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Making as Healing: Reflecting On An In-Person Workshop for Oakland Educators

June 28, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett Leave a Comment

Making as Healing: Reflecting On An In-Person Workshop for Oakland Educators

As most of us know, 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 Covid-19. For this event, we collaborated, co-designed, and co-facilitated with Agency by Design Oakland, their Director Paula Mitchell and a phenomenal Oakland Educator, […]

Filed Under: Community, Events, Meet a Maker, Meetups, Professional Development, Workshops Tagged With: design thinking, Education, equity, for educators, Leadership, Oakland, Schools, Teachers

Addressing white terrorism and anti-Asian hate

March 18, 2021 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

We are writing with broken hearts after eight individuals, six of whom were Asian women, were slain after another devastating event of white supremacy and white male rage in Atlanta on Tuesday.  Anti-Asian hate and misogyny are rife in America, around the world, and in our own Bay Area community. While incidences of hate and […]

Filed Under: Community, News, Resources, Young Makers Tagged With: equity, Schools

Statement from Our Executive Director in Support of Black Lives and Police-Free Schools

June 5, 2020 by Kyle Cornforth 1 Comment

Power, white supremacy, and capitalism are used to actively neglect, oppress, and murder Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). I stand in solidarity with the organizers of Black Lives Matter and the Movement for Black Lives and support the direct action of revolution in the streets all around the world. The police in the United States were created to hunt down, arrest, and maintain control over formerly enslaved Black people. This legacy cannot be forgotten in the wake of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (Georgia), Breonna Taylor (Kentucky), George Floyd (Minnesota), Tony McDade (Florida) and the countless other Black people that have been killed due to racist police violence and white vigilantism. Read more…

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed Staff, News Tagged With: equity, Leadership

Ask a Maker Educator – Beyond the Buzzwords, Equity & Diversity in Making

October 6, 2017 by Danny Kirk Leave a Comment

Ask a Maker Educator – Beyond the Buzzwords, Equity & Diversity in Making

In this Ask a Maker Educator conversation, we use storytelling and discussion to explore the ways in which making can excite and empower traditionally underserved populations. We show what equity-minded maker education looks like in action, and provide guidance for educators looking for ways to authentically engage all members of their community through making. Read more…

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator, Community Tagged With: equity

Six Ways to Build Girl-Inclusive Makerspaces

July 3, 2017 by Maker Ed Staff 1 Comment

Six Ways to Build Girl-Inclusive Makerspaces

In this blog post, Techbridge CEO Nikole Collins-Puri, discusses the mission of the organization, why including girls from low-income communities in the maker movement is necessary, and how lip balm is relevant to STEM exploration and achievement.

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: equity, Leadership

Maker Caucus Brings Attention to the Need for More Diversity in Making

November 20, 2014 by 1 Comment

Maker Caucus Brings Attention to the Need for More Diversity in Making

On Thursday, November 18, 2014, I attended the Congressional Maker Caucus event on “Creating a Diverse & Inclusive Maker Movement,” which examined the role of women and underrepresented minorities in making and discussed how to broaden participation and diversify the makeup of makers.  The Congressional Maker Caucus is a bi-partisan group of members of Congress, […]

Filed Under: Community, News, Open Portfolio Project Tagged With: equity, Leadership, Open Portfolios

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