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Catalyst Grantee Profile: Project FIRE, ArtReach Chicago
Project FIRE, ArtReach Chicago Interview with Marine Tempels, Development Director, ArtReach Chicago Organization Name ArtReach Chicago Organization Website artreachchicago.org Organization Location Chicago, IL Founding Year 1990 Organization Mission ArtReach Chicago’s mission is to empower and connect ...
Catalyst Grantee Profile: My Block, My Hood, My City
My Block, My Hood, My City Interview with Jahmal Cole, CEO My Block, My Hood, My City Organization Name: My Block, My Hood, My City Organization Website: formyblock.org Organization Location: Chicago, IL Founding Year: 2015 Organization ...
In the Push to Integrate Edtech, Are Some Forgetting About Equity?
From content applications to online assessments to parent engagement tools, there is an ever-growing trove of technology resources being pushed and pulled into classrooms. The overwhelming surface narrative has been that the more exposure to technology, ...
Catalyst Grantee Profile: Community Activism Law Alliance (CALA)
Community Activism Law Alliance (CALA) Interview with Lam Nguyen Ho, Community Activism Law Alliance (CALA) Founder & Executive Director Organization Mission: CALA unites lawyers and activists in a collaborative pursuit for justice by leveraging legal services to benefit ...
Catalyst Grantee Profile: The News Literacy Project
The News Literacy Project Interview with The News Literacy Project‘s Founder & CEO, Alan C. Miller. Organization Mission: The News Literacy Project, a nonpartisan national education nonprofit, empowers educators to provide students with the skills they need to ...
Catalyst Grantee Profile: TheDream.US
TheDream.US Interview with TheDream.US‘ Program Director of Advocacy, Development, and Communications, Gabriela Pacheco. Organization Mission: Thousands of immigrant youth want nothing more than to get a college education. At TheDream.US, we work with a community of ...
Catalyst Grantee Profile: Latinitas
Latinitas Interview with Latinitas‘s Marketing & Development Director, Victoria Garza. Organization Mission: To empower all girls to innovate using media and technology. Population Served: Predominantly young Latinas ages 9-18 in Austin and El Paso, although we have held ...
The SCE Digital Learning Challenge: How Can We Help Young People to Thrive in their Desired Futures?
By: June Ahn, Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine I’m continuously in awe at the creative and innovative ways that young people use technology to make sense of, and have agency over, their lives. Give a child ...