aurora, Colorado native, and both thrilled and honored to be the BFAC 21-22 Chair. I’m serving to better my community by improving the education system for all Blacks through partnerships, action, and accountability. 

I am with BFAC because both my child and I have experienced being treated badly because of the color of our skin in the school system, only learning about Black history one month a year and about the same historical figures, and being denied equitable opportunities that close systematic gaps. I am here because this must change. The time is now as COVID has only widened the educational gaps Black children have consistently contended with for centuries.  I stand alongside you as we work to make the equitable improvements our Black kids need today.”

Secretary: Codie Egart 

“My name is Codie Egart, I am a mother of two DPS students and Co-founder of Greater Denver CARES Mentoring Movement. I am also a product of DPS.  The reason I became a member of BFAC is because as a parent and community member it is important that I do my part to ensure that the needs of Black Scholars are being met. BFAC has made a space for Black voices to come together and effect change in our school system. Power, collaboration and action is what BFAC is and I am excited to be a part of this organization.”

Vice Chair: Sophia Cocas

“I am Sophia Cocas, I am a 4th generation Denver native and DPS allum. I have 3 kiddos in DPS in three different locations across Denver. As a professional I am a business consultant for small businesses. As a Criminologist, I am vested in disrupting the steady flow of black children out of the criminal justice system. Over the past 10 years my little family has experienced many frustrations, setbacks, and isolating situations inside these classroom walls. As parents, we have had to go above and beyond to ensure that they are receiving every opportunity to excel and succeed in the Denver Public Schools System with very little support. I joined BFAC because I am committed to ensuring that this road has a black community with support, guidance, and focuses on the advancement of the educational system in the black community.“