Education Summit, sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center: October 26, 2008
Keynote Speakers (145 Dwinelle 11-11:45am):
Darrick Smith is Co-Director of June Jordan School for Equity, a public school in San Francisco that serves 75% first-generation college-bound youth since its inception in 2003. He is also Founder and former Director of TryUMF(Trying to Uplift My Folks), a social theory and character development program at his former alma mater, Oakland Technical High School. Mr. Smith also serves on the faculty at both Laney College in Oakland and DeAnza College in Cupertino, CA as an instructor in sociology. Walter Robinson is the Director of Admissions at UC-Berkeley. He was born in Oakland and raised in Richmond and Berkeley, and attended Berkeley High. Formerly, he served as the Associate Director of Affirmative Action at CSU Fresno and as the Associated Director of Admissions at the University of Florida at Gainesville.
. Lunch Meetups 12-12:45pm (all in MLK)
Creative Tutoring Meetup Are you looking for innovative and creative tutoring techniques that will energize students after a long day of school? 826 Valencia is a tutoring center based in the Mission district of San Francisco that is a national model for fun, creative, tutoring and has grown to NY, Boston, Chicago, LA, and Seattle. It is also the only operating pirate supply store in the Bay Area – so you and your students can stock up on lard and peg legs. Jory John, is the Program Director at 826 Valencia, and a freelance writer and cartoonist. Join him in a discussion of 826 and ways you can create an environment and start projects that will make kids run to tutoring! Mentoring Meetup Are you not sure how to go about building a closer relationship with your mentee? Come talk to other mentors working all over the Bay Area and find out how you can strengthen your relationship with your mentee! This discussion will be led by Audi Huang of the Y-Scholars program at the Downtown YMCA. Teach For America Meetup Teach For America aims to end educational inequity – believing that one day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. TFA trains and places new teachers in schools around the country. Come and learn about TFA’s mission and admission requirements, and find out if it could be the next step for you. This is an Info Meetup and will be led by Jackie Vargas, a TFA recruiter, who has taught 3rd and 4th graders in East San Jose. B-Tech Meetup Berkeley High is NOT the only high school in Berkeley. Berkeley Technology Academy, B-Tech, is Berkeley's continuation/alternative high school which serves students who are working to get back on track academically while balancing incredible challenges. Find out about how you can get involved in new student-led initiatives at B-Tech, involving collaboration and collective action with high school students and the wider Berkeley community. Discussion will be led by Cal student Noor Jones-Bey, Coordinator of the Berkeley Scholars to Cal program at Stiles Hall, co-director of the Berkeley Youth Collective, and a member of the B-Tech Women's Group and Emma Shaw Crane, a Strauss Scholar organizing a community media project at B-Tech. Cal Teach Meetup Are you interested in becoming a teacher? Cal Teach is a new program at UCB that encourages math, science and engineering undergraduates to think about teaching as a career. Cal Teach offers a series of classes about teaching math and science as well as paid field placements in local elementary, middle and high school math and science classrooms. Come and find out about how you become a part of Cal Teach – Info Meetup led by Winnie Froehlich, the Cal Teach Program Advisor. Education Minor Meetup Are you interested in educational issues in society? Come learn about the Education Minor at UC Berkeley! The Minor provides students with an opportunity to systematically examine an institution that occupies a unique position in society and profoundly influences the lives of virtually every member. This Info Meetup will be led by Mary Candace Full and Brian Ikkanda, Education minors and Co-Presidents of Education Undergraduates (EdU). MEETUPS CTD ON NEXT PAGE
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Education Summit, sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center: October 26, 2008 College Outreach Meetup Are you working with middle or high school youth to promote college-going? Students are working at high schools and youth organizations all over the Bay Area to do the same kind of work! Find out what’s working for people and what’s not, and learn about campus resources that can support you. This meetup will be led by staff from the Center for Educational Partnerships at UCB.
