Cultivating Equity in Education Through Equity-Mindedness

Dr. Gail Jones and her team partnered with Marbles Kids Museum, the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to engage 60 diverse families in STEM activities and encourage students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Data shows that families who participated in the FAME project saw changes in the degree to which they valued science, the degree to which their children saw science as important to their future and the amount of time they spent engaging in science-related activities at home.

In this webinar, Dr. Christy Byrd and Dr. Crystal Chen Lee discuss examples from two initiatives, #PasstheMicYouth and the Literacy and Community Initiative (LCI), to teach five practical steps on how to promote youth voices. The LCI program has offered 180 hours of literacy instruction and community engagement, served 51 students and facilitated six student publications. Students have shown increased leadership, writing and speaking skills; advocacy and awareness; and representation after participating in the program.