Category: Community
-
10 Years of Learning: A Maker Ed Reflection
This post is to the community of dreamers, visionaries, and educators committed to using making as a liberatory practice in education. It’s for the people we have worked with to ensure that all youth, but especially BIPOC, LGTBQIA+, disabled, and undocumented youth have learning spaces that are rooted in community and collaboration, encourage agency, and…
-
A Reflection from Kathryn Nash
I traveled to California this week to assist with the very hard step of moving out of the Maker Ed Community Studio. My reminiscing began as the Uber approached the Victorian house nestled on a quiet street in Berkeley. I began to reflect on the journey over the last ten years that brought me to…
-
Reflections from Maker Ed Staff
Some of our current team members have written a reflection about their work at Maker Ed that they would like to share with the community. From Dora Medrano Ramos: While I am deeply saddened by the news of Maker Ed’s closure, I am also proud of the incredible work our team has been able to…
-
Maker Ed’s on Summer Break!
Summer is here and we’re taking a much needed break. And while our office will be closed from July 1st until July 10th, we take the opportunity to uplift some exciting news below. We are excited to announce that we have extended the application date to apply for Making Spaces Cohort 6 to July 31,…
-
Making as Healing: Reflecting On An In-Person Workshop for Oakland Educators
The last several years have been incredibly difficult for educators. On June 4th, we celebrated a milestone by having our first in-person event since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. For this event, we collaborated, co-designed, and co-facilitated with Agency by Design Oakland (AbDO), their Director Paula Mitchell and phenomenal Oakland Educator, Abdul-Haqq Khalifah. During…
-
Making Spaces Sip and See on June 28
Interested in learning more about Making Spaces, Maker Ed’s 33-month program that provides communities with the help they need to activate and sustain maker education through professional development, resources, and community engagement? Join us on Wednesday, June 28, from 2:00-4:00 PT where you’ll have a chance to get a taste of the Making Spaces approach.…
-
Calling All Oakland Educators: Making As Healing Workshop
Are you looking for ways to revive, restore, and reset as you move into summer? Join Maker Ed and Agency by Design Oakland in this day-long, in-person workshop where we will create a space for educators to come together, practice individual and collective healing practices through making, and center community, care, and connection. We will…
-
Meet Donaldo Almazan – Artist and Engineer Designing Maker Ed’s Online Community
In this post, we meet Donaldo Almazan (he/him), an artist and engineer helping to create Maker Ed’s online community for makers and educators, which is launching this summer! Tell us a little more about you. Hello! I’m Donaldo, a Community Engagement Co-lead at Maker Ed. I’m originally from South Texas (Rio Grande Valley ☀️ )…
-
Meet Isabel Emmons — Designing for Human Happiness
In this post, we meet Isabel, (she/her/hers) a positive and cognitive psychologist focused on bridging joy and play with community engagement and facilitation to build a fun, diverse, robust Maker Ed network. Tell us a little more about you. I studied human happiness and brain science because I’m interested in the ways we understand, cultivate,…
-
We’re here, just slowing down our posting frequency.
The past two years have been challenging and transformative at Maker Ed. We’ve made internal shifts in our practice, adapted our trainings, resources, and programs to respond to the changing world around us, and we have learned a lot! What we haven’t done is do a great job updating our website to reflect all the…