Workshops 12:55-2:10pm (all in MLK)
PANEL: Youth Organizing from Identity Are you interested in working to empower young people? Do you feel race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or some other aspect of identity is the place to start? In this workshop, organizers will explore their approaches to identitybased organizing and discuss strategies for building awareness of power and privilege with young people. They will also share challenges they have faced and will discuss their views on inclusivity, exploring possible tensions between inclusivity and an identity-based empowerment approach. Armael Malinis (panelist) is a passionate and dedicated Bay Area community activist who works with Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL), and has devoted his life to grassroots youth organizing for social justice. AYPAL develops the leadership and community-organizing skills of high school youth. Prishni Murillo (panelist) is Director of Programs for Youth Together, a multicultural youth organization that works with students at six high schools in Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond to organize school change campaigns that promote multiracial unity, educational justice, and youth empowerment. T. Aaron Hans (panelist) is the Advocacy Program Manager of the Gay Straight Alliance Network. He is an FTM genderqueer activist, and former Program Director of the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center in San Jose and Youth Director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) in Washington, DC. T. Aaron has a long history of education and advocacy for LGBTQ communities having worked with anti-violence groups, emergency personnel HIV/AIDS organizations, and colleges and universities (including Cal State Monterrey Bay where he taught for 6 years) to ensure inclusion. Mayela Zuniga (panelist) is a youth organizer with Ally Action Ally Action and has worked in San Leandro High School. Ally Action strives to assure that schools are safe, inclusive and effective for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Casey Wong (panelist) is a Cal student and founder of FRESH! "Freshly Redefining Education for Students through Hip-hop" a grassroots non-profit organization that works at Oakland's Berkley Maynard Academy. FRESH! utilizes hip-hop as a tool of empowerment and alternative education with local youth. Kifah Shah (moderator) is a Cal student and an ASUC Senator. She has been an organizing and community development intern with bridges Multicultural Resource Center and is a Board Member for Students for Justice in Palestine. Basic Tutoring Training: Literacy and Reading for K-3rd Graders Are you working with young students in K-3rd grade, but are uncertain you’re really helping them improve their reading? This workshop will teach strategies for introducing reading to beginning students in K-3rd grade. You will learn the skills they need to develop, and how you can create a reading and tutoring routine that students will eventually internalize, helping them on their way to successful reading. Joan Green (presenter) is a Literacy Specialist and Trainer with the Jewish Coalition for Literacy, which aims to reverse the trend of illiteracy across the country by mobilizing hundreds of volunteer reading tutors. She has been a Reading Specialist and Language Development teacher in San Francisco and on the Peninsula for over 30 years, teaching ESL, Reading, and Spanish. She also has extensive experience in designing literacy curriculum and trainings for teachers and tutors. Making Math Relevant: How to Teach Concepts Not Problems Are you sick of doing worksheet after worksheet of math problems with young people? Looking for a more creative way to teach the true concepts behind the numbers? In this hands-on workshop, Dr. Gagnon will introduce fun math models, tools, and games he has designed that can be used with students to develop a conceptual understanding of mathematics and demonstrate the relevancy of math in everyday life. Learn how you can help students develop a real understanding of math! Dr. George Gagnon (presenter) is the Math Coordinator for Cal Teach at the University of California, Berkeley and works with teachers and parents to support students in learning mathematics to becoming engineers or scientists. George has studied learning for forty years as a teacher, principal, and teacher educator and designed math models to reach students who don't learn math the way we teach it in schools. Literacy Instruction Strategies: 4th-8th Grades 4th-8th-grade is a critical time period when the gap between successful and struggling students can grow very wide. When schools are done teaching basic literacy skills to students, they move on to harder concepts and don’t have
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Education Summit, sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center: October 26, 2008 the time to help those who are struggling. These students eventually fall farther and farther behind in their subjects. Learn about the skills struggling upper elementary or middle school students need, and find out how you can help them master these skills. You will also learn strategies for teaching groups of students. Group work is a skill that does not come naturally, so learn how to outline expectations and show your students what good group work looks like! Professor Richard McCallum (presenter) teaches in the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education and specializes in literacy assessment and educational measurement, literacy curriculum development, and reading development. Working With Parents and Families Do you want to reach out to the family members of the young people you serve? Learn how you can approach family members, particularly in communities where parents and family members work one or several jobs and do not have much extra time to get involved. What do you want to learn from family members and what should they know about you and your program? How can you build on relationships with families to work towards empowerment? In this workshop you will learn concrete strategies for encouraging active participation among the parents and families of youth. Claudia Morales (presenter) is the Partnership & Community Coordinator with the School/University Partnership Program of the Center for Educational Partnerships at UC-Berkeley. She has worked intensively with families, educators, and students at Think College Now!, a public elementary school in Oakland’s Fruitvale community to create a Family Resource Center and raise expectations for the entire school community. Building a College-Going Culture Many students across the nation, particularly low-income students, do not receive adequate information on the steps to take in order to plan and prepare for a college education. This unique workshop provides student tutors, mentors, and teachers with strategies for creating college-going environments in classrooms or afterschool programs of all ages. Help be part of the movement to increase college awareness among students in public schools! Miya Hayes Melish (presenter) is the Assistant Director of School/University Partnerships at the Center for Educational Partnerships at UC-Berkeley. She works with schools, teachers, and families to develop strategies for integrating college-going into the culture of schools. Using Filmmaking to Empower Youth Are you interested in learning about the ways creative expression through filmmaking can give voice to the ideas, perspectives, and experiences of young people? This workshop will look at ways in which digital filmmaking can inspire young people and empower them with the tools and means to tell their stories. Find out how digital filmmaking can also help build bridges between communities by fostering dialogue and opening lines of communication. Ultimately, digital arts can be used as tool to develop young people and engage them in a process of learning - about filmmaking, about their communities, and about themselves. Peter Kim (presenter) is the Managing Director of Streetside Productions, a digital arts internship program of the East Bay Asian Youth Center (EBAYC). EBAYC is a youth development organization based in Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood that inspires young people to be life-long builders of a just and compassionate multicultural society.
Workshops 2:20-3:35pm (all in MLK)
PANEL: Achievement Gap and Testing U.S. public schools nationwide are suffering from gaps that separate student achievement based on race, ethnicity, and income. For example, 2/3 of African-American and Latino elementary schools students are below basic in literacy - double the percentage of white students below basic. What can be gone to reduce this gap and guarantee all children have access to equitable education regardless of their race or family privilege? This panel will explore the achievement gap in America’s public schools and will consider both sides of the debate surrounding standardized testing as a means for identifying and reducing the gap. Are standardized tests important and true indicators of student achievement, and inequity among students? Or are standardized test scores being overused leading to the premature tracking of students, misallocation of school funds, and even increasing the dropout rate of low-income students? Russlynn Ali (panelist) is Vice President and founding director of the Education Trust West, an educational research organization dedicated to addressing the achievement gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from other youth. Matt Alexander (panelist) is the principal at June Jordan School for Equity in San Francisco, a small, college-prep high school that was founded in 2003 through community-based partnerships and San Francisco State University. Renee Garcia-Tolson (moderator) is a 4th year student majoring in Ethnic Studies and Education. She is passionately involved in educational issues surrounding youth and serving low-income communities of color like the
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Education Summit, sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center: October 26, 2008 one she grew up in. She currently leads the Berkeley Scholars to Cal III program and is Program Assistant for the BUILD (Berkeley United in Literacy Development) program. Building Leadership through Social Justice Are you working to both serve youth and empower them at the same time? How can you help the young people you work with realize that they are already leaders in their community and can make change right now? In this workshop you'll hear how a small school in San Fracisco, the June Jordan School for Equity, relentlessly works with students to develop their leadership skills. Also, you will learn about their powerful approach and the social justice initiatives that students have created and currently run! Orianna Ides (presenter) is the Peer Resource Coordinator at the June Jordan School for Equity, a public school in that serves 75% first-generation college-bound youth since its inception in 2003. Race, Identity, and Culture in Schools Are you interested in how race, identity, and culture are formed in public schools? Do you work with young people and would like to further understand how schools shape students’ identities? This workshop examines urban schools from multiple levels of analyses: as a part of a broader system of social stratification; as tied to local neighborhoods; and as political contexts. Learn how schools, alternative schools, and juvenile justice entities replicate social inequities and build student identities of who they are and what is possible for them. Professor Na'ilah Suad Nasir (presenter) is an Associate Professor in the African American Studies Department and the Graduate School of Education at UC-Berkeley and formerly taught at Stanford University. Her research centers on how issues of culture and race influence the learning, achievement, and educational trajectories of African American and other non-dominant students in urban school and community settings. Tutoring English Language Learners Are you interested in working with immigrant students to improve their English language skills? Did you know that students in Berkeley Unified School District alone speak more than 40 languages and one out of every four K-12 students in California is an English Language Learner? If you work with local youth, chances are, this workshop is for you! Come find out how to assess the needs of English Language Learners and create tailored activities and lesson plans that are not only fun and engaging, but will help your students develop the language skills necessary for success in life! Joan Green (presenter) from the Jewish Coalition for Literacy has been a Reading Specialist and Language Development teacher in San Francisco and the Peninsula for over 30 years. She has taught English Language Development, Reading, and Spanish in a variety of settings, and is a curriculum designer/teacher trainer. The Jewish Coalition for Literacy aims to reverse the trend of illiteracy across the country by mobilizing hundreds of volunteer reading tutors, organizing book drives, and advocating for public education. Youth Issues in the Election The November 2008 Presidential Election will be one of most closely watched elections in the history of the U.S.! Know the issues! This unique workshop will present the election issues affecting young people and what political stances both Presidential hopefuls, McCain and Obama, take on them. You will learn about issues mobilizing college students, such as rising costs of college tuition. Moreover, the presenter will also cover CA props 6 and 9, their effects on young people in the Bay Area, and their implications for students at the local level. Vanessa Coe (presenter) is a 4th year undergraduate at UC Berkeley majoring in Ethnic Studies and minoring in Education. She is currently the Executive Director of bridges, the Multicultural Resource Center, which is a coalition of the five recruitment and retention centers and the mixed student union. As a coalition, bridges has been working to defeat Props 6 & 9. Christina Gagnier, works at Mobilize America’s Youth, an all-partisan network dedicated to educating, empowering, and energizing young people to increase our civic engagement and political participation. was the founder and director of UC Irvine’s LobbyCORE program from 2003-2004. She has engaged in GOTV work throughout the state for various state elections. During her graduate work, Christina engaged in public affairs consulting work, specializing in issues concerning cyberspace, public policy, and digital communication. Stephanie Puentes (presenter) is a 4th year majoring in Psychology with a minor in Public Policy. She is currently working in the External Affairs Vice President's Office of the Associated Students of the University of California. Her passion lies in equal access to education and educational reform. Best Practices in Afterschool Programs Cal students already serve thousands of Bay Area youth in all kinds of afterschool programs – programs focused on skill-building, mentoring, homework, or enrichment activities like sports or the arts. These afterschool programs strive to offer both traditional and non-traditional activities designed to build knowledge and enhance creative expression. But, what makes for a good afterschool program? How do you know that you’re making a difference? In this workshop, presenters will outline best practices in afterschool programming and will lead an interactive discussion in response to their findings. Dawn Brown & Stanley Go (presenters) are Project Directors of a new initiative, College Students in Afterschool
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Education Summit, sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center: October 26, 2008 Programs (CSAP), a partnership between Bay Area Community Resources and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, which aims to increase the involvement of Bay Area college students in afterschool programs. Dawn Brown is also the Director of Youth Support Program, a mentoring program at Willard Middle School that matches 100 Cal students one-on-one with Willard students. Stanley Go is also Project Director at OASES (Oakland Asian Students Educational Services), a nonprofit originally formed by Cal students, now serving over 400 East Bay youth. YSP also provides academic support to over 400 students at Willard. College Advising Are you working with high school students and want to better prepare them for college? This workshop is for you! Come learn about the work that The East Bay Consortium/Cal-SOAP does in Oakland and Richmond high schools. The presentation will highlight their two College Information Centers at Life Academy High School and Castlemont Community of Small Schools. At this workshop, you will learn about the requirements for college, walk away with tools to use and best practices on how to effectively advise students about their options for the future. Boun Khamnouane & Nanci Roman (presenters) work for the East Bay Consortium/Cal-SOAP, a California Student Opportunity and Access Project administered by the California Student Aid Commission. Boun is the Associate Director, and Nanci is the College and Career Information Center Program Coordinator for the East Bay Consortium/Cal-SOAP. The East Bay Consortium/Cal-SOAP provides academic and advising services to students, parents, teachers, and the community in Oakland and Richmond. Their mission is to improve educational opportunity to the underserved population and to increase the number of students finishing high school and enrolling in postsecondary institutions.
Workshops 3:45-5pm (all in MLK except Diverse Learners in 79 Dwinelle)
PANEL: Youth Violence Violence is a reality faced by far too many youth in the Bay Area. In Oakland, alone, there were 127 homicides last year. Find out more about how violence is affecting youth in the Bay Area and what you can do about it. This workshop will include an overview of youth violence and will discuss relationships between family, culture, immigration and youth violence. You’ll learn how you can advise young people you work with who are affected by violence, and resources that may support them. You’ll also learn about community-based efforts to build safe and respectful neighborhoods. Isami Arifuku (presenter) is Director of the Center on Culture, Immigration, and Youth Violence Prevention’s administrative core and coordinator of research for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. The Center is a joint project of the Institute for the Study of Social Change, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, UCB’s Boalt Law School, and the University of California, San Francisco, and is one of eight Academic Centers for Excellence nationwide funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address youth violence. She worked previously on the Asian & Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center, a precursor of the current Academic Center of Excellence. Ariana Casanova (presenter) works for the Berkeley Unified School District and was a former Assistant to the Mayor of Berkeley. Frankie Guzman (presenter) is Assistant to the Director of the National Center for Youth Law. He is also a University of California at Berkeley alum, and was the Executive Officer and Transfer Coordinator for the Raza Recruitment & Retention Center. He has direct experience with this issue as a former gang member from Oxnard, California, and a former inmate of the California Youth Authority. Alvaro Palacios Casanova (moderator) is Cal student and the Transfer Coordinator for the Raza Recruitment and Retention Center. Managing Student Behavior without Replicating Inequities Do you have a hard time figuring out how to discipline youth and keep them focused when they are working in groups or a classroom setting? This workshop will explore ways to manage student behavior without creating a prison culture. Too many behavior management systems directly replicate tactics used in criminal justice systems. If you are working in a low-income neighborhood that is struggling to recover from high rates of incarceration, and a strong police presence, using criminal behavior management could give your students the wrong message. Find out how you can command respect from students and create alternative behavior management systems that empower and respect young people. Sean Tamarisk, Biology teacher at East Oakland School of the Arts Candace Valenzuela English teacher at the Media Academy Javier Reyes, activist and director who teaches drama therapy at Bay Area juvenile detention centers Azhi Shekarloo, Misha Monge-Irizarry, and Linda Halpern are activists and board members of Education Not Incarceration (ENI), a nonprofit organization that advocates reprioritizing resources away from prison systems into comprehensive and equitable education for all people. ENI is dedicated to supportive rather than punitive actions. ENI mobilizes grassroots campaigns to improve the social fabric supporting schools; implement youth educational programs; and assist families facing punitive measures in the education system.
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Education Summit, sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center: October 26, 2008 The Service Learning Approach Did you know that young people who do service are more likely to stay in school and vote when they come of age? Service is an important strategy in youth work and can transform the young people involved as well as their communities. Find out how you can integrate service into your youth work. This workshop will cover ways of identifying appropriate service opportunities based on the developmental needs and interests of youth and community partners. You’ll learn how to set up projects, and reflect so that service experiences lead to increased empowerment, awareness, and civic engagement. Sher Moua (presenter) is a Program Coordinator at Youth Service California, a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to helping California youth transform themselves and their communities though service. Sher trains young leaders on service and service learning, and leads and organizes service-learning intensives. He is a UC Berkeley alum who, as a student, worked at the Cal Corps Public Service Center as an AmeriCorps Bonner Leader and BUILD Director for three years. The Education System & Discrimination in a Post 9/11 Era: Arabs, Muslims & The Classroom: The aftermaths of the terrorist attacks on September 11 have led America to declare a “War on Terror” targeting many Arab nations, such as Iraq and Afghanistan. How has this created a climate of discrimination and racism that plays out in public schools? How can mentors and tutors be proactive in eliminating stereotyping? As one of the first-ever at Cal, this workshop will prepare you to address stereotypes in the media and classroom, respond to the possible harassment of Arab American students, and call upon school policies against hate crimes and discrimination. Waleed Salaheldin, Huda Adem, Ronald Belal Elmahmoud, Khalid Salaheldin, Amani Jadallah (presenters) are all students at UC Berkeley who are members of the Arab Student Union, Muslim Student Association, and Students for Justice in Palestine. These three organizations strive to break down stereotypes, spread awareness to the Cal community, create an open space for healthy dialogue among student groups, and build coalitions within the Arab and Muslim community. Building Media Literacy with Youth Young people today are faced with an unbelievable amount of media – downloads, podcasts, websites, blogs, not to mention the old-fashioned TV, radio, and news media. More than ever before, all of us need to figure out what sources are trustworthy, which are not, and to be aware of how messages portrayed (even those we don’t believe) can influence us. This workshop will present strategies you can use to introduce young people to the concept of critical media literacy. Learn Youth Radio’s approach that seeks to empower youth as media consumers and possible producers. Julius Toledo (presenter) is a Development Associate at Youth Radio a nonprofit in Oakland that promotes young people's intellectual, creative and professional growth through training and access to media and to produce the highest quality original media for local and national outlets. Julius has worked on various campaigns aimed at increasing admission of underrepresented communities at UCLA, Justice for Filipino American Veterans, and Immigrant Rights. Mr. Toledo also volunteers at the Filipino Community Center in San Francisco where he leads writing/music workshops for youth. Advising Students for College: Test-Taking and Applications A large part of getting into college is following the details required for admissions, and there are a lot of them! This comprehensive workshop will cover everything you need to know to advise your students to make sure they make good choices related to the SATs/ACTs and test preparation. You will also learn the requirements of different college applications and how you can help your students write winning personal essays that not only tell their personal stories, but also strengthen their college applications. Matthew Hulse (presenter) is the Executive Director of the Aspire Education Project, which offers tutoring and standardized test training to East Bay families and schools. Matthew is a UC Berkeley alum with ten years of teaching experience in East Bay high schools and at the college level. Mentoring: Strategies for Success One-on-one mentoring is a powerful strategy that can truly change the course of a young person’s life. Mentors have the ability to encourage youth to take responsibility for building a better future for themselves and their community! However, strong mentoring relationship skills need to be built in order to ensure that you’re making a difference. How can a mentor prepare him/herself for the work at hand? How can you make sure you build a strong, trusting relationship? Where are the lines between friendship and mentorship, and how do strong mentors respond to mentees in crisis, or deal with the times when mentees make poor choices or are unwilling to open up? If you are interested in becoming a mentor or are currently exploring new strategies for successful mentoring, this workshop is a MUST! Carol Pacheco (presenter) is the Community Service Program Director at Stiles Hall where she oversees the involvement of Cal students at local schools and youth organizations. She also is the co-founder and currently leads one of the only support groups offered specifically to young Latina students in Berkeley, Circulo de Mujeres Jovenes. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Sociology, and was a Cal Corps Bonner Leader and
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Education Summit, sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center: October 26, 2008 BUILD Director. Carol also sits on the board of World Bridges representing the Leadership Exchange program in Mexico and Cuba, and is also a former board member of the University Students’ Cooperative Association. Diverse Teaching Styles for Diverse Learners In this workshop you’ll receive tools to help you discover the multiple intelligences of the youth you work with. Learn about and perform classroom activities designed to engage students through reading, public speaking, drawing, performing, and more. We’ll also discuss questioning strategies useful in challenging students to recall and synthesize the information they learn. You will leave with a variety of activities to use with students and an understanding of different ways you can help your students take positive risks and participate to their fullest. Vincent Ho (presenter) is a 4th year Cal student and the Outreach Coordinator of REACH! (the Asian/Pacific Islander Recruitment and Retention Center), which is committed to the service, empowerment, and mobilization of immigrant, refugee, and underserved Asian/ Pacific Islanders by promoting higher education to empower ourselves and challenge the economic and social inequalities facing our communities.
